I've just been playing my lovely new CD-ROM copy of Loom - and I'm stuck. Typical.

In the room where the Sword is being forged while the other two sinister characters have a repetitive conversation.
When they finish, the blacksmith holds the sword up proudly - at which point I'm supposed to do something.
BUT WHAT?!
I've tried sharpening, I've tried un-sharpening! Bobbin just goes "hmm", with no time for the sparkly lights that accompany threads.

i think it was the spell for 'twisting'/'curling'. Like you use at the stairs of the dragon's lair and the tornado on sea.

Bloody useless walkthroughs. You're right.