1. Textile Art: Weaving Art Supplies: Popsicle Sticks Hot Glue Gun
Yarn or Wool scraps
Scissors
Optional: strips of
fabric, felt, ribbons…
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2. Textile Art: Weaving

3. Textile Art: Weaving
Vocabulary…
Loom
Warp
Weft
Beating

4. Textile Art: Weaving PREPARE In Advance… Make a loom
(a device for weaving):
Arrange 4 popsicle sticks to create
a square. This will form the loom.
Adult uses a hot glue gun to attach
the sticks. Glue needs time to set.

5. Textile Art: Weaving Preparation: WARP
1. Tie the WARP yarn to one end of the loom.
2. Wrap the WARP yarn end-to-end around the loom until you have 5 ‘loops’ and 10 WARP threads wrapped.
3. Tie the end of the WARP yarn to the loom using a double knot.

6. Weaving: The Weft Wrap bit of yarn onto stick. Tie weft yarn to warp.
Weave ‘under-over…’
Next row opposite (over-under…’)
Continue weaving…

7. Weaving: Changing Colours
Tie new yarn to the end of the old yarn.
Wrap bit of new yarn around a popsicle stick.
Continue to weave ‘under-and-over’.

8. Textile Art: Weaving I Can… Move the weft ‘under and over’
Use yarn to create a weaving on a loom
Describe the choices I’ve made (e.g. colour, pattern…)

9. Textile Art: Weaving More Loom Ideas… Styrofoam Trays V-Shaped Branch
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