1. Wind one lilac band around the hook three times. 6. Pick up another pair of lilac bands and repeat steps 2–6. You have now made your first petal. Slide the petal onto the handle of the hook. 10.

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The trend for clothing made out of a simple children's toy began to grow after one woman made a dress of rubber bands. Loom bands - small rubber bands linked together to make bracelets and other ...

Last week we featured a gallery of readers' loom band designs as the new craze continued to sweep through Merseyside. But photographs of your incredible creations have continued to flood in, ...

"Loom bands" have been taking over playgrounds and living rooms as children from many different countries weave the tiny rubber bands into bracelets and other designs. But what makes them so popular?

For millions of school children they are a must-have fashion accessory. Footballer David Beckham and Britain's Prince William have sported them. Loom bands - colorful rubber bands woven together into ...

Rainbow loom bands – small elastic bands that can be woven into anything from friendship bracelets to animals and keyrings - are the latest kids’ craze But the most ambitious creation so far is a full ...

As with so many good ideas, someone always has to take it too far. On the evidence of these photos - which, once seen, cannot be unseen - loom bands may have reached that point. Every year, a baffling ...

1. For the bracelet, work a total of six flowers in the colour sequence pink–green–lilac–pink–green–lilac. Start with six pink bands for the first flower. Stretch a pink band from peg 1M across to 1L ...