A step-by-step weaving session using an inkle loom, demonstrating the process of setting up, weaving patterns, and finishing a small project.

Amy Begay had spent months weaving the rug, for which she had painstakingly shorn the sheep, spun the yarn, created the pattern and fashioned a round loom. She was proud of her work.

John Mullarkey, of St. Louis, Mo., is a card weaver and small-loom enthusiast who was informally nominated to bring back the pin loom while attending a weaving conference in 2007.