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Kids Weaving: Projects for Kids of All Ages

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This book is great if you want a book that has interesting, useful projects, clear instructions, and beautiful photos of kids and their weaving. The starting projects are loomless, involving weaving paper ('checkerboard notecards'), twigs ('fairygarden planter'), pliable tree branches ('hideout'), and what looks like a kind of six-strand braiding of embroidery floss hung from a pencil ('friendship bracelet'). From there you graduate to use of a cardboard loom to make a small wool pouch (I did this one) and to weaving cloth strips to make Japanese Rag Warrior dolls. (These, by the way, really do look like dolls my boys would play with.) Following that, the book details how to construct a stand-up loom from pvc piping and fittings, thick wooden dowels, and tongue depressors, and comes complete with heddle bar. I made mine for a cost of about $20. This pvc loom will handle a band of weaving up to 5" wide. From this loom (dubbed 'inkle loom') you can make these projects: inkle strap shoelaces, tapestry dog collar, a belt, a 43" long scarf, doll-sized pile carpets, and, by sewing woven strips together, a kente cloth blanket. The book also includes information, about making your own fiber dyes, different ways to set up the inkle loom, what is 'fulling' and how it is done, as well as bits of weaving history and lore. I got 'Kids Weaving' from the library six weeks ago. I meant to photocopy only a few pages for use introducing weaving to a small homeschool co-op. But when I began to see that it wouldn't be just a few pages, that's when I realized that I should just buy the book. Nearly all of the projects look like something we would do. That's rare.

Lots of GREAT ideas!!! Some are quickly done while others are more involved. This is the best book I have found for doing weaving with children. The PVC pipe loom is a terrific idea and inexpensive enough for each child to have one of their own to work on.

This is a great book for novice weavers. I have made the small treasure pouch and put together the pvc loom. The instructions are clear and simple, the photographs are lovely. I bought this for myself and my daughter. There are projects large enough to hold the interest of older weavers and small enough for young weavers with shorter attention spans. I really enjoyed this book and can't wait to make my next project.

This book was a great project book for my daughters, especially the 10 year old. We learned a lot about weaving and were able to produce some nice, usable projects in a short time. We still plan to make the loom from PVC piping and make some Christmas gifts with it.

I had gotten the book from our public library and felt it would be a great addition to our craft library and had to buy it. The instructions, diagrams and photos are well done.

I have homeschool friends to whom I recommend this book. Any parent who has a child interested in art or crafting might like introducing them to the art of weaving. The book is a good guide and I plan to use it with my niece who loves arts/crafts.

I have 3 children all interested in crafting. They are learning to spin wool and wanted to weave instead of knit. I checked the book out of the library and am now buying it. The best part are the instructions for an inexpensive loom made of PVC, for a family on a budget, this is a great way to get the kids weaving!

I knew exactly what I was getting; it is my third copy. Sarah Swett understands how to make the marvels of weaving accessible to those of us far less talented. Thanks, Amazon, for carrying it!

I pick this book up to do the weaving with my son. I was reading it and found how easy the projects where to do with him. My oldest is going to use some of the projects with the kids that she babysits with. I found the projects easy to follow. The loom building was straight forward. Getting a hang of the how to work the loom was a little challaging at first then it was easy. If you do crafts with your kids and they are interested in weaving this is a good start. Plus, I found it fun and relaxing just playing around learning something new.