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When making potholders, it's a good idea to leave the finished project on the loom for awhile so the loops can relax and yield a sturdy, robust potholder vs. a timid shrunken specimen once said potholder is deloomed. But I only have two looms, so I bought a couple more potholder looms on ebay.

One of the looms I bought came with a second, odd (mutant) loom that only had 10 teeth per side (vs. the standard 18). Curious, I used it to make a potholder and discovered, as predicted, the 10-toothed loom yielded a tiny, palm-sized potholder. Fascinating.

Lenore's mom had complained...er...constructively commented in the past that my potholders were too small, so I decided to sew four of the teeny potholders together to make one larger one. The results? A big old ugly potholder. So much for artistic experimentation.

The teeny potholders make nice coasters.

Here you can see the size difference and finished potholder Pièce de résistance.





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