I alluded to this in my previous post, but after my wonderful weaving class I made a few phone calls (and checked the limit on my credit card) and came home on Tuesday evening to find this "little" gem sitting on my front stoop.
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It's my new loom - the Baby Wolf! The loom was pretty much ready to go out of the box, but there were a few things for me to put together. Tying on the apron bars was relatively simple, but getting all of the heddles into the harnesses drove me crazy. Here I am trying to keep all of the little buggers from sliding off onto the floor.
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Thankfully I was able to get it all done with no loss of sanity, and finished the setup by tying up the treadles. You can't see in the photo how happy I am that it's all done! You also can't see that I was sitting on one of kiddo's chairs during this "test". I need to find a decent chair for my weaving.
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The Yarn Barn sent all of my extra little goodies in the same box, so I'm all set to start EXCEPT for a warping board (they were out of stock). For those of you "in the know", you know that the warping board is the first step in weaving. So while I wait for said warping board to arrive, I can admire my beautiful loom.
4 comments:
While waiting for your warping board, maybe you could order a weaving bench and have it sent in the same shipment - you know to help the economy... Just kidding, but the benches do like very nice.
Your loom looks to be quite complex, I can't wait to see a demonstration.
OH my. What a project! I know you're going to have a blast with it!!
Congrats! You're already ahead of me! My heddles are still in their boxes. Of course, it would help if I had chosen to put my beast somewhere other than the basement.
Oh, and where are the pictures of your sampler? I want to see it!
Missed you last night...I'll hope it's 'cause you were elbow-deep in weaving, and the loom isn't portable!
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