How to Cut a Cardboard Loom
When you are learning how to weave, you may think that you need to use a loom that contains complicated levers. However, you can make a basic, functional loom using a piece of standard cardboard. This enables you to create a piece of woven fabric using a loom that even the most novice weavers can use successfully. You can make a cardboard loom using materials found at any craft supply store.
Instructions
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Cut a piece of cardboard using scissors to measure 4 inches wide, 6 inches long.
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Cut 16 notches along both short ends of the cardboard form using scissors. Space each notch out by 1/4 inch.
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Wrap yarn vertically around the cardboard form, securing the yarn through each notch as you wrap. This creates 16 lines of yarn across the surface of the cardboard loom.
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Thread yarn onto a yarn needle, then weave the yarn back and forth through the wrapped yarn strands on the cardboard loom.
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Push the woven yarn down to the end of the loom using the prongs of a fork once you complete one circuit of weaving. This tightens the weaving.
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Weave the yarn needle through the wrapped yarn on the loom, tightening the yarn after each circuit with the fork prongs.
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Cut off the excess yarn once the weaving is as long as you prefer.
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Tips & Warnings
Use different colors of yarn to create rainbow-colored woven fabric.
References
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