Comments on: a request

By: Dave Daniels

Dave Daniels — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:05:16 +0000

Maybe you should look into either taking a class or seeing if you can rent a small loom to see what’s a goof fit for you. I think one of the important questions is what do you want to weave? If it’s simple patterns, or just plain weave, you don’t need a lot of harness. If it’s scarves, tea towels, etc, a narrow loom would be fine. If you want to make fancy cloth to make clothing, you’d need a larger loom with more harnesses. Does that help to narrow it down? If you’re still uncertain, perhaps learning more while still spinning and knitting is the way to go. For now. ;)

By: beverly

beverly — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:02:04 +0000

I just loaned my rigid heddle loom to a friend and taught her how to do some simple weaving. She is loving it. I suspect that it is fairly easy to outgrow a rhl, but it is also a nice starter and a good tool to have for sampling color combinations or for bringing weaving along with you. I *finally* got my behemoth 12 shaft Nilart warped today…now I just have to do the tie up and start weaving. I’ll say, though, that teaching on the rhl made me regret that I haven’t woven on it in a long time.

By: penny

penny — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:21:17 +0000

@teabird yes, you do too… it’s mostly @devorah torturing me with her new loom right now. ;)

By: Devorah

Devorah — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:29:32 +0000

My Kromski Harp did me just fine for many years but then Dave teased me so much that I had to jump right from to an 8-shaft. Now if it would just arrive already …

By: melanie

melanie — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:46:52 +0000

don’t I torture you, too? (pouts)