Small Loom Speedweve Type Weave Tool,darning Loom Quickly Mini Mending Convenient Darning Loom for Mending Jeans Socks Clothes Loom Machine Makes Beautiful Stitching Diy Weaving Arts (14 Hooks)

Yes the edges are sharp. yes the wood could use a sanding. it's still worth EVERY PENNY. a speedweve of the same materials (wood and metal instead of plastic) but a minimally higher quality costs $80 anywhere else. the plastic ones on here aren't any better than this one. if you have a metal file and a sheet of sandpaper in your toolbox and about 10 minutes of time, you can fix all the issues listed in the negative reviews. I haven't had a single rubber band break, but they carry rubber bands at the dollar store if they do end up breaking. don't get the larger looms if you're worried about it breaking, i got the 14 hook one and that's all you really need. for bigger patches you can work in sections and it's easier than dealing with the mess the hooks can become during shipping or during use. I'm not too bothered by the fact that the surface isn't concave either, like other reviews said.. i haven't found a single model of speedweve that has a concave center honestly. i promise you I'm going to be using this thing until I'm an old grandma. I'm here begging all my friends to wash and send over their holey socks because i love darning with this thing so much 😂and i HATED darning before i got this beautiful little contraption.

Yes, the metal edges are sharp but a little duck tape fixes that. Because I got the 21 hook, I added tape at either end of the flip loops to eliminate shifting. I also ran a line of clear nail polish along the curved edge although it didn’t feel sharp. The wooden disc had a few rough spots that sanded out easily. I don’t think all those rubber bands “broke;” I think they were cut by the sharp, untreated edges. The 5 I got work fine.The larger disc will not fit inside a sock, but if you have THAT big a hole, you have a bigger problem than this handy gadget can fix.The directions are cr*p but there are some very good videos on line. Watch several so you get the best instructions.

haven't used yet, but looking forward to trying.

This excellent tool will help me do art-quality visible mending much easier & faster than just working with a needle.

simple to use, not durable. the hooks don’t stay aligned (in their grooves in the loom). I guess that’s the quality you get for ~$6. Rubber bands didn’t last long either and there’s no easy way to work on longer mends. Overall fine starter, I’m gonna go find a nicer quality loom while trying to repair this one.

I have spent the last hour attempting to get all the hooks lined up in the grooves they belong in. There's still one I can't get in. This isn't a functional loom.

As described

As others have said, it's got sharp/rough spots on the metal and wood that can be filed/sanded to make it easier to hold and less likely to snap rubber bands.The hooks are pretty stiff so they do not fluidly turn. It's easier after a bit of use, but I still can't turn all 14 hooks in one motion. This means you can't get into a good rhythm and drastically slows down your work. The quality of the shaping on the hooks is also not very good--they are rather irregular and misshapen which lets some thread fall off easily and causes some to snag. The rubber bands are better quality than some come with but if you don't thoroughly inspect the loom it will still bite in and cause a breakage.I would not recommend this for someone's first speedweve. It is not a pleasant mending experience which I think would cause many to not want to continue in the future. There are some reviews saying the next step up are $80 for a marginal increase in quality, but I have another that is significantly better for about $18.I think it is acceptable as a backup speedweve you intend to leave somewhere you wouldn't want to leave a nice one, like an RV or somewhere more communal. If you intend to use this more frequently, it is better to invest a few more dollars to get one you can use out of the box and won't fight you the entire time.