00:00 My absolute favorite kitchen tool is not my cast iron skillet.
00:04 It is my loomed pot holders. Do y'all remember these things?
00:08 I grew up making these things at my Nana's house using her mother,
00:13 my great grandmother's original red metal loom.
00:18 People started using these pin looms in the early depression era as a way to not
00:23 waste.
00:24 They used scrap materials from hosiery and sock companies and it was a great
00:30 tool and it was one of the earliest forms of textile sustainability.
00:34 What started as necessities for women to make household tools eventually became
00:39 very popular childhood crafts.
00:42 My two most recent creations are not as well loved and seasoned as these that
00:47 are probably 10 years old. I love gifting them as stocking stuffers.
00:54 I still honestly just love making them so much. I just do it for fun.
00:58 Did you know that you could still buy a metal loom just like the one that is my
01:03 great grandmother's and cotton loops to make your own?
01:08 If you want to bring back some serious memories from your childhood,
01:11 definitely grab one of these.
01:13 Just be sure the loom is metal and your loops are a hundred percent cotton.
01:17 Don't go for the polyester stuff. As my Nana would say, those just won't do.
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