
Pin looms are a delightful and versatile tool for fiber artists, crafters, and beginners alike. Whether you're working on a hexagon, square, or triangle pin loom, these small, portable weaving tools allow you to create intricate designs with ease. In this blog post, we’ll explore the benefits of pin loom weaving, provide links to instructional videos to enhance your skills and get you weaving on a pin loom in no time.
Here at Rebel Stitchers we offer three shapes of pin looms:
Each of these have similarities when weaving, but each one's unique shape means that there are different ways in which you weave with them.
What Are Pin Looms?
Pin looms are compact weaving frames with pins arranged in specific shapes, like hexagons, squares, or triangles. They’re perfect for weaving small pieces that can be combined into larger projects. Ideal for using up scrap yarn or experimenting with new patterns, pin looms are a must-have for any fiber enthusiast.
Key Benefits of using pin looms:
Portable: Lightweight and easy to carry, pin looms fit into any project bag.
Efficient: Quickly weave small pieces of fabric for larger projects. Make up as many as you need and sew together with some yarn. My favorite stitch is the mattress stitch to join the weavings together
Versatile: Create blankets, scarves, bags, or even intricate art pieces.
Beginner-Friendly: Great for learning basic weaving techniques.
Look at these gorgeous ideas of what you can use your small weavings into.
Video Tutorials
Below you will find a list of some of my favorite pin loom tutorials on YouTube. I hope to make my own video tutorials to share with you guys, but I haven't had a chance to yet. This is very high on my to do list for 2025 though. I want to have videos that are specifially for the items found here and taught by me. It is coming, but it will take some time to come.
Please remember that these videos are just suggestions of how these types of looms can be used. The sky really is the limit with them. How one person uses and weaves with them is definitely not the only way. I highly suggest you going onto YouTube or google, and watch many different people showing off how they use them. Their techniques might speak to you more than the videos I'm going to list below. You never know if you'll like a technique until you give it a try.
Hexagon Pin Loom Tutorials
Continuous strand method: This video tutorial is my favorite way to use the hexagon loom. It is a long video that is done in real time, but very helpful.
How to Sew Hexagons together:
Very different way to the other video to use a hexagon pin loom
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