NOBO Handweavers

With Betsy’s permission, here’s a copy of a loom request that she recently received. What a fine cause and a fine young woman :

Hi Betsy,
I came in and talked to you last winter, I am a MassArt fibers major and you
helped me understand all the different types if looms and showed me the
weaver in California who makes the cardboard looms! Well, I was teaching at
Los Patojos, a community center in Guatemala this year and made rigid heddle
looms out of popsicle sticks, and the kids all had a great time! Now I am
back in Boston, with a few more weeks before my next trip to Guatemala, and
I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction- I am looking
for a small loom to bring to Los Patojos. This is something I would need to
have donated, since they clearly don’t have a budget- all supplies are
donated. However, if we got a loom down there we would make weavings and
sell them fair trade in the states in order to get the funding to keep Los
Patojos running. Los Patojos is very important in this town as it keeps kids
off the streets, where there are a lot of problems with gangs, violence,
drugs, etc. I am planning on going back around the 16th of August, and if I
have a loom with me I will teach the teachers how to set up the looms, and
how to weave, so that they can keep weaving with the kids after I leave. I
just thought I’d ask if you have any ideas of where to get a small loom
donated- preferably something in the 75 lb or less range that could be
packaged up easily to take in checked baggage. I’m asking all the people I
know in the weaving community in New England, so don’t worry about it if you
can’t think of anything.
Thanks so much!

Allison

Should anyone have a loom to donate, please contact Betsy @ Loom With A View in Newburyport, MA.
Thanks!

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