Make a hairpin crochet loom from
stuff around the house. This project is a great way to try hairpin
crochet.
Materials Needed:
2 bamboo skewers or other straight sticks. (The skewers were a
little over 1/8 inch diameter, could probably go up to 1/4 inch.)
2 hot glue sticks. I used 4 inch 120 degree hot melt glue sticks.
Make sure they have a high melting temperature so they don't melt
from your hands or in a hot room.
Sandpaper (not shown)
Drill. (not shown, if you have strong hands, you may be able to
push the sticks in with your hands.)
Note - This step should
be performed by an adult.
Drill a hole, the diameter of the skewer or slightly less, on
each end of the glue sticks. Be careful to align the drill holes
so the skewers will be parallel to each other. I like to make
the holes on one of the glue sticks slightly larger so that it
can be easily removed (if it is too large though it won't stay
in place).
Lightly sand the skewers
so there are no splinters or rough spots. Attach the skewers to
the glue sticks making sure to keep the skewers parallel to each
other. Keep the glue sticks at opposite ends of the skewers to
form the loom.
Here is your new hairpin
crochet loom ready to use.
Here is a smaller loom made with
2 inch glue sticks.
