CousinLarge Traditional Bead Loom kit

I really enjoy this loom, but it's a headache to set up, especially for a beginner like myself. I learned on Rick's Beading Loom and this is a completely different animal. My suggestion is get you some inexpensive thread and just practice setting up your threads until you learn how to keep them tight. Otherwise you'll end up wasting a lot of valuable line (like I did) in the learning process. After going through almost two spools of Fire Line, I finally figured out not only how to set it up to my standards but also how to unwind the thread back onto the Fire-Line spool if I make a mistake and need to re-thread the loom. It takes patience, and I nearly lost mine. A few times I had visions of chucking it against the nearest wall. But I stuck with it and I am now working on an enormous project with seventeen beads per line. Also, I should add this works best with smaller seed beads, not the larger type. It says to not skip rows in the included directions, but on how-to videos I've heard you can skip rows if needed to accommodate larger beads, so this may be a sort of user-decision thing.It comes with a small pack of black and white beads and a small pack of multi-colored beads, a small spool of thread, needles and directions. it is some-assembly-required, but it's nothing too difficult. You may need help tightening the wingnuts on each roller if you don't have good grip strength, but you don't want them too tight as they're there for you to make adjustments as you work.

I used to do some beading when I was a teenager, and when my daughter expressed interest, I wanted to get her something that would be easy to learn on, but able to keep up as she progressed in skill. This loom is perfect for that! Her first bracelet was just a simple 6 strand, without a design, but now that she's gotten some practice she's making wide, intricate belts, cuffs, and other things to decorate sewn projects. Threading the loom is very easy, it comes with easy to follow instructions, thread, beads and a needle to get you started. I highly recommend this loon!

For "Durability" I can't speak to that after only using once. It seems fairly durable I can't really see where it would breakdown any one part over the other. I priced these everywhere I could and always came back to this one. I got this because my arthritic fingers don't hold on so good. It was way easier to warp than another smaller loom that I have- not slipping off the slots at all on me. Will definitely use this over my other smaller loom for the ease of it.

Bought this loom based on customer reviews and so far I am very happy with it. As a novice on bead weaving I needed a good starter kit and this Bead Loom offers the basics. It came with: 1 bag with black beads, 1 bag with white beads, 1 bag with mixed colors (including black & white), 2 needles, a needle threader, a spool with white thread and an instruction sheet with example motif.What I really like about this loom is the fact that I can adjust both the width and the length of my creations (not endlessly but it is suffice for my needs at the moment). This loom is sturdy, big enough to make different sized projects but not too big to be a hassle to work with. I can use it on a table or on my lap.Things I think could use a little tlc from the manufacturer: the instruction booklet could display better graphics on how to start setting things up, I ended up watching a bunch of videos on the internet - the needles I recieved did not fit through all the bead holes, I had to find thinner ones to use - the amount of beads in this kit is really minimal and I was not amused that I had to separate beads from the multicolor bead bag in order to start on the motif example given in the booklet - it would be nice if the multicolor bead bag did not include black & white but instead would offer more other colors.I am giving 4 stars for the kit - 5 stars for the loom itself.

Ok so I just got this loom a week ago and have made 3 bracelets so far.. the loom was shipped very quickly no damage to anything except one of the bags if beads came open but not a huge deal as they came in a larger bag. I've made 2 bracelets so far and it's performed perfectly, came w enough beads to make a bracelet with a bag of white, black and rainbow and a bobbin full of string a needle came w it also but wudnt fit through some of "my"beads but went through the provided beads just fine so all in all everything from start to finish was just fine and I would recommend this product to anyone..

The media could not be loaded. very happy with this looms . Nice and big. Easy to use. I have been enjoying using it a lot.

This loom has not been so easy to use. The threads need to be very tight but the screws that pull them come loose easily

For years I have been using a much narrower loom for beadwork. I was really happy to find this on Amazon. Now I can make wider projects. I've already completed one project since I got it and started another. The quality is very good and the price was excellent. Hip-hop arrived very quickly after ordering.