This Meeting is Still Looming

Tonight marked the monthly meeting of the All Around All Stars 4-H Arts and Crafts Club and this meeting took some twists and turns.  After their official opening and a brief business meeting it was time to get down to the business of the club and get crafty.
  This month's project involved learning how to weave.  Club members, under the guidance of their club leader Jessica Drake created looms out of paper plates.  After picking some fun colors the members used yarn to create the frame that they would weave.  After securing the frame it was time to learn to thread a really big needle and work with the over and under motion that would let them weave the yarn.  When they had enough for a "head" it was time to stop and make arms by braiding yarn then weaving it through the frame.  Then back to weaving until the body was done.  Sometimes they would stop and change colors to make it more interesting.
  When they were satisfied with the final product all they had to do was cut the frame in the back, making the top hair and the bottom strings braided into legs.  One, two, or a few eyes later they had made a unique and fun bookmark!  All by learning how to weave.  They club members took home their looms and some extra yarn to make more at home and maybe make some as gifts later in the year.
  The next club meeting for the All Around All Stars 4-H Arts and Crafts Club will be April 3, at the County Extension Office.  For more information please contact Wendy Maynor, 4-H Program Assistant at (910) 671-3276 or Wendy_Maynor@ncsu.edu.