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Giveaway- Loome Party: 20 Tiny Yarn Projects to Make from Your Stash

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Giveaway- Loome Party: 20 Tiny Yarn Projects to Make from Your Stash

Leave a comment in today’s post by May 23, 2018 and you are in the running for this adorable fiber crafting book that comes with a tiny loom.

Open to U. S. residents only please.

Loome Party is a one-stop shop for learning how to use the Loome tool to make tiny, splendid projects using only your yarn stash. Learn the foundations of creating pom-poms, tassels, friendship bracelets, weavings, and cords galore with Vilasinee Bunnag, founder of Loome. Bunnag provides clear, step-by-step instructions and colorful photography that will teach you how to use the all-in-one tool (included in the book) to make mini masterpieces. Once you’ve got the hang of working with the tool, you’ll learn how to change and combine these basic elements to make more than 20 bright and playful projects—each developed by a guest designer—including pom-pom gift toppers, woven bracelets, and tassel garlands. Loome Party is a fun, thorough, and modern reference full of approachable how-to projects for readers of all ages.

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Comments

  1. Who doesn’t have stash of yarn? Looks like lots of tiny things to make for embellishing craft items.

  3. I have a loom and love
    weaving with it. This mini
    loom sounds fun!
    Carla from Utah

  4. I have a loom and love
    weaving on it. This Mini
    loom sounds fun!
    Carla from Utah

  5. I am a huge fan of looming and so many other yarn crafts. This book is so colorful and something I am so excited to take a look inside and try! Especially, to make embellishments for blankets, scarves and bags.

  11. OH, I WOULD LOVE TO DO SOME DIFFERENT EMBELLISHMENTS WITH THE LOOM. I DO A LOT OF PAPERCRAFTING AND THOSE WOULD BE DIFFERENT TO TRY ON MY PROJECTS. I WOULD LOVE TO SHOW SOME OF MY FRIENDS ALSO. WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS.

  12. I enjoy loom knitting, and I am obsessed with pom poms and tassels in my home decor. I would love to learn how to use this tiny loom and dig into my massive yarn stash!

  13. This sounds like such fun and I certainly have the yarn stash for it. I’d love to win this book! Thanks!

  14. Such a cute book! Looks like it would have lots of great crafts to do with my kids this summer.

  19. I have always wanted to try a Loome! They look like the perfect for summer crafting.

  23. I work with kids and we have TONS of yarn around. It would be awesome to have some fun activities to do with the kids. Thanks for the chance at this book!

  25. This book looks so inviting, I want to learn to make tassels and pompoms using the loome

  26. Who doesn’t love poms? They are a must on the Grand kids hats, any and all colors. Like to try the Loome version.

  29. I loved weaving on a loom when I tried it many years ago! The book looks fabulous and the mini loom would be fun!

  30. My stash is large, but these tiny treasures look as if they would be fun to make.

  31. What a fun and USEFUL book! I have a huge stash of yarn bits and would LOVE to use them to make decorations and embellishments! Thanks for the giveaway!

  35. Always looking to make crafts faster and easier. This sounds great, I would like to make a pom pom wreath. This would help very much.

  42. Looks like a great thing to share with young ladies in my Girl Scout Troop. I could learn it over the summer and then teach it to them in the fall when we begin meetings again! I have never loomed but looks like a wonderful idea to use my leftovers!

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