Best weaving looms according to redditors

I have this one and this one and they're pretty amazing. Worth it to me for perfect pom poms every time, and they're not expensive

I've been bedridden for 5ish years, with some in and out in the last bit. Here's some things that helped me:

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1. Laptop and internet. When I suddenly became disabled right out of college I lost basically all of my friends. People tend to lose touch during those kinds of transitional periods, and honestly I was the friend who was always driving people places so they weren't in the habit of visiting me. Internet access helped keep me connected in some way to other people. For me, it's not the same because I have a very difficult time bonding with others in an online setting, but it was definitely better than staring at a wall.
   
   
2. Get a wheelchair. I recommend an electric wheelchair, because you will be too tired to push around in a manual chair. If transporting a big, two ton chair is something you don't think you can do, try a folding wheelchair with a removeable motor, like the Smart Drive. (They're also waterproof which can be a big boon.) Honestly, having a wheelchair so I could leave the house without being carried was HUGE for me. That and moving to a new home that was wheelchair accessible and on the bus line. I still don't go out super often, because I am still tired a lot, but it has made a big difference in my agency. (People will say "oh no, wheelchair so tragic" but fuck them. Wheelchairs are a goddamned blessing. Being unable to get out of bed sucks, and wheelchairs are the magic that lets you move around.)
   
   
3. Acceptance. For me, a really huge thing was accepting that the condition I have (EDS/POTS) is lifelong. It cannot ever be cured, only managed. There is so much going on in lack of control of your life, and as I am mildly a control freak, that was REALLY hard for me to adjust to. We are taught a lot of negative things about being disabled, but in truth humans are extremely adaptable. Much more than we realize. We can enjoy life even with extreme restrictions on us. We can adapt! This too, shall become normal. And that's actually a good thing. When you accept that your body may just suddenly quit on you, you can make better decisions on how you spend the energy you have on good days. You can enjoy life with what you have, and know that it may not last. But that's okay. This too shall pass. Roll with the blows. Making friends with other disabled people, disabled people with conditions all over the spectrum, can help you see that being bedridden is just another way of life. It's normal, and a lot of people live normal, happy lives while mostly being in bed. And that's okay.
   
   
4. Don't overdo your good days. Many conditions have good and bad days. If this is true for you, you'll be able to do more some days than others, and it can be tempting to get everything crammed in that you can. For folks who are generally healthy but have been bedridden due to a temporary illness, pushing through can help them get rid of deconditioning. If, like me, your illness affects bodily functions necessary to sustain life, then pushing yourself on good days will actually damage your organs and make you sicker over time. And man, did I push lol. Instead, do **less** than you are physically able to do on good days. Leave yourself a lot of comfort cushion. The goal is to try to do just a little bit every day, whether good or bad, and hold on to that. Don't ever start doing more until you can go two weeks in your routine without any problems. This will protect you from huge backlashes and help you stabilize your baseline health. (This was a really hard lesson to learn!)
   
   
5. Hobbies, hobbies, hobbies. Seriously, connect with things you love that you can do while sick. It is so easy to lose sight of yourself and the things you love when you are perpetually in a crisis. Read. (With brain fog, I can't read well anymore and I've always had a hard time understanding audio, so I do both at once and that seems to work for me.) Draw. (Get a drawing tablet, Bamboo Create is a good start, or get a scanner for traditional arts.) Write. (If you like to write, you can do it on your own or start working on a project with others online.) Learn to program. (I develop a type of video game called a visual novel!) Knit. (I can't get ahold of the tension, but I use a mechanical knitting machine-- this is the best one for the price and it saves a lot of fatigue as well.) Try needle felting. (You can make cute 3D animals with wool while working out your anger/frustration by stabbing things with needles.) Learn to mold clay sculptures. (I eventually want to make to-scale Pokemon figures.) Watch movies/shows. (I watch a lot of anime on crunchyroll or from nyaa torrents.) Try tabletop gaming! (Like Dungeons and Dragons type stuff, but there's lots of different genres. Ryuutama is a really nice, relaxing one! Exalted is about being a demi-god badass. Blue Rose or Queen's Cavaliers are both really neat and diverse worlds. There's something for everyone, plus can get a lot of social activity in without much physical requirements.)

Buy some split loom off Amazon. We bought 100 ft of it for super cheap. You can get different sizes depending on how thick the cable you need to wrap is. I think we got 1/4 inch? I don't remember, but it cured our chompy cat of chewing on cords.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PLY92TA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_f.fmzbG9GRWRF

The pattern is here. The print out doesn't say much on it, but the youtube video it links to is excellent and really easy to follow.


You'll need a hairpin lace loom. I used this one.

The pegs are plastic on those right? If gluing them doesn't work (since the peg will lack lateral stability at the break) you could drill out the broken pegs and use epoxy to put in replacement loom pegs. They might be a different color and shape, but at least you could still use the loom and since the base of the peg would be set in epoxy and surrounded by the loom body, it would have much greater strength against shearing forces.

Alternatively, you could use drywall or self tapping metal screws to just screw into the spot where the broken pegs are. Pre-drill the hole with a bit that is just a tiny bit smaller than the screw to prevent splitting the loom plastic.

I made one myself for class and its ok, but not great. Do you think this one looks any good?

Non-mobile: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004BP21H0

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My daughter is that age and also loves to finger knit. She has the best luck (and the end product looks the nicest) with worsted or aran weight wool. Bulky is a little too much for her little fingers and the fingering/sport weight ends up looking like mesh.

My daughter regularly uses up the ends of my knitting cakes that are in colors she likes. She even stole one full hank of bright pinky-orange yarn. I would grab a yarn ball or two in colors that she likes. Check out Michaels or JoAnn's shops near you, both are having pretty big sales at the moment.

