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Loombands: How to Make Advanced and Coolest Designs

I only encountered it first at Facebook, from then on, loombands became an immediate trend! Everywhere I go; from shopping malls, local markets, bookstores even at schools, you can see them everywhere! Well, needless to say, I decided to make my own. According to Wiki, Loombands AKA Rainbow Loom is a plastic toy loom used to weave colorful rubber bands into bracelets and charms. Cheong Choon Ng of Novi, Michigan invented it in 2011. It had sold over 1.2 million units as of September 2013 according to Ng, who has sued the makers of rival products FunLoom and Cra-Z-Loom for patent infringement. Just for a short history, Rainbow Loom was created by Cheong Choon Ng. He is a Malaysian immigrant of Chinese descent who came to the United States in 1991 to attend Wichita State University. He earned a graduate degree in mechanical engineering. He was employed as a crash-test engineer for Nissan Motor Company in 2010. He conceived the idea of a toy loom for rubber-band crafting while wat