Now down in a straight like and make another stitch then up to the next etc till you have vertical threads going up and down over the area. Now take a stitch under and to the right of left of your hole and thread the thread up and hook it over the first needle. Using a second elastic band, secure the loom to keep it from falling off. Now position your new loom so it sits with the needle hooks above the hole or thin place. ![]() To use them, you put the mushroom inside your thing to be mended. My small loom has 14 hooks over 1 1/12 inchesĬompared with the 2 old fashioned looms which have No sizes are given as it all depends on what you want. Have now added stages but the last pic also has the basics They make darning much easier because you use the hooks to help you thread your needle back and forth but I really wanted something that I could make a smaller guage weave with and sometimes I want to be able to darn a bigger area than can be made with the little old fashioned looms. They came with a flat darning mushroom and you secure the mushroom inside your garment and the loom outside of the mushroom with elastic bands. Search for: Follow On the Needles on WordPress.Ive got a couple of commercially made Darning looms from the early 1900s. (And like I said, these are some of my least disreputable… I really have to start up sock knitting again.)ĭo you darn your socks? Do you have any fun new tools? I ended up making four different patches to cover all the thin spots on this sock- truly living my Oliver Twist Fantasy. And, at the end of each row, you make a tiny stitch into the sock, fastening the patch in place as you weave it.Īfter that, I take off the loom, sew the top warp loops in place with the whip stitch, and I’m on my way. Flipping the hooks back and forth lets you lift/lower the threads of the warp, which makes for faster weaving. Then it’s just a matter of weaving through the warps. You make tiny stitches at the bottom of the area to be patched, and loop the thread around the loops. Then I get a nice long piece of sock yarn and start warping the loom. So, I slip the wooden disk into the sock, and arrange it under the bare patch, hook up the metal part of the loom and lock it in place with rubber bands. This is one of my less-embarrassing socks: Lucky for me, I’ve got about a million socks on the verge of falling apart, so I’ve got lots of darning ahead of me. It’s just so satisfying! In fact, it’s so satisfying, I taught myself how to make an animation, so you can experience it yourself: My favorite part is flipping the little hooks back and forth. ![]() A lovely, smooth wooden disk that goes inside the sock (or whatever garment you’re darning), and a hefty metal piece that goes on the outside. ![]() It fits really nicely in my hand, and has two parts. ![]() But, regardless of where I found it, I’m excited to have it, use it, and tell you about it!įirst off, here’s the little loom. I’ll be honest, I found out about this from an ad on Instagram, so you know, not the most high-brow place to learn about new tools. It’s a Speedweve-style darning loom, and it’s just the coolest. You guys, I’ve got a new tool, and I love it!
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