Thank you to all who participated in building night! We had so much fun! It was fun to watch the families building together and then weaving together! I have to say, I think we have some dads who can start a new business!! We had so much fun and then we all learned a lot about weaving. We had guest speakers, and lots of samples including rugs made by Marcia Gunther, a wedding mat made on the island if Kiribati in the South Pacific and a woven rug from Mexico! Several tried their hand at making the Danish woven hearts as well. They are easy once you learn! :) I can't wait to see the wonderful things that the kids (and parents) make with their looms! When you are finished, please bring it in to share or take a picture and I will put it on the blog! The smiles on the boys and girls and parents last night said it all!
Families working together!
Young and younger, boys and girls, moms and dads had fun!
What's not to love about being given an hammer?
The parts were really fun to play with even before they were a loom!
And a game of Peek-a-boo is always fun!
Ramona even tried her hand at weaving with a hoola hoop!
Marcia Gunther brought several samples to share and lots of expertise!
Way to go, Dorothy! You are a born weaver!
Ahhhhh...sisters!
They make great frames, too! :)
Abi got to use the cool fabric cutting machine!
We learned how to tie-off the ends of rugs or coasters.
Marcia explained about how she cuts her fabrics and uses a shuttle.
I wish I had a picture of this dad's beautiful weaving!
Learning to braid.
A demonstration of another type of table-top loom.
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