Pre-christmas Tablet Weavng




Just before Christnas I warped up my inkle loom following a tablet weaving diagram for a row of Christmas Trees - not really expecting to get it right... but I did!

I can't find the link at the moment but I'll add it to this page when I can.


Sara ¯\_(ツ)_/¯



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