Living within walking/biking distance of Grandpa and Grandma LaBrant had many advantages—ice cream at four o’clock, Grandma’s patience teaching me to crochet, playing her old piano-organ, visiting all our cousins every summer, listening to the cylindrical records on Grandpa’s gramophone, and having a “second home” in a way. One of my favorite things about their place was Grandma’s loom. This is our granddaughter Anwen with the loom. (She's the fifth generation to use this loo