I received two looms this year as gifts. The “big” loom on the left (all things are relative) is my newest. My other loom has allowed me to make tablet woven bands comfortably, without tying myself down for hours into a backstrap loom, which is what tablet weaving is really for.
Technically, both my looms are “little looms”, but in my collection, I have a small and a big loom…
Oh, there’s also a toy loom… You know, like a toy breed of a loom…
No, actually, it really is a toy loom, it was given to me when I was seven or eight to play at making cloth…
But compared to some “adult” frame looms, it’s quite sturdy and well made. And it will work beautifully as a simple tapestry loom. It was definitely fun to rediscover it (and especially to realize it was still there) and to use random remnants on a couple of samplers.
Vintage toy loom with weaving in progress 
Another WIP (weaving in progress) 
A third one, finished. More of a sample, but definitely fun to do
Of course, in the Masha-verse, getting into a (more or less) new hobby means getting into a new area of research.
Did you know that there’s way more on the web in English about looms and weaving than in Russian or French? Especially the kind of informative videos and blogs aimed at beginners who are trying to figure out what weft and warp is (warp goes forward, or is vertical — “warp speed ahead”; weft goes sideways, “weft and right”, like the red yarn on the shuttle in the image on the right, above; it’s the threads that form the weaving).
Weaving is not a new hobby, except inasmuch as it is an adult hobby, and not a plaything. Of course, the latter could be debated. Do we work or do we play when we do something with passion?
Because play is a serious occupation. It’s all too easy to forget how to play, how to imagine, how to take risks and to risk laughing at yourself.