Becky Thomas - Loom Magic Creatures!: 25 Awesome Animals and Mythical Beings for a Rainbow of Critters

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ISBN: 978-1-62914-795-6
eISBN: 978-1-62914-796-3

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Contents

Acknowledgments

W e would like to thank our great editor, Kelsie Besaw, for her never-ending support, organization, and excitement on these projects. To Sara Kitchen, for working tirelessly on the design and layout until it was perfect. Thank you to Bill Wolfsthal, Tony Lyons, and Linda Biagi for making this project both possible and successful. We would also like to give a big thank-you to everyone at Skyhorse for continuing to do a fantastic job with this series. Extra appreciation goes to Allan Penn, for sticking with us throughout the project, adding more cowbell, and for producing beautiful photography. Thank you to Holly Schmidt for guiding us through this series.

Our warmest regards go to each of our contributors, who provided us with truly remarkable, fun, and creative projects to include in this book: thank you Alexandria Seda; Amber Wylie of Hobo Cat Creations; Kate Schultz of Izzalicious Designs (www.izzalicious.com); DIY Mommy on Youtube; and www.elegantfashion360.com.

Finally, this book would not be the same without the smiling faces of Alden Glovsky, Caleb and Owen Schmidt, and Lily and Fletcher Waterman. Thank you!

Project contributors:

Alexandria Seda: Medusa; Merman; Butterfly; Alien; Penguin; Crab; Baby Mouse

Amber Wylie of Hobo Cat Creations: Cat; Ladybug

Kate Schultz of Izzalicious Designs: Starfish; Dragon; Santa; Superhero; Feisty Fish; Princess; Robot; Garden Gnome

DIY Mommy on Youtube: Pegasus; Parrot

www.elegantfashion360.com: Duck; Dog; Spider; Pig; Bunny; Gingerbread Man

Glossary

H ere is a list of some of the terms we use when explaining how to do each project. Getting to know them will help you speed through all these great designs!

hook: The hook is the off-white, hook-shaped utensil that is provided in the packaging of your loom. This is used to move rubber bands from their pegs instead of your fingers.

c-clip: A c-clip, as its name suggests, is a small, clear clip shaped like a c that we use to hold rubber bands together. C-clips are often the last step in a project. Some rubber band kits come with s-clips instead; you can use those the same way you use c-clips.

threading: To thread beads onto your project, wrap a thin piece of wiresuch as a stripped twist-tiearound a single band. Add the beads onto the wire from the other end, and then slide them onto the band.

Set up your loom square: When all of the columns are evenly set on the loom; no column of pegs is set forward or backward.

offset: When columns in the loom are not square. For example, when the outside columns are set evenly and the middle column is set one peg closer to you.

Making a chain or knitting: To make a chain for arms or feet, wrap a single band around your hook three or four times so it looks like a knot. Attach a double band to the end of the hook, and slide the knot onto this double band. Move everything back onto the shaft of the hook. Continue this process of adding double bands to the chain until you have the desired length.

How to Loop your project back: When you have finished putting down all of your rubber bands on the loom, there is one more step before you can remove your project from the loom. This step connects your bands to each other instead of just to the loom.

To Loop Your Project:

Start at the peg indicated in the instructions; usually it is the last or second-to-last peg in your project or the peg where you have put a cap band.

Use your plastic hook tool and slide it into the hollow space in the middle of the peg to grab the top un-looped band on the peg.

Then pull the band up and off the peg, pulling it through any cap bands or any looped bands stacked above it.

Attach the band on your hook to the peg where the other end of the same band is still attached. If there is more than one band, loop all the bands on a peg before you move on to loop the next peg.

Pegs are typically looped in the opposite order from how you laid them out on the loom, but be sure to follow any specific instructions for the project you are working on.

When you have finished looping your project, you should have a few loose loops remaining on the last peg on the loom. You need to secure those loops by tying a band around them or using a c-clip or your project will unravel!

Parrot

T his feathered friend is cute and colorful! Hes not too tricky; just pay attention to the color changes!

Difficulty level: Medium

You need:

1 loom 1 hook red , blue , yellow , black, and white bands

To Make the Legs:

Lay out your parrots legs using single bands that have been wrapped once over themselves so they are tight. You can do this by wrapping a band twice around your hook and stretching it over the pegs. To make the feet, wrap a single yellow band around your hook four times and slide it onto a single yellow band that has been wrapped like the leg bands. Repeat three times for each foot.

Turn your loom and loop your legs. Secure the ends with a red band and put aside.

To Make the Tail:

Attach double red bands to the first center pegs, and connect them to the right. Repeat and connect them to the left; then repeat one more time and connect to the center. Lay a line of double bands down each column, switching to blue as shown. You will have a total of two red double bands and three blue double bands lining the outer columns and four red double bands and four blue double bands lining the center column. Wrap a blue cap band around each of the last pegs twice.