[Nfb-krafters-korner] Crafting Summer Camp in CT?

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Well, I have several looms ranging from 1 foot up to 7 feet across the  
hypotenuse of the triangle.  They are made of wood and some have nails on  the 
3 sides, but my larger ones have wooden pegs.  The standard spacing is  1/2 
inch apart across the hypotenuse and about 3/8 inch apart going down the 2  
sides.  That is the spacing between center of pegs or nails.  Now the  cool 
thing is if you know anything about weaving you usually have to put the  
yarn on a loom top to bottom and then you weave side to side.  Again this  is 
the cool part of a triangle loom You use one continuous strand of yarn and  
when you weave it, you actually are creating your weft and     oops help me 
out Dixie weft and weave[that doesn't sound right][well the up and  down and 
back and forth]  being created.  When you do need to  add another ball of 
yarn there is a way to do that.  It makes shawls  on the large one or blankets 
if you sew 2 triangles together.  I love to do  pocket books on the 3 foot 
loom.  You fold the triangle like an envelope to  make them.  I have taught 
the Girl Scouts how to do it on the 12 inche loom  and they made change 
purses.
 
You learn something new every day or it is a wasted day!  That is what  I 
told my kids when they were growing up. is 
 
Joyce  Kane
www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
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