She’s always been an avid reader instead. Books are ok, but don’t do much for activity or challenge. A few weeks ago she wanted to try the looms. So I loaned her my green round one, telling her not to buy any, in case she didn’t like it.
The pegs on this loom were spaced enough for her eyes to see clearly if she made a mistake. It’s a slow process for her; her art;hritic fingers make it so she can only do a little at a time. One trick she employed was to use a large wire clip to hold the end of the yarn while she worked the hook. Yesterday I went over to help her take the hat off the loom. That, and she was anxious to start making a scarf on her new rectangular loom.
OMG! She’d bought beautiful blue/green marine colored fuzzy yarn and because they hadn’t had the round looms in stock, bought a set of the long looms. She didn’t like the instructions, didn’t like the awkwardness of holding the looms, or the difficulty of seeing the fuzzy of the yarn.
I demonstrated a couple of rows using the crisscross method which delivers the double-sided results. On no. Not gonna happen! Too confusing and I assured her that it was only turning at the ends that got a little dicey, but it could be learned with practice.
I even looked up some of Mikey’s tutorials. She watched for a while, and inspired, went back to try again.
I reminded her that I’d told her not to buy any looms, and also that you could make a scarf on a round loom just about as good. She liked that idea and abandoning the long loom grabbed her beloved green round favorite and commenced to winding.
After watching her turn a couple of ends I left her smiling and weaving. Her scarf may not be ready until next Christmas but her hands will get a lot of exercise, she’s sitting up instead of laying on the couch with a book, and the challenge can only be a good thing!
I’ll let you know how it goes
