October
7, 2004 -- Weaving Loom ExperimentsIt
was my idea, but now both of us are carrying on weaving loom experiments on children's
toy looms. They aren't hard to find in the "peg loom"
style or "frame loom" style and you basically are weaving with a plastic
yarn needle and carrying the weft up and down and up and down over the warp. They
ARE hard to find with moving heddles so you can just slam a shuttle back and forth
and not deal with the tedious up-and-down business. I
got a new "Princess Weaving Loom" first so Paul set up on that:  It
came with sampler yarn in blue, yellow, and hot pink but after learning what weaving
is about he scrapped it and went with embroidery floss for the warp and then baby
sport for the weft. He's got one side really straight and then the other side
pinching in:  It's
the smaller loom and it will take finer yarn. Today
I got my long awaited 1980's Fisher Price loom (#715
to you FP collectors). This is the one I was holding out for and the one I had
as a child. I LOVED this loom! Granted later tonight I have to run it through
the dishwasher because it is obviously not new and definitely a bit grubby. It
came with scary neon yarns so that's what I'm using to weave up a quick sample: 
I'm
having the same trouble Paul is -- getting the tension just right so the edges
are not coming inwards on the sides nor uneven in the rows themselves. He solved
his row problem by combing down are far as it will go but I don't want that tight
a weave so my rows are struggling with how they want to be -- firm or floppy?
Eventually
I'll get back into practice so I can try it with fluffy, chunky, pretty yarn!
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