To weave on it, cut equal pieces of yarn that are longer than the project you’ll be working on (we made a scarf for our first piece) and attach them lengthwise to the loom to form your warp threads.

The studio has a variety of looms, with a library stocked with “virtually every weaving book available” and a computer with weaving software.

John Mullarkey, of St. Louis, Mo., is a card weaver and small-loom enthusiast who was informally nominated to bring back the pin loom while attending a weaving conference in 2007.