Finished Matts

Finished place mats... check.

Better late than never.

Or am I just ahead for 2014?

Finished these and started playing with an idea I had for something else with the looms.

We'll see where that takes me.

It is something I have been tinkering on for a couple of years now,

so don't hold your breath.

But I always seem to come back to things I start

so don't give up either.

Table mats

I decided, somewhat belatedly 

that I needed mats to go with my tea cozies.

Leftover matching yarn... check.

Love and Money Looms... check.

Frame for looms... check.

Empty toilet paper rolls... check.

I have used the looms before and enjoyed them.

The frame to hold the looms is new however,

and I really am liking it as well.

Although it works great for wrapping I am finding it a bit awkward

when tying and have decided to try taking the loom off the frame to do the tying and see how I like that.

Luckily, that is very easy to do.

I first spent hours  and I do mean hours 

unraveling the mess of yarn so I could use my yarn winder

to make it into a nice neat ball to fit on the yarn holder at the top of the frame.

Winding the yarn onto a toilet paper roll makes that a breeze.

And fortunately the toilet paper rolls fit perfectly onto the winder!!!

Fun.  Fun.  Fun.