Your First Weave

This guide walks you through creating your first weave from scratch.

What We’re Building

A simple project weave for building a landing page. You’ll add tasks, organize them into Focus and Backlog, and visualize them on the Threads board.

Step 1: Create a New Weave

Open Loomline and click New Weave or press ⌘N.

Name it: landing-page

Loomline creates a markdown file at ~/Loomline/landing-page.md

Step 2: Add Structure

Start with a heading and two sections.

# Landing Page

## Focus

## Backlog

Headers become containers. Focus holds active work. Backlog holds everything else.

Step 3: Add Threads

Threads are tasks. Written as checkboxes.

# Landing Page

## Focus
- [ ] Design hero section
- [ ] Write copy for features
- [ ] Choose color palette

## Backlog
- [ ] Add testimonials
- [ ] Set up analytics
- [ ] Performance audit

Each checkbox is a thread. Move them between Focus and Backlog as priorities change.

Step 4: Open the Threads Board

Click Threads in the toolbar or press ⌘T.

Your threads appear in columns: Focus, Backlog, Done.

Drag threads between columns. Edit them in place. The markdown file updates automatically.

Step 5: Complete Work

Check off a thread to mark it done. It moves to the Done column.

In markdown, the checkbox updates:

## Focus
- [x] Design hero section
- [ ] Write copy for features
- [ ] Choose color palette

What’s Next

You’ve created a weave. Added threads. Visualized them.

The markdown file is the source of truth. The interface is a view.

That’s the whole system.