“I get by with a little help from my friends.”
One of the advantages of belonging to the Facebook Pin Loom Weaving Support Group (yeah, I rejoined, but not as and admin this time) is seeing all the variations on a theme. In this case, Bonnie Visser’s version of the Star Cushion.
Bonnie Visser’s Star (before) (photo by Bonnie Visser, used with permission)
I’m so in love with my doll’s new wizarding school outfit that I have to do a blog post on it. For about a year off and on, I’ve helped my friend, Julie Ann Toomey, cut out wizard robes for sale at Comic Con and in her Etsy shop. I was so impressed by the quality of the fabric she was using for the robes.
for MW
So, here’s what I was thinking as I constructed a 49 pins-per-side loom today: “Why don’t all the loommakers send me samples of their looms so I can promote them and extend their product’s usability?” (This is how I think while poking 192 holes and then placing 192 pins in a cardboard loom.) And then I realized, “Why should they? I’m plugging their products even though I don’t own any of them.”
(Apparently I need to clarify the above paragraph. It was meant as something of a joke. It’s probably selfish of me to wish my grunt work on others. I didn’t mean to solicit offers!)
Today’s ad features a 12″ x 12″ loom (what I’d call a bias loom) with 49-per-side equidistant pins.
12″ x 12″ loom — photo by Theresa Jewell. Used with permission.
