More on pin looms

A short post today, as I have killed a lot of time this afternoon looking for more vintage pin looms online and exploring a nicely done site about them, Eloomanation. 

The book I mentioned in my last post is Pin Loom Weaving by Margaret Stump (Stackpole Books, 2014).  Most of the pin loom projects out there are a little too... dull (for lack of a softer term) for me, too much in the kitschy craft realm.  Of course, I don't like knitted sweaters, so I guess I come into this with a bias.  I want to twist these little pin loom squares into something unusual and unexpected.  I'm working on making some flowers with them to go with a larger project in the works.  Speaking of that project, I really should get back to work on it.  Next time, the start of an extensive series on who and what has influenced my art ideas.

Pinning Down Pin Looms

Last week, I had to make a seven hour round trip in one day to pick up three pieces of my artwork, not exactly something I was all that happy about.  It is a trip I make on occasion, but I usually make the trip a several day visit, not just for business, but for friends as well.  There is an antiques mall at the halfway point between the two points that made my journey.  It is a perfect time to get out and stretch, and hopefully find something for my varied collections.  On my journey last week, halfway down the first row of showcases, I find this:

A set of vintage Weave-It pin looms!  One four inch square and one two inch square, in the original box, with the original needles.  No instructions, but I have a modern Zoom Loom that is nearly identical in design.  This little treasure made the long day worth while.  I certainly don't need anymore distractions from the various half finished projects that I have going, but I have of course been playing with my new "toys."

I had no problems using the Zoom Loom instructions on the vintage looms.  The two small squares in the upper left corner were done with Valdani #8 cotton, the rest with assorted fancy yarns.  Somewhere, I have a book on pin loom weaving, I need to find it.  More on that next time...