Category: Weaving
Need Advice
Help me pick my next draft! Pictures of the beamed warp, and two drafts in close-up and at approximately the width of the cloth.
AVL is weaving. Finally.
It’s a fine loom, but we don’t suit. I will be selling it soon, now that I can vouch it is functional.
Loom of Sadness
I’m selling a 45″ Colonial I picked up this past spring. It should be looked at as a parts loom, not a functional loom as the uprights have warped, among other issues. I’m about $800 into it. Make me an offer- I’m in Seattle. Read moreIn Other NewsIt was born as a 16 shaft compu-dobby
Loom Geometry
Next question on my new (to me) Macomber! I noticed last night that the path from the back beam to the front beam is several inches above where the heddle eyes are. This seems… wrong? Or at least counter to all previous jack looms I’ve worked on. Photos to illustrate. Read moreIn Other NewsAm I
My Goldilocks Loom
I just bought home a Macomber loom: serial # B5-4194. It was a crazy good deal. I can’t believe how good of a deal: $150 for a 40″ 10 shaft/ 16 treadle with a plain and a sectional warp beam. Read moreIn Other NewsIt’s covered in dust and some parts are a bit corroded. It
Getting Closer!
Getting closer to the yarn I need. This isn’t as consistent as I’d like, but it’ll do. Spindle is working better in terms of product, but it’s harder to manage my thumb issues. Practice!
Doubleweave! I’m doing it!
I’ve said so in several comments, but want to repeat in a post, I cannot recommend the Jennifer Moore Doubleweave book highly enough. I am not the sort who usually works through projects in a book workshop fashion; I tend to read about them, get the sense of it, and move forward in my own
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