Mending Loom
This 28 hook Speedweve style loom is the nicest quality of this type mending loom I've seen. The thick coating means there is less likelihood the metal edges will cut your elastics while you are stretching the fabric. I think the hooks feel made of a little thicker metal which may help with the "crossing over" that sometimes happen with lighter ones, tho this is easily fixed by sliding your needle under the the misplaced hook and helping it pop back into its right position.
This 28 hook Speedweve style mending/weaving loom is a replica of the original mending looms designed in the 1950s. They are a clever, practical, mending tool designed to be able to raise alternate threads in a row of warp (vertical) threads in order to make it quicker and easier to lay in the weft threads.
- This 28 hook size loom will make patches about 5" square
- suitable for mending woven and knitted fabrics
In the package:
- English instructions with photographs),
- 5" round wood mending surface,
- Coated metal loom,
- Thick elastics, extra long needle
- and a thread puller (I think the thread puller is for mending knits :-)
- Outer packaging may vary
Although intended for mending holes in clothing and household fabrics, these looms are also fun for creative fibre art uses. It is possible to create shaped patches and small pockets as well as functional squares and rectangles.
By combining thread textures and colours you have nearly unlimited creative possibility.
