Reading Stone Mountain Loom Patterns

I'm so excited to say with this post we, Theresa Jewell and Ashli Couch, are officially launching our individual PDF pattern series. Each month we are going to pick a theme and provide you with a pattern a week following that theme.  This is our first month, and what a busy month it is, so we are not picking a theme just yet. But starting in March 2018 we will have a theme and we will be providing you with all sorts of fun projects!

For this month, we are going to wet your appetite with 4 random fun projects to do on Stoney Meadows Alpacas and Stone Mountain continuous strand Looms.  This means we can pick any loom to play on and give you a great pattern. I can't wait to see what we can provide you and what you will make with our patterns!

Pattern Setup

To make our patterns as accessible as they can be, we have provided two different styles. The first is written out like a knitting or crochet pattern and the second is a visual chart.

What I mean by a knitting/crochet pattern is I will use, when possible, the same abbreviations found in standard knitting and crochet patterns. Aka, MC = Main Color. Unlike knitting or crochet patterns, when weaving all you need to know is the color of the yarn being woven that row. At least, for now it is until we start writing patterns to include new and different weaves such as twill. I will be sure to add instructions to the pattern if and when we do that.

The visual chart is just that. It is a chart showing the number of nails for a particular loom. Each nail 'box' is colored according to the pattern.

Triangle loom patterns start on the first nail along the hypotenuse (the longest side of the triangle). This means your slip knot. The second nail will be the nail next to your slip knot on the left side. Remember you are weaving two sides at once to create a mirror image across the center nail which if you purchased a triangle loom from Stoney Meadow Alpacas and Stone Mountain Looms, will be marked. The pattern is worked from the left and will end on the center nail.

Rectangle and Square Looms are started in the top left hand corner (unless you're left handed and want to reverse it, then start in the right hand corner). This means the very first nail in the top left hand corner will have the slip knot on it. Once you start it, the pattern follows the nails along the left side of the loom. If you purchased a loom from Stoney Meadows Alpacas and Stone oMuntain Looms, there will be burn marks marking the center and matching nails on either side of the center nail. This comes in handy when you'd like to venture into writing your own patterns. The last nail in the pattern will be the nail in the bottom left corner.