This morning I'd just sat down with my porridge when the postman knocked on the door. Bill jumped up and went downstairs. When he came back, he was carrying a box. He'd gotten me a pin loom! Not only that, he bought a handmade one from a small business. They make the looms and sell them through a few different small fibre art businesses. He got this loom from one of them I love it that he supported a maker and two small businesses.
I will have so much fun playing with this and trying various ideas, which started bouncing around in my mind as soon as I saw it. I don't know what I will try first, but probably something with a smooth, untextured yarn so I can easily see what I am doing. This will be perfect for scraps. I can't wait to get started. But first, laundry. I'll be good and get my chores done before I play!
This is such a happy surprise. What a great gift from a great guy--not that I'm biased or anything 😁
6 comments:
Love this. Sweet husband. Everytime I try to comment on my Ipad or my phone, I am sent to Google to register-let's try this on my laptop. Love your hobbies.
This is lovely, so thoughtful of Bill.
I would agree with you! "What a great gift from a great guy"
Wishing you a happy weekend
All the best Jan
You have a wonderful hubby to be so thoughtful.
Please share with us what you make.
Years ago I had one of those plastic deals that you used the 'loops' that you got with the kit to make various things. I've seen them now and then at the craft store and walmart. This looks a thousand times better because you can use up your yarn stash to make things. Is it possible to make something longer than the item working off one end like a loom or is it best to stick with the size/shape of the unit itself? My biggest regret in Scandinavia was not buying the lap loom I saw while I was leaving the country at a dept store. I've never seen anything like it ever since. It's fun that he thought of this and it has some variations you can do with it! The scarf you made on another post looks nice too. =)
This one makes squares. They make triangle, rectangle, and hexagon looms, too, and also larger and even smaller ones. This one makes 4 inch squares. It works differently than a regular loom that gets a long warp. For this one, you warp around certain pegs, then turn the loom on its side and warp it tht way (so it's the same direction as the weft), then turn it back again and warp around different pegs than you did on the first go. Then you weave with the needle. So you get a self-contained square at the end. Uses less yarn than a granny square would and is pretty cool in novelty yarns! :-)
Oh thank you for that description. I've heard that some people somehow manage to elongate or expand work on looms that appear to be 'a single size' but I don't know how they do it? Maybe they move the work up to the top few pins? Or maybe I just misunderstood what i was seeing? LOL
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