Review on 📿 Deb Moffett-Hall's Endless Loom Kit: Effortless Bracelet Weaving with No Warp Ends by Tara Ford

I would give this 4-1/2 stars if I could. There are a few minor issues preventing me from giving it 5 stars but this product got me back into beadwork. After using the Jewel (Beadsmith) loom and the Clover loom to make beaded bracelets up to 21 beads wide, ie two sets of 22 warp threads to weave (on both ends) I gave up on them. Then I tried the Ricks beading machine which only promises to weave 4 warp threads but doesn't work because the metal rods you wrap the warp thread around are too thin and will bend inward if you try to create a lot of tension . leads to an uneven tension of individual warp threads. It also makes it difficult to keep the beads in place as each row is added, as well as trying to keep the correct spacing between beads. The endless loom eliminates all of these problems. You start by making the first two beadwork pieces on the loom, weaving a few rows of square stitches, and then attaching each piece to one half of the clasp (like a snap button). Then connect the clasp (meaning closing it to connect the two torn pieces). You put the clasp on the loom and then you wrap the warp thread around the loom and each time you come to a piece of beads you sew a bead at the end of the row to create the warp and so on, until all of your individual warp threads are attached to the beads. (This sounds more complicated than it actually is; watch a YouTube video from Beadaholique or Artbeads and it will make more sense.) By sewing beads to create warp threads, you can control the tension. Also, it allows you to have the correct warp spacing between beads, even if the beads are different sizes. I made a bracelet with 3mm cube beads and 4mm glass beads in each row and this was the first time I used mixed bead sizes. wide beadwork) and the rods that come with the loom and are designed for different lengths of bracelets (the loom itself is very easy to assemble). too big for me However, I solved this problem by purchasing a 1/4 inch dowel rod at my local hardware store. as well as an inexpensive small handsaw and dowel bar making. Since the smallest set of dowel rods that came with the kit was marked 2" for a 7" bracelet and the next larger size was 2-1/4" for a 7-1/2" bracelet, that was clear that every 1/2 inch change in required bracelet length requires a 1/4 inch change in rod length. So I made one set of 1-3/4" rivets for a 6-1/2" bangle and one set of 1-1/2" rivets for a 6" bangle (my wrist size) and it worked. comes out very well. I will try and take photos of my bars using one of the kits that came with the machine, as well as a saw and a machine using my shortest bars with dowels and my finished bracelet with 2 different sized beads to attach. In theory, I think that much longer dowel rods could be used to make the belt, but I probably won't be that ambitious. Looks like Revane didn't let me attach any pictures other than my finished bracelet. I am sorry!