Rectangle Loom Scarf

First I wanted to thank everybody for there sweet words...I had so many...I miss my mom so much.... your sweet words meant so much to me...and they helped me so much get through the past days... Hugs and Love to you all!!

Hand Woven Scarf by

Jeannie Phillips ~Southside, AL

Hand Built Rectangle Loom by

Robby Phillips ~ Southside, Al

My sweet husband Robby built me this new loom to keep me busy...he started it before my mother died... but he got right to work on it the day after the funeral so I would have something to keep me busy... he also added to my tri-loom to make it two sizes... my next project is on the 3 foot part of my tri loom to make a kerchief... I can't wait to try it.  I have several pictures here of my project in progress.  This one is a bit more challenging!!... I have a few mistakes...but I am learning... and loving the process.  Thank you so much for looking!  Hugs, Jeannie

Lost My Mom

I lost my mom yesterday.  She was 72. Please keep us in you prayers the next few days and weeks.  Thank you so much.
Hugs
Jeannie

Felted Easter Basket

Handmade Design by

Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, Al

This is a felted Easter Basket... I made it while sitting at the hospital with Mom...You knit your item out of wool...the wash it in hot water and shrink it...it pulls all the stitches together really tight... this shrunk more vertically than horizontally..so it is a bit taller than I wanted...but I am learning!! I made it on my largest round Knifty Knitter... I have now ordered a larger round loom.... I want to make more purses....but I think I am going to have to go up one more size... I love new looms!!  Hugs, Jeannie

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So, So, So Excited!..My First Tri Loom Shawl!!...

Handmade Design by

Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, AL

I am so excited about this finished shawl...it is made with my own hand spun yarn!!...so when I started this project I started with a pound of dyed wool...and I finished up with this!... is that amazing or what!!??!!  Please disregard my steroid face!!... I love too that since Robby (dear husband) made my loom there will be a bit of him in ever shawl I weave... how cool is that!!  This wonderful sweet lady I met on Etsy, Kathy who so patiently answered so many of my questions.. who do beautiful weaving ... taught me that you can ware these rolled up like a scarf..and when you need it to keep your shoulders ware you can unroll it to put around your shoulders...so I am showing it both ways... Thank you so much for looking!!  Hugs~ Jeannie

Progress on my Tri Loom Shawl

Hand woven with my own hand spun yarn.

Design by Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, AL

This is the progress on my first Tri Loom Shawl...had to share because after I add about 50 more strands of frindge I will be out of yarn...and I need a total of 294 pieces of fringe...  I am going to have to spin more yarn to finish up!...That is about a 12 hour process...then drying time for the yarn.... so it will be a few days before I get to finish.  I love the process of making these...it is so relaxing and yet you feel so productive...I am thinking the total physical hours it takes me to do this is going to be about 35 to 40 hours counting spinning the wool into yarn...and the weaving and the fringe. But worth every minute.  My next one is going to be a red and green plaid! I will have plenty of this green yarn left over after my second spin...and I have some beautiful red roving to spin!...I can't wait.  Thanks for looking!  ~Hugs, Jeannie

My New Loom... A Tri Loom!! So excited!

Hanadmade Tri-Loom Built by

Robby Phillips ~ Southside, Al

Hand Woven Shawl from Hand Spun Wool

by Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, AL

I am so excited about this loom... weaving looms are perfect for showing off beautiful hand spun yarn... I discovered these researching looms and feel in love with them... now I want a rectangle one too.  Robby my sweet husband patiently made this for me.. it has over 400 nails in it so it took patience.  Here are pictures of him working...and the beginning of my first shawl.  I am using my own hand-spun yarn.. I plan to add fringe when I finish... I believe from what I have woven so far this will take me about 16+ hours to weave I think it will be well worth the time...I am just beside myself with excitement!! Thanks for looking! ~  Hugs, Jeannie

Felted Purse

Handmade Design by

Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, AL

I am so excited about this purse... I met a lady at Taming of the Ewe Saturday ... she did the most beautiful felted purses.... I feel in love with her purses...and she was so helpful...I wish that I knew her name to give her credit!... so I came home and used some wool yarn I had on hand and made me one.. Now I am going to have to get me a larger loom...yet another loom!... I love my looms!! Thanks for looking!  Hugs~Jeannie

This is a picture of it before I felted it in the washing machine..it is about 2/3 the original size.

Hand Spun Yarn

Hand Spun Yarn by

Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, AL

I have been working on this for a couple of weeks... I had some bad days so I didn't work on it much for a while there... but today I got to finish spinning it and then I got to two-ply it!!... so excited out how it turned out.. I started with 8oz of  dyed Mariano wool... and ended up with 364 yards of 2plied sport/fingering weight yarn... I hope to use this on my first Tri Loom project next week.. I need 200 yards of another color to go with it... so excited!!... and Robby is going to build me a tri-loom this next week!... what other color do you think I should add to it??  Thank you for looking~  Hugs, Jeannie

Cowl/Infinity Scarf

Handmade Design by

Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, AL

I had enough of this yarn left over from one of my weaving projects to make a cowl... I was in the mood to knit on Saturday.... and this yarn was in sight... I think it was a meant to be... because it turned out so pretty... It is really soft too... and so simple to make...I did it on the largest round Knifty Knitter loom and just did the e-wrap stitch... I did do a loose bind off.... It is the perfect length and really fancies up a simple sweater or turtle neck.  Thank you for looking!  Hugs, Jeannie

