Translations:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Arts and Crafts/Weaving/10/en

5. Make a jersey looped potholder.

Small, inexpensive looms and loops can be found in the craft departments of large stores or in craft supply stores. These looms are typically 18 cm square and have several pegs located around the edges. The loops themselves are the byproduct of the hosiery industry, being cut from the toes of stockings during their manufacture. They are stretched across the loom and looped over the pegs to form the warp. A hook is then woven through the warp, and a weft loop is attached to it and pulled through. The weft loop is then hooked over a peg. Once all the weft loops are in place, the hook tool can be used to form a running chain around the edge. Each loop is lifted from the peg and passed through the end of an adjacent loop. Then that loop is unhooked and passed through the end of its neighbor. This procedure is followed until all the loops have been unhooked. The last loop is pulled through a little farther than the others and pulled tight. You can see a video of a similar procedure on Youtube, though this one uses yarn rather than hosiery loops.