Gumdrops

My favorite Barney song (think purple dinosaur) when my sons were little was the gumdrop song.   If all the raindrops were gumdrops and lemon drops oh what a rain it would be.   Standing outside with our mouths open wide - uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh... uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh, uhh.   If all the raindrops were gumdrops and lemon drops oh what a rain it would be.  

So, I guess it is fitting that the yarn I bought for the individual cardboard looms is called "Gumdrop" by Lion Brand.  Each skein is a bright variegated color predominately green (smoothie), pink (cherry) blue (blueberry) or orange (orange). I bought a banana colored plain yellow for the warp.   

Cardboard looms, if you have never made one are a simple project.   I bought a trifold corrugated project board and cut it into 28 lengths.  The size isn't super important, but mine are about 5"X11".  I didn't cut the notches until I got to Japan.   I couldn't find a ruler in the condo so I used the thick end of a chopstick as a width to cut my notches.   Each cardboard piece has 1/4" notches of equal number on the top and the bottom.  The corresponding notch is threaded from top to bottom and wrapped around the back.  By leaving a tail of yarn at the beginning and the end you can tie a square knot on the back side,   

I then cut different color yarn into one yard lengths.  It is not important to be exact.   I gave each child one length of each color to get started.