After I gave Abbey her Christmas present she gave me a gift. My Xmas present hadn’t arrived yet in the mail but my birthday present came early. I opened the box and saw this:

I said “NO YOU DID NOT!” and then we both started laughing, laughing so hard we started crying. See, I’ve been resisting weaving because I already do so many crafts. I’ve looked at Abbey’s table loom and have been tempted but so far had managed not to buy one.

This is a vintage loom from the 70s and is made in England.

All the parts are here except the instruction manual. I found a blogger via Google that has this loom and she’s mailing me a copy of the manual. The kindness of the crafting community warms my heart.

There’s clamps to secure it down to a surface and a little hook to pull down the yarn.

How old do you think this yarn is? It feels old.

Here it is all together:

This is one of the funniest and best presents I’ve gotten. Now where am I going to put it? And find the time to weave?!