Progress
Trying to figure out how to manage the selvedges. I suspect in the end this may involve a rolled hem. Temple weights didn’t work terribly well. These floating selvedges are helping, but still working on getting proper tension, avoiding edge loops and draw-in. Starting to stabilize.
So I bought a loom
I bought my first loom: a 4-shaft 50″ Norwood. It’s made of gorgeous cherry wood and at least as old as me.
In Other News
In other news, this morning I made a simple loom from household objects. Finished sample and “loom” waste, along with the bamboo skewer and silk thread “shaft” and heddles:
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