Another loom! Concentus and cookies!

[helwen]

Yes, we have another loom. The person who was going to take beard5 's loom hadn't done so, so we were the lucky ones next in line. We made it to NH in good time this morning, and had a nice time chatting before we headed back home. It'll need some cleaning and reassembly, but now we'll have a loom free for student work/projects. Floor loom, 8-harness jack. Haven't measured the beater to see what the max width is, but it has a couple of reeds, one 24" and one 22-1/2".

Thanks beard5 !

Oh, and we had a couple of new folks sitting in on Concentus practice today, M and islenskr ! Welcome company, and it looks like at least islenskr  will be joining us. She also brought yummy homemade cookies, and I'm thinking now that I should have put them on a plate for before practice, because by the end of practice I'd forgotten to do that. They are extremely yummy, and I'm not sure if any of them will make it to next weekend to be eaten by anyone besides fitzw  and me. Yummmmmmm

Practice went well today; Friday night we do a dress rehearsal for the ceremony/music/processing/recessing, etc. Then Saturday, we're on!

Comments

[wynyfryd-ns.livejournal.com]

*gasp* I have always wanted a loom! I learned handweaving ala Navaho style a very long time ago and truly lusted after the big floor looms as well as a standing one. Oooh, you might have just been bad for my budget! LOL

[helwen.livejournal.com]

LOL, well thankfully this one only cost about $20 in gas. I think they originally got it on Freecycle. So, you could always put out a WANTED on your local Freecycle group and see if anyone has one collecting dust in their attic... My tabletop loom from eBay (also 8-harness capacity, currently rigged for 4) was about $460, including shipping.

Navajo might be less expensive, and are easier to make than regular harness looms. My husband made one ages ago in college, and just retrieved it from the farm (rule is, if something goes into storage in the barn, something has to come out). He's not sure of the state it's in but will be looking it over to see if it's still usable. Made of rough-hewn timbers and other found parts, but it worked well enough to weave on back then -- in fact a remainder of the last bit of weaving was still on it. That will have to be discarded of course, since it's been hanging out in a barn for a while. If it's functional and you are anywhere near us, you would probably be welcome to have it to play on. We're in Holyoke, MA.

Cookies

[islenskr.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you like them! Not to worry, I will make more. And also brownies. And I'm seriously considering making little individual meat pies for Needleworkers....


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