Author: Piglet Evans

Pinwheels

Houndsteeth for a friend whose favorite color is orange! The blue pairing is for her husband, and the purple pairing is for her.

Threaded using the Harrisville potholder design widget, traditional size, orange/purple[blue], houndstooth pattern.

I love how the two together illustrate the importance of where you start your over/under. Those are threaded identically, and produce opposite facing results because the over/under went the other way. (Yes, even when you flip them.)

Diagonal Twist Photo Tutorial

Photo tutorial on loop swapping.

I work from the middle out. Once I’ve made the central square, I continue in rounds of 4 loops, adding to the top/bottom/left/right of the central square, and crossing the corners over each other.

[Originally published to Noreen Crone-Findlay’s Potholder Loom Weaving group on Facebook in February 2021.]

Diagonal Twists

Here is today’s fun! Exchanging row/column loops.

I saw an amazing design in the Harrisville Designs potholder competition this summer — and am sad to have mislaid the weaver’s name.

Today I was inspired to try it. I quite like the outcome. And there are SO MANY possibilities, my brain hurts.

My first effort was white/blue/silver — and I did not like it when woven. It looks fine in the photo, but did not appeal in the hand. So I pulled out the center square, and patched in a purple center instead. Ripping out its heart gave me a chance to show you the inner structure of the twisted loops.

First attempt using blue / white / silver. Ugh. Removing the silver.
The structure of the twists, revealed when I removed the silver center.
Patching in purple.
My finished potholder.

[Originally published to Noreen Crone-Findlay’s Potholder Loom Weaving group on Facebook in February 2021.]