Loom out of Cardboard

SUPPLIES & TOOLS:

• 12"x 8" piece of cardboard
• 2 strips of cardboard, 1 1/2"x 8"
• Select yarn, color(s) of your choice
• One spool of cotton quilting thread
• School glue
• X-Acto® knife
• Black Sharpie® marker
• Straight edge/metal ruler
• Cutting surface
• Scissors

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cut your base of your loom to be 8"x 12".
2. Cut two pieces of cardboard to be 8"x 1 1/2".
3. Measure on the 8"x 12" piece of cardboard every 1/4" across the top and bottom.
4. Make a line 1/2" deep on the top and bottom across the cardboard on the 8" sides.
5. Using your X-Acto to knife cut slits on the 1/4" marks up to the 1/2" line. Do this across the top and bottom of the large cardboard piece.
6. Glue the 1 1/2"x 8" piece right at the 1/2" line allowing the slits to show on each end. This will allow for lift of the loom away from the cardboard so that you can weave in your yarn behind the strings.
7. Using the quilting thread, wrap around the cardboard loom to create the vertical strings. Tie off your knots at the beginning and the end of the quilters thread once the loom is created.
8. Weave your yarn in and out of the loom. To find different patterns and technique you can easily find them on the internet under looms and weaving yarn patterns.
9. As you create new rows, you can tuck the ends pieces in behind on the loom. Every time you make a new row, you will have to tie off at the beginning of the yarn and end when you get to the end of the strand or you can weave it in on the backside of the piece.

JOANN HACKS:

• It works best to change the pattern every few rows to create blocks of color in different shapes.