So, my daughter decided she wanted to try weaving. And while I was cleaning the house today she grabbed a piece of paper and some yarn and made this.
I love the fact that she wants to create something and just gets going.
I have absolutely no weaving experience but I know that there’s a box with some simple frame loom is sitting at my parents house.
I would like to give it to my daughter but have no idea what to do with it. Any ideas for small fun projects or tutorials she could try? She’s 9yo.
How old is your daughter? That’s a fun piece she started.
My very first weaving projects were tiny rugs for my dollhouse made on a loom made out of a small box. If she isn’t into dolls, mug rugs would be small and fun to start out.
Glue them to card fronts for notes to friends & fam! These wee weavings would make lovely correspondence. Practicing to make little pictures could be fun.
One way to keep things square is have a stick of some sort on each side. Not necessary but a good help for making pictures.
Have fun!
Thank you everyone!
@LindaEve my daughter is almost 10
@MamaRhi mugrugs and coasters are a great ideas. Plus they make great gifts for grandparents.
@Magpie I think my daughter would love to make pictures. We’re definitely going to look into that.
She can add beads & danglies onto the threads too. Can’t wait to see what she makes!
Somehow I missed this thread!
Some ideas to experiment with off the top of my head
You can do so much with a little frame loom! Since she’s not tying to make functional textiles, encourage her to play with different patterns of over/under to see what she can come up with.
Thank you! These are some amazing suggestions. I have a large box of yarn that I stashed back in my knitting days. I will give it to her to play around with it.
You’re welcome! Something I forgot to mention was tapestry weaving. You can put different colors in parts of a pick to make shapes (pictures, letters) as the color stacks up.
Here’s a simple example
Oh and rya knots. So many possibilities!
She can make decorative weavings on y-shaped twigs!
She can make a pillow with either a larger frame or by sewing together smaller weavings. Same with a blanket or a scarf. She can make a purse or bag by simply folding a longer piece over and sewing two sides together and then braiding yard to make the strap. Or she can use beads to make the strap!
Here’s a simple tutorial where you even make a flap and it’s sooooo easy:
Seamless pouch that is suuuper easy:
Sheep pin!
To make the loom a little easier to work with you can add strips of cardboard like this:
One thing I did starting off weaving was tac-weaving. You get a board like maybe a cork board and some tacks. You just place the tacs in the shape you want. She could make stuffed animals this way! I made a teddy bear. You can also just shape cardboard the shape you want. An easy way to make a circle weaving is just using a paper plate.
She could make a woven version of this cat purse with this technique (so cute! 
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I’ve made looms that actually have a lift for the threads to make it faster just out of cardboard! Just use a box, cut a cardboard piece to fit in the box width-wise, cut slit-hole-slit-hole. Easy peasy.
Here is a tutorial for a pin loom:
Wow! Thank you so much for all those amazing suggestions and the links. There’s so much she can choose from that I’m confident that there will be a lot less “Mom, I’m bored” in the future.
Lol hope it wasn’t too much info all at once!