Knifty Knitter Scarf

Handmade Design by

Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, AL

I was excited at how this scarf turned out...I had wanted to do something like this with this yarn and didn't think I had enough...and wasn't quite sure how to get the look that I wanted... and I had thought I would not have enough yarn to get the length of a scarf...well after 2 woven scarves I still ended up with enough yarn to make a scarf.. too exciting.  I wanted a really loose stitch to show off my hand spun yarn... I used the purple round Knifty Knitter... knitted on a flat panel... I used every other peg....I did a row of k and row of p and a row of k...after my ewrap cast on... then I added the next color (orange ) and did a row of it in e-wrap... left that working strand at the end of the row... the I did a row of p a row of k and a row of p... picked up the orange working yarn... and did a row of ewrap until I reached my desired length.  I really like the loose stitch for hand spun yarn.  Thank you for looking!  Hugs~ Jeannie

Shades of Orange... A Handwoven Scarf

Handmade Design by

Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, AL

I had fun making this.. used three of my 4 heddles this time...those are the bars that hold the stings that lift the threads that make the design.... I was playing around not sure what exactly I would end up with... but am happy with the outcome... I have a few mistakes... but as I always told my kids  "a mistake is only a mistake if you don't learn something" and I am learning so much!!... this scarf has in it some of my very own hand spun, hand dyed yarns... how fun is that... My next venture is a Tri Loom... Robby is going to build me one and I am just too excited!!...This is going to be a door prize at a dinner at Church... hope it is well received!!... thank you so much for looking!  Hugs, Jeannie

A String of Stitches

Handmade by

Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, AL

A String of Stitches... I love this.. it is like a long string of purls... there are endless ways to ware it... I thought I would whip it up in a day or two... but it took a while.. working on it on and off.. I made it on my fine gauge loom with tiny sock yarn... it is 24 feet long!!..I don't even want to know how many stitches it has!!...I think I am going to love it!...it would be pretty is an off white color...It is not my design..I have seen it done by several wonderful knitters!!

Handwoven Scarf Orange and Blue

Handmade Design by

Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, Al

I am loving my new weaving loom... I have lots to learn ...like making the starting end the same size as the ending end... and I did something to the last few rows that make the weaving look a little bit different... not sure what... I get in a hurry when I am almost done!!.. I think I will get Robby to add another bar so I can make things just a bit longer... thank you for looking!! Hugs, Jeannie

Weaving Loom...and My first Woven Scarf

Handmade Design by

Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, AL

Weaving Loom Built by

Robby Phillips ~ Southside, Al

My son, John-Robert and I went to Gatlinburg for his Spring Break...I got to see a weaving loom in person and play with it a little bit... came home with the idea how to build one in my head... Robby and I talked through it and got it all figured out...and that sweet husband of mine made me one yesterday (Saturday).  Here is my first creation on it... I used some of my hand spun yarn...some ribbon and some store bought fuzzy and eyelash yarns... So excited with how this turned out!  Thank you so much for looking! Hugs, Jeannie

Summer Scarf/Belt

Handmade Designs by

Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, AL

This is a Summer Scarf/Belt that I made on my Fine Gauge DaLooms Loom... I used a stitch that I created myself on the looms....I used it before on a prayer shawl on a larger loom... it looks so different here...but I love the effect. The prayer shawl was larger but this took much longer. Thanks for looking!!

I have a mistake in this one...and it ended up in my picture... Can you find it?

Also I have been spinning lots... and I am getting better every day!...It is so much fun... I hope to make a new hat next week all out of my own yarn!

Hugs Everybody~ Jeannie

Handmade Toboggan with New Stitch and Hand-spun Yarn.

Handmade Design by

Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside, AL

I am excited about this hat....I wanted something different... when it came to me how to add random pieces of  yarn and make them stand out I put down what I was working on and got to work on this hat. I also wanted a way to showcase my hand spun yarn... the pink in the hat is yarn I purchased the other is MY VERY OWN YARN   I added a Vertical Drop Stitch that I taught myself how to do on a loom...I had seen it done on needles and went "oh I know how to do this on a loom."  Then I did!!... talk about excited!! I also watched a video today on a Crossed Stockinette stitch...it is a simple you knit one peg and ewrap the next...I like the uneven look it gives.  I know there is a name for how this hat looks but I can't think of it... I am really excited at how it turned out!! I used my purple round Knifty Knitter.... I love, love loom knitting!!

Yarns!

Hand Spun Yarn by

Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside

Wanted to share my 2 plied yarn and some more yarn that I started spinning today.  Today was a wonderful spinning day... it all just came together... I was drafting and spinning all at the same time.... my wheel was going in the right direction ..... I was stopping the wheel anytime I needed to... I had a few adjustments to make but I was able to make them... the blue yarn in the picture is bulky yarn...this new yarn is much finer...I think when it's 2 plied it is going to be more of a worsted weight... Spinning is so so much fun!..I am loving it!

Infant Hat

Handmade Design by

Jeannie Phillips ~ Southside AL

I made this for a girl at church...  it is for her baby to ware to a wedding where the colors are dark pink.  I had made her some baby hats for her baby shower and she loved them... so this was a labor of love because I know she will be excited.  Those are the most fun projects for me!  I love my Knitting Looms!... On this hat I used the Fine Gauge Baby Hat loom.

Converted Stitch from Needles to Loom

I had an Email yesterday from knitting Daily on 3 stitches this one is the Vertical Drop Stitch... they did it on needles... I had it in my head, right then,  how to convert it to my loom.. woke up this morning with it still screaming at me to try!!... I can't wait to try it on a hat or scarf!! .I had to share what I did!!...so excited!!