diff --git a/code/datums/elements/loomable.dm b/code/datums/elements/loomable.dm
index cfd0b4bc834..76ee071a9a2 100644
--- a/code/datums/elements/loomable.dm
+++ b/code/datums/elements/loomable.dm
@@ -71,23 +71,33 @@
 
 /// If a do_after of the specified loom_time passes, will create a new one of resulting_atom and either delete the item, or .use the required amount if its a stack
 /datum/element/loomable/proc/loom_me(obj/item/source, mob/living/user, atom/target)
-	if(!do_after(user, loom_time, target))
-		user.balloon_alert(user, "interrupted!")
-		return
-
-	///we need to perform another check in case a stack somehow got diminished in the middle of the do_after
-	var/successful = TRUE
+	//this allows us to count the amount of times it has successfully used the stack's required amount
+	var/spawning_amount = 0
 	if(isstack(source))
 		var/obj/item/stack/stack_we_use = source
-		if(!stack_we_use.use(required_amount))
-			successful = FALSE
+		while(stack_we_use.amount >= required_amount)
+			if(!do_after(user, loom_time, target))
+				break
+
+			if(!stack_we_use.use(required_amount))
+				user.balloon_alert(user, "need [required_amount] of [source]!")
+				break
+
+			spawning_amount++
+
 	else
+		if(!do_after(user, loom_time, target))
+			user.balloon_alert(user, "interrupted!")
+			return
+
 		qdel(source)
+		spawning_amount++
 
-	//ripbozo
-	if(!successful)
-		user.balloon_alert(user, "need [required_amount] of [source]!")
+	if(spawning_amount == 0)
 		return
 
-	var/new_thing = new resulting_atom(target.drop_location())
+	var/new_thing
+	for(var/repeated in 1 to spawning_amount)
+		new_thing = new resulting_atom(target.drop_location())
+
 	user.balloon_alert_to_viewers("[process_completion_verb] [new_thing]")