![]() Step 2: Mark out the spacing for your pegs. Any bigger than this and it wont really be a 'lap loom'. ![]() I cut mine down to be 12in wide by 16in tall. This depends on how big you want your loom to be, so remember you can always make something smaller than your loom but never bigger. Step 1: Cut your dowel rods down to size. 3/4in square wooden dowel rods (2 that are 36in long will leave you with a little extra).Here is how you too can join me on my mission to weave and watch Parks & Rec all day, every day. So this summer I picked up all the supplies I would need at hobby lobby for less than $10, my ever indulgent father cut the dowels down to size and then I loaded the supplies up and they and I flew back to Korea, where my wonderful, doting husband built the loom for me! Now I am a happy weaver with a beautiful, DIY loom. When I decided I finally wanted to try weaving I was held back by the fact that looms are either A) HUGE B) Expensive or C) Impossible (to me) to find in Korea.So I waited and watched from the sidelines, until I saw this loom and thought, " I can totally make that". ![]() But! Nothing comes into a crafters life without a little DIYing to begin the whole process. As you may have read in my weaving resources for beginners post, weaving is a new to me, just for fun craft and so far I really, really love it. As promised, here is my DIY Loom Tutorial.
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