I've been weaving on and off for about 15 years, my first loom being a Schacht 46" 8H10T low castle floor loom. Life circumstances happened and I sold it to a good and loving home a number of years ago. Since then I have been stick and inkle weaving like crazy. Until the local community college closed down their weaving studio and had all weaving equipment auctioned off. There were 32 looms of all shapes and sizes, a Saxon spinning wheel, magazines, bobbin winders, swifts, ball winders, and yarn yarn yarn. In all I purchased four looms, 50 years of Handwoven Magazine, other magazines, a Swedish bobbin winder, 30 pirns, a swift, a ball winder, and eight tubs of yarn for a scandalously low price. Pictured is the biggest coup of that day ($260). "The Contraption" is a 48" 4H6T Cranbrook (built by Norwood in 1978 according to the plate). It was completely disassembled, so I was thrilled that all of the pieces and parts were included. It is in remarkably excellent condition. This is my first countermarche loom, so of course it took a while to get the tie-up working properly. You will notice that I used a fairly unorthodox method to the tie-up. This will make it easy to change quickly and easily when I want to. It is currently tied for huck lace since that is my favorite. I'm in the process of warping it for some small rag rugs for my mother, and have three more projects ready to go. Wednesday, August 1, 2012
I've been weaving on and off for about 15 years, my first loom being a Schacht 46" 8H10T low castle floor loom. Life circumstances happened and I sold it to a good and loving home a number of years ago. Since then I have been stick and inkle weaving like crazy. Until the local community college closed down their weaving studio and had all weaving equipment auctioned off. There were 32 looms of all shapes and sizes, a Saxon spinning wheel, magazines, bobbin winders, swifts, ball winders, and yarn yarn yarn. In all I purchased four looms, 50 years of Handwoven Magazine, other magazines, a Swedish bobbin winder, 30 pirns, a swift, a ball winder, and eight tubs of yarn for a scandalously low price. Pictured is the biggest coup of that day ($260). "The Contraption" is a 48" 4H6T Cranbrook (built by Norwood in 1978 according to the plate). It was completely disassembled, so I was thrilled that all of the pieces and parts were included. It is in remarkably excellent condition. This is my first countermarche loom, so of course it took a while to get the tie-up working properly. You will notice that I used a fairly unorthodox method to the tie-up. This will make it easy to change quickly and easily when I want to. It is currently tied for huck lace since that is my favorite. I'm in the process of warping it for some small rag rugs for my mother, and have three more projects ready to go.
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