The pattern bar in this picture is woven with the diamond bar (that’s it on the right). It lifts the threads for you; turn the bar to build the pattern row by row.

The magic of big-loom weaving, in a simple little tool.

I am not a weaver. Or I didn’t used to be. But a few years ago I saw a fragment of an old tapestry, a flower woven in pink yarn against a dusty black background. I wanted to make a picture like that, in yarn. But weaving was hard! I couldn’t keep track of the over-under. Could I make it easier? I built myself a tiny loom, big as my palm, with a little mechanism to separate the threads. And suddenly wove a little flower, like brushstrokes on a canvas.

This is the design I developed from that first rough prototype. It feels natural to hold and use, like an extension of your hands. It makes weaving easy and intuitive, even for complete beginners and kids. And the pattern bars let you make beautiful patterns as simply as plain weave.

That bar at the top separates the warp threads for you, so to weave a row you just pass the needle straight through. Turn the bar, and weave another row. Plain weave is a breeze. And those bars can also lift the warp in patterns, like a multi-shaft loom. So you can make a real fancy weave structure, real easily. Row by row.

Each of the bars makes a different pattern, and each pattern has endless variations. You’ll learn how weaving works — not by studying diagrams or threading heddles, but just by doing.