Historic Handwork
"Thus we endeavor that the children shall learn to use their hands more and more..." Rudolph Steiner
All our hand-held looms are made with varnished hardwood and stainless steel pins. Each loom comes with two weaving needles and an illustrated instruction booklet, written for both right-and left-handed users. The booklet describes the basic threading and plain weave process, and includes diagrams for various ways to seam woven pieces together.
6"x6" Loom $30.00
2"x2" Loom $16.00
4"x6" Loom $24.00
2"x6" Loom $20.00
2"x4" Loom $18.00
4" pair $2.95
for the 2"x2", 2"x4", 2"x6"
6" pair $3.95
for the 4"x6"
7" pair $4.95
for the 6"x6"
This compact, spiral-bound book features thirty pattern motifs for the Weavette. Each pattern is featured in a photograph, with instructions written for right-or-left-handed users in all six square and rectangle Weavette Loom sizes. $25.00
Volume 1 Edition by Licia Conforti Written 2000 Revised 2003, 2006 234 pages
About Historic Handwork:
We sell top quality Buxton Brooks Weavettes created by Licia Conforti. My name is Bryanna Rosenblatt and I created Historic Handwork. I am a life-long homeschooled graduate, in my freshman year of college. As part of my high school graduation requirements I had to start my own business and try to make a profit by the end of the school year. I had seen an article in Martha Stewart Living magazine about these lovely old-fashioned hand looms and I thought they would be a very popular item for homeschooling students. They seemed to be a very practical and portable handwork hobby that could easily be done by children as well as adults during reading time, quiet time or while driving in the car on the way to a field trip. The affordable little looms can make anything from tiny little dollhouse table cloths, blankets and curtains to doll clothes, face cloths, pot holders, small and large quilts, baby clothes and more.
I settled on this item and came up with a business plan to invest a budgeted amount of money in the looms, and a way to advertise and sell them. I started with 25 of each of the 5 sizes of looms available to me. I rented a vendor table space at 5 New England Homeschooling Conferences. The first was the biggest one in Massachusetts and I sold more than half my stock! As I suspected, the kids loved the looms! The boys and the girls all sat around my table as I showed them how to work the loom. They quickly caught on and were making little bookmarks to take away with them as a souvenir from my table. By the end of the conference we had all loomed a small quilt! By the end of the conference season I had sold all my looms, my business turned a tidy profit and I couldn’t wait to buy more.
Today I still sell looms, through this website and at homeschooling conferences, as a way to supplement the expense of my college education. Thank you for your interest in the looms. I hope you will make a purchase for yourself, or a lucky child who will surely love such a unique gift. I do guarantee 100% satisfaction with every sale. If you are not happy with the beautiful quality of each hand loom please return it, in the original packaging, and I will refund 100% of your cost for the product.
Bryanna Rosenblatt
Budding Entrepreneur
All in stock items are shipped within 48 hours priority mail.
Shipping is $5.00 for the first item and $2 for each additional item.
(no shipping charge for needles)
Massachusetts residents add 5% sales tax to your order.
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Idea starters for the 4x6" or 6x6" Looms: Bags, Bedspreads, Blankets, Curtains, Cushions, Picture Frame Matts, Pillows, Placemats, Pockets on cloth purses and bags, Ponchos, Potholders, Potpourri Bags, Purses, Rugs, Slippers.
Idea starters for the 2x2", 2x4" or 2x6" Looms: Bookmarks, Coasters, Dollhouse bed mattress, pillow, bedding, table covers, curtains, rugs, Needle cases, Trimmings for larger projects like blankets and bedspreads.
