Turtles are a heartwarming creature. And easy to make with a hexagon pin loom. The are also a great opportunity to mix variegated yarns and solids in the same project.
We joined the turtle weave-along on TexasGabi’s website. We learned about it in the Pin Loom Weaving Support Group on Facebook. Before you know it, we had woven a bale (group) of turtles! We experimented a bit. We tried different yarn combinations, different size safety eyes and used different colors for the top vs bottom of the turtle.
Pin Looms Used to Make Turtles
The main pin loom used was a hexagon. We like the one from Bluebonnet Crafters. They have this classic shape in their Etsy shop and several other fun shapes, too.
While we used a lot of other shapes for the head, feet, tail and neck, they can all be made by folding, rolling and tucking a 2″ square.
But since we have other looms, we sometimes used the follows:
- 2″x4″ pin loom was used for the head
- 1″x4″ pin loom was used for the neck
- 2″ triangle pin loom was sometimes used for the feet when we wanted a different color on top verses bottom of the turtle.
We received a special request for a few turtles. They requested pink, teal and blue. So we made a few more!
