Wild About Weaving
Given Laurel’s insatiable appetite for art projects, it’s always fun to discover a new craft that captivates her. And currently, it’s weaving -- an activity inspired by a transfixing spin on a full sized loom at a downtown art festival this past summer. We recently bought Laurel the Alex Fashion Weaving Loom (you also can opt up a notch in size with the Alex Giant Weaving Loom), and though the packaging is marked for 7+ Laurel has no problem weaving once I set up the main (warp) threads. The kit comes with fantastically soft rainbow yarn plus some fun fringed yarn and this activity has engaged Laurel for impressively long stretches of time; she's super proud of the scarf she just finished. I just wish Alex sold more of the rainbow yarn separately, because Laurel’s itching to make a coordinating purse.
Comments
If the loom is only 10 inches long, how did Laurel make a scarf? Once the warp strings are filled up, is there a way to make it longer?
Posted by: Clearly Clueless About Weaving | December 20, 2009 6:33 PM | Reply to this comment
Not a clueless question at all! The instructions for how to make a scarf and bag are included with the kit, but basically, to make a scarf you attach loom blocks. It took 4 to make Laurel's scarf.
Also noteworthy, for a scarf you don't need to string all the warp threads across the loom. We just did 8 and it came out great.
Posted by: Christine Koh - Editor | December 20, 2009 7:52 PM | Reply to this comment