I’ve made the body of the loom, secured the rods, and finished the loom with tung oil, so it is done, right? Well… I saw another loom with knobs turned onto the end of each rod. While I didn’t want to turn each rod on the lathe with this project, I did like the idea of stops on the ends of the dowels.

In my stash of buttons (hm, apparently I have four containers full of buttons now), I found my grandmother’s old clip on buttons in a bag with her red cross volunteer name badge and pin. These clip on buttons have a single central hole with a pin through and a loop behind. They clip onto garments with a small steel pin. The buttons are made with a pearlescent material that is quite lovely and they are just over a 1/2” in diameter.

I cut the looped pin off the buttons, and reamed out a few holes that were slightly too small for the small brass nails I had. I drilled tiny starter holes in the end of each dowel and used a tack hammer to attach each button.

So now I’m ready to test the loom!