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With arthritic hands, I haven’t done any weaving, but my DD has done some basket weaving. She loved it. I have done a lot of macrame. Made a few pot hangers. I want to get back into that if my hands will let me. I still do sewing but am limited on what I can do. DD has an old treadle sewing machine that she couldn’t find a belt for. I found one. So after she gets moved and settled, I want her to learn how to use it. I think it would be fun. I am going to try it when I can go to visit her.
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I’d post whatever your willing to share. Even if it doesn’t hit the mark today tomorrow it might help someone.
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https://woolery.com is a place to start looking… we made subsequent ones. What’s hard to find is a good drum carder and you will need several spinners to one loom.
Also washing and dyeing the thread or the finished fabric is a MAJOR effort. No matter what anyone says modern dyes are way better than old ones on most fronts. This is second hand as we have weaver but it’s not something I have had more than cursory time doing.
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I would love to chat and share ideas with anyone interested in weaving. Getting started can be done with inexpensive materials.
We have five commercially made looms that anyone would recognize. Two floor looms and three tabletop looms (one with a stand so it works like a floor loom) ranging from 18″ to 36″ in width and 1 to 8 shafts (heddle sets). There are a large variety of looms including specialty Inkle looms used to make long narrow weavings like guitar straps.
Here is a link to the door mat experiment: Turkish Rug Knot href=”https://live.staticflickr.com/7387/14068015456_b697699ea3_z.jpg”
And here is a photo of a couple of scarves I made on a rigid heddle loom. They are both woven with just plain (tabby) weave, but even with that you can get good designs.
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I am a weaver, spinner and knitter. I started weaving recently with a rigid heddle loom. Mine is a Schacht. If you are interested in purchasing a loom or spinning wheel, I would suggest checking selling walls and Craig’s List. Also, if you can find a local weaving/spinning guild, you will find helpful friendly people and often good deals on everything fiber related.
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Thanks for the info. I have a Schact cricket and have given them away as gifts as they are well built rigid heddle looms. I also have an 8 shaft baby wolf, so can vouch for the quality of Schacht looms in general.
We had a fiber arts guild here for a couple of years, but we are a small town and people come and go. In current times of uncertainty, I feel that household crafts are sadly lacking (perhaps to the extent of strategic weakness because we are so dependent on imports). I am looking for others either nearby or far away to share ideas with.
I have never knitted but as a sailor, I do some crochet. I wish I could use it as a confidence building tool for those living in poverty. All you need is a stick and some yarn. Another advantage of knitting and crochet is you are working from the middle of the yarn. In weaving, you pass the end of the yarn (wrapped around a shuttle). For someone who may have to sit in a lot of waiting rooms, knitting and crochet are perfect since you have the work and the ball of yarn and the center of the work is where the two meet. Interruptions just mean dropping both in your bag.
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