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September 19, 2008

Cricket Loom - looks interesting

I was reading the new issue of Knitty magazine and they had a review of a small portable wood weaving loom.  I've always been fascinated by weaving and I know my niece Lydia is too.     This intrigued me when the reviewer talked about the kids being really into using the loom.

This might be a good Hanukkah gift for my nieces, eh?   Here is the manufacturer's page - schachtspindle.com

Cricket Loom
Schacht Spindle Company
$135
11" x 18" x 6"
weaving width: 10”

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Here's some quotes from the review in Knitty:

The first thing that struck me when I unpacked my Cricket was the quality of the materials. It’s wood, not pressboard or plastic.  It comes with everything you need to weave your first project: two stick shuttles, a warping peg, threading hook, two table clamps, and 8-dent rigid heddle reed and two balls of yarn.  The tools included, again wood, are suitable in size for both children and adults – no mini threading hooks or shuttles...

Once I got to the party and demonstrated the basics, the loom was swept away by a group of kids ages 4-10. I only heard from them when the sharing wasn’t happening. In true post millennium fashion, the kids traded off between the Cricket and a Wii.blank

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