A Study in Stubbornness
If nothing else, I am living proof that you can accomplish anything with sheer willpower and a usable hoard stash. Today's test of willpower: a homemade loom, ideally while spending jack. Result: success and a dead lower back. Ow. Remember that hoarder stash I mentioned? I found this really useful webpage to make a simple frame loom. How convenient that I have two "oops" frames I bought compulsively at Michaels about six years ago. No glass, no backs, and $8 a piece back then. I wanted to keep the integrity of the painted side of the frame, in case (when :cough:) I ever get a real loom and want to use the frame for another art project. So following the directions on the loom site, I tick-marked every quarter inch. Then I realized I was an idiot and marked the wrong side. Tick marks belong on the outer edge. Using David's Flexcut gouge tip knife, I cut notches to nestle yarn wraps. This will keep the warp (vertical wraps of yarn that hold the f...