Finishing Your Weaving

You’ve finished your first weaving. Congratulate yourself. Dance to your favorite piece of music. Write “I am a weaver” in every different pen and pencil you have.

Now comes finishing. You’re going to use the yarn on the back of your loom to make fringe. Turn your loom over and cut the yarn in the center. I just guestimate, but if you’re nervous, measure and mark the center.

Now turn your loom over to the front. You’re going to have a loose end where you started, and the last fringe will be too long, but you can trim that when you’re done. Hold the loom so that the slits and fringe are on your right and left. Beginning in the upper left-hand corner, gently life up the top two fringes and tie them together with an overhand knot (the kind you put at the end of sewing thread) as close to the weaving as you can get it. Don’t worry if you don’t get close enough right away--just untie the knot, using a needle to loosen it, and try again. Keep doing this down the side, knotting two fringes at a time. When you get near to the bottom, if you have 5 fringes left, tie three together and then two.

Do the same thing to the other side.

That’s it. Your weaving is finished. Are you a genius or what?!?