Economy Card Weaving Looms

I taught a beginner class on double-faced tablet weaving at Pennsic and wanted people to be able to keep the looms but not have them be expensive for me or the students.  

I bought and cut all the pieces ahead of time and put them together at Pennsic to save space during transportation.

Materials for each loom:

• 1/2" PVC pipe - 2 pieces 24", 4 pieces 6" and 2 pieces 4"
• 1/2" PVC elbows - 8 pieces 

You can use a pipe cutter or hacksaw to cut them.  You may wish to sand them, but the elbows will cover the ends so it is not necessary.  I used PVC glue on the elbows before putting them on to make the joints a bit stronger.  Be careful, certain types of glue will melt the PVC.

The cost was around $15/loom at the time.