Long Thread Media Library

Just a Dash Napkins

For her napkins, designer Sara Goldenberg White took the clean lines and bright colors of a traditional picnic blanket and gave them an asymmetrical twist.

Pattern · Little Looms

Like many kids, designer Sara Goldenberg White spent hours making embroidery floss friendship bracelets. In honor of these childhood memories, Sara designed this stunning scarf in colors and patterns reminiscent of the bracelets she made a child.

Lavender and Lace Shawl

This light and airy shawl is just the right weight for cool spring days and summer evenings, or worn as a scarf when the seasons shift.

Pattern · Little Looms

Fashion Plaid Wrap

Learn how to weave four-shaft twills on your rigidheddle loom and unlock new pattern possibilities.

Pattern · Little Looms

Weaving with Two Pick-Up Sticks

Sara Goldenberg White shares her tips, tricks, and best practices for using 2 pick-up sticks on the rigid-heddle loom.

Video · Little Looms · Video

Twills On A Rigid-Heddle Loom

Here are some small WIFs of twills that can be woven on a rigid-heddle loom and on a multi-shaft loom.

Pattern · Handwoven · WIF

Summer Plum Towels

Dish towels are a staple of the household as well as a staple project for many weavers! This pattern spices up two-tone towels with floats.

Pattern · Little Looms

Ripples and Waves

An open and airy shawl like this one that transitions seamlessly to a scarf makes the perfect spring party wrap. The Brooks bouquet pattern matched with plain weave creates a balance of laciness and stability as well as a lovely scalloped edge.

Rep Bag

The sturdiness of rep weave gives strength and body to this colorful messenger-style bag that will serve you well while also completing your look. Learn to weave rep using the rigid heddle to change sheds and a weaving sword to pack your weft.

Pattern · Little Looms

Glitz and Glamour Color-and-Weave Shawl

Traditional wool yarn combined with just a bit of glittery, shimmery fashion yarn creates a shawl that pairs perfectly with your favorite cocktail dress—or your favorite jeans.

Incense and Sensibility Cowl

Use your rigid-heddle loom and fine merino/silk yarns to weave this airy and soft cowl. Sara didn’t judge Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev by its cover, but she did use its lively colors as the basis for her color palette.

Butterfly Wings Scarf

Wear this bright and fluttery scarf when you want to fly away to warmer climes. It will make you feel like summer, even when it’s snowing outside.

Pattern · Little Looms

Fall Into Winter Scarf

This scarf captures the feeling of a chilly, clear autumn day before winter and snow arrive. Gleaming recycled silk and colorful ribbon provide contrast as they alternate in warp and weft, and an optional fringe on the edge adds Southwestern flair.