The Loom

Current project

One of the things we acquired at the recent Mother Earth News Fair we attended in September was a loom made by Lost Pond Looms.  The loom is a wonderful simple tool that takes very little skill and has a high reward.  I love hand woven wares and have a mild fascination with the process of weaving for quite a while.  I went out of my way to purchase several hand-woven Persian rugs during the time I spent in Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq.  Another favorite is a hand woven wool rug / tapestry with a southwest theme I picked up in New Mexico.  Though no one in the family is ready to begin an epic project of a fine silk carpet, we are making some really nice small pieces.  We are starting with woven dish towels and bags.  The results are very nice, very versatile, very usable and aesthetically pleasing.

Our 1st project.  We are using this beauty as a dish rag.

None of us may ever become master weavers, but as far as making something that we all like I think the new loom is a very useful tool that anyone can use.

The Loom.