What is a tri loom?
Weaving on a triangle loom or triloom is fun, creative, easy and quick. You can start weaving as soon as you sit down with the loom, there is no elaborate planning and measuring process. Triloom weaving uses one continuous strand of yarn. There is no separate warp and weft.
What is a Triloom?
Weaving on a triangle loom or triloom is fun, creative, easy and quick. Triloom weaving uses one continuous strand of yarn. There is no separate warp and weft. To make a pattern, you tie the new thread onto the old one and continue weaving.
What size loom do I need to weave a triangle shawl?
I’m using a 1 foot Kiss Looms triangle loom, but they have looms up to 5 feet wide. That’s big enough to weave an entire triangle shawl in one piece. The techniques I show in the video on a small loom are exactly the same no matter how big your loom is. Check out all the loom sizes on the Kiss Looms website .
What can I do with a tri-loom?
Because of the resulting triangular shape, tri-looms are ideal to quickly weave a shawl (a 7-foot one in less than a day!), perhaps using leftover yarns. Beside shawls, you can make blankets or afghans by piecing several triangles together or experiment with making mats, scarves, ruanas or ponchos!
What yarn do I use on the kiss weaving loom?
The Kiss weaving looms are designed to use a bulky/chunky weight yarn. For the purposes of the video I used worsted weight ( Red Heart Chic Sheep in colors Poolside and Green Tea – affiliate link) so you could see each strand clearly. If you want to weave with worsted weight I recommend using two strands held together.
Do you need a warping board for a loom?
. (2) These looms are very easy to use and, like tapestry looms, do not require a warping board. Weaving progresses from the corners to the center, and from top to bottom, all at the same time using one continuous thread.