You may even consider something like a Zippy loom or a circular loom. Both work similarly to the finger knitting, so she should pick it up pretty quickly to make full size scarves and hats!

i used this tutorial for the scarves and a knitting loom like these for the hats. i used lion brand hometown USA for the yarn on all of them, they are easy to find for about $3 a skein from walmart. Hope this helps 😁

You can make flat panels/scarves and such on a round loom. All you do is not knit in the round, you would knit to the last peg and instead of connecting it to the first peg you would turn and knit back the opposite way.

Most of the people I know start with a set like this: https://www.amazon.com/Darice-Plastic-Knitting-11-inch-9-inch/dp/B001GAHFHY/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1541170279&sr=8-10&keywords=loom+knitting

That way you can make different size items more easily since it comes with different sized looms. I use the smallest to make socks/slippers and the largest to make panels for blankets. I started with a set like that, then bought some long rectangular looms, and also an infinity/afghan loom. I think the circle ones are a good starting point for people just getting into this. Double knitting with the rectangle looms is good for when you want something thicker and warmer, but you could also achieve that by using a thicker/chunkier yarn on a round loom.

Loomahat.com has a load of tutorials for casting on, using different stitches, fixing mistakes, and finishing a project. She also has a youtube channel with easy to follow guides.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions, I've been doing loom knitting for a decade now lol.

I had success teaching a five year-old cousin to finger knit after he was frustrated seeing his older brothers able to crochet and not having the motor skills to do it himself. It doesn't really give you a useful end product but it can be fun for little ones :) Using a single strand of a thick yarn is probably best for someone that age.

https://www.wikihow.com/Finger-Knit

Another option is what we used to call a Jenny Loom or, for a smaller option, a knitting spool. In the eighties, I had wooden ones with nails driven in but these days they make plastic versions in multiple shapes and sizes. What is great about the looms is that you can make an actual usable object like a scarf or hat. Here is an idea, although you probably don't need a whole kit:

https://smile.amazon.com/Long-Loom-Round-DIY-Kit/dp/B01MA6HT2Y/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1537553273&sr=8-8

The spool gives you a mostly useless knitted tube, like the finger knitting but it works up quickly and can be fun anyway.

https://smile.amazon.com/Clover-3101-Wonder-Knitter/dp/B000WUY7YI/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1537553418&sr=8-9

Thanks!!!! I used this one: Darice Sock Loom, Purple https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06W54H1YT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_opkqDbVTFTEKG

You can protect the electrical cords and your cat from electrocution with Split Loom Tubes. Check them out at Amazon:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PLY92TA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Many sizes are available.

Happy 21st! May it be awesome and fun!
Lately, as it's been cooling down here in VA, I've been really wanting either this knifty knitter set or this one! I want to make everyone I know scarves and hats for winter!

Got my small rigid heddle loom at my local yarn store, but they are also available on Amazon.

Thanks! I used the Susan bates one..I bought it from amazon. It cost around $7. Here is the link http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004BP21H0

Well, this is what I do and then I make these (though those are made with commercial yarn).

What I find REALLY cool are these guys which would be sort of a time commitment project, but you can make beautiful, interesting things with a mini loom that are 100% one of a kind and not pinterest-generated.

I have a biggish table loom I wish I used more, so I'm seriously eyeing these mini ones!

Craft me like one of your french girls

You need these! They are totally worth the money. Hat looks great. I like the floppy pompom.

https://www.amazon.com/Pompom-Pom-pom-Knitting-Decoration-Knewmart/dp/B01IOEE84C/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1480940816&sr=8-3&keywords=pom+pom+maker

This crochet hook is cheap and an Add-On item! It's only $3.90.

Probably Knifty Knitters, which is hard to find now, but this one I got recently is a super nice quality. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GAHFHY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Came with lots of different sizes too!

Thanks for answering. Is this beginner kit on amazon good for doing beanies?

https://www.amazon.com/Darice-Carryi-Round-Knitting-7-inch/dp/B001GAHFHY

Get a knitting loom! Like this!

https://www.amazon.com/Darice-1171-58-Round-Plastic-Knitting/dp/B001GAHFHY

That way you can set it down and don't have to worry about dropping stitches. It's really simple and relaxing :)

I loom! And by that I mean I crochet/knit with a circle loom. Here's a little guide for stitches and getting started with looms. Personally, I make hats, scarves, and sometimes bracelets and anklets. You can get a cheap set of looms on Amazon and yarn isn't too expensive. Once you get the hang of it, it can actually be pretty addictive. I sold one of my work friends a scarf for $20, but mostly I just make gifts rather than selling them. I made myself several hats, and my siblings hats for their new born babies. :)

I don't think they send to USA, but you certainly should be able to find similar ones. This one on amazon is very cheap, but a bit smaller (9,85"/25 cm, mine is 11,81"/30 cm); There are also smaller shops like Kaliko that have multiple sizes, but are also more expensive; And finally Etsy has loads of stuff, just look for 'weaving loom' or 'frame loom'. Good luck!

https://www.amazon.com/Lavievert-Multi-Craft-Weaving-Hand-Knitting-Intellectual/dp/B07KPVGQM7/ref=sr_1_13_sspa?crid=3J9V52K5QU2C2&keywords=weaving+loom&qid=1566740717&s=arts-crafts&sprefix=Weaving+%2Caps%2C149&sr=1-13-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUE5TjJERjNGWTBERUkmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA2NzMyMDgzQUw3TDRQWlZOTjBEJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA5MzczMjcyOUVGRERJTU5GMUQ0JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfbXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==