How I Made Eight Placemats in Nine Fun Photos

First I wind a warp, counting to make sure I have the right number of threads, and that those threads are all the same length.

The warp is chained to keep all the threads in order while they are transferred to the loom.

The warp threads are spread out, slung up over that high trapeze and weighted so that when I wind them onto the loom, they are all nice and tight.

Here I am threading the loom. Each thread goes through a heddle which will then be raised or lowered to create design while I’m weaving the cloth.

Each thread then gets passed through the reed so that it can be tied onto the front of the loom.

I create the cloth by throwing the shuttle back and forth. When I needed help getting the place mats all the same size, Karen from Warped For Good, graciously explained to me how to make and use the measuring tape you see on the left. (Thank you, Karen!)

The place mats get rolled up at the front of the loom as they are made. They’re coming along! Aren’t they pretty?

Hot off my loom…

Eight place mats - washed, ironed, hemmed by hand, all the same size, and ready to be sent off to Sara who commissioned these to go with her special family dishes!