{"id":2154,"date":"2014-11-24T15:56:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T15:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annetarsia.com\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2014-11-24T18:17:16","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T18:17:16","slug":"zoom-loom-where-have-you-been-all-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2014\/11\/zoom-loom-where-have-you-been-all-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom Loom! Where have you been, all my life?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am in love.\u00a0 Unexpected, giddy love.\u00a0 I was ordering stuff for the Baby Wolf from Webs, and as long as I was clicking away, the Zoom Loom somehow jumped into my shopping cart.\u00a0 Yesterday I got it out and started to experiment with it.\u00a0 The world fell away, and hours later I was still going strong.\u00a0\u00a0 John Mullarkey developed this little jewel for Schacht looms, and everyone in the world needs to have one of these.<\/p>\n

I started by raiding my bag of leftover sock yarn, and started with a single strand.<\/p>\n

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This was the very first warp I did on the Zoom Loom, using a single strand of varigated sock yarn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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That seemed a little lacy and weak, so for the next one, I used 2 strands of sock yarn.\u00a0 That worked pretty well, but making sure that I was grabbing both strands was tricky.<\/p>\n

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This is doubled sock yarn – one solid dark green, and the other is varigated. I did a double-crochet edging on the bottom one, using a single strand of the varigated yarn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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So, I moved to a different stash, and tried worsted wool. Bingo!<\/p>\n

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Here is the white cotton block, with 2 red blocks woven with 100% wool.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Then on to worsted weight cotton.\u00a0 Whoopee!<\/p>\n

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Here is the finished block of cotton!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I see a bunch of coasters developing, don’t you?\u00a0 I know there are a zillion opportunities for discovery, here, but I’m going to start with coasters.\u00a0 It is so much fun!\u00a0 I haven’t timed myself, but I’m guessing each one is taking about 30 min. to make. It could be faster, the time ZOOMS by.\u00a0 Heh, heh.<\/p>\n

John Mullarkey, the next time I see you, prepare for a big hug.\u00a0 I love this loom!<\/p>\n

Off-kilter<\/a> is blocking, happily.\u00a0 It doesn’t look anything like the pattern sample, since I really went off-kilter, but I like it.\u00a0 I will wear it to work this week, and get back to knitting Strandwanderer<\/a>.\u00a0 When I’m not busy with my Zoom Loom!<\/p>\n

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Here is Off-kilter, off the needles and blocking. The patterning is simple, just garter stitch and a basic mesh. But the random short rows and changing of color create quite an interesting result (now that it is not crammed on the needles and I can see it!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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