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Food & crafts => Crafts => Topic started by: FiB on June 27, 2013, 02:49:03 pm

Title: Hell of a loom if anyone lives near reading....
Post by: FiB on June 27, 2013, 02:49:03 pm: I really fancy this , but cant justify the trip....http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dryad-Standing-Loom-Weaving-/161051512641?pt=UK_Crafts_OtherCrafts_Spinning_Weaving&hash=item257f6b0f41 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dryad-Standing-Loom-Weaving-/161051512641?pt=UK_Crafts_OtherCrafts_Spinning_Weaving&hash=item257f6b0f41)
Title: Re: Hell of a loom if anyone lives near reading....
Post by: Lesley Silvester on June 27, 2013, 10:32:30 pm: I want it too. Why does it have to be so far away?
Title: Re: Hell of a loom if anyone lives near reading....
Post by: Greenerlife on June 27, 2013, 10:44:06 pm: Quote from: Mad Goatwoman of Madeley on June 27, 2013, 10:32:30 pm
I want it too. Why does it have to be so far away?
So it can be closer to me! :excited:
Title: Re: Hell of a loom if anyone lives near reading....
Post by: Lesley Silvester on June 27, 2013, 11:32:20 pm: Are you going for it?
Title: Re: Hell of a loom if anyone lives near reading....
Post by: FiB on June 28, 2013, 08:37:59 am: There you are you see Greenerlife - one door closes a bigger one opens!!!! Hope you get it it looks fantastic.
Title: Re: Hell of a loom if anyone lives near reading....
Post by: Torrin37 on June 28, 2013, 09:45:43 am: I'm quite close - but would have no idea what to do with it! Might be something I'll want in the future but it's a big thing to have hanging around :thinking:

is it an unusual find or are there lots around?
Title: Re: Hell of a loom if anyone lives near reading....
Post by: Greenerlife on June 28, 2013, 01:00:02 pm: Quote from: Mad Goatwoman of Madeley on June 27, 2013, 11:32:20 pm
Are you going for it?

I'll have a go but I have no idea of its value?
Title: Re: Hell of a loom if anyone lives near reading....
Post by: Fleecewife on June 28, 2013, 06:33:45 pm: I have one like that waiting in a shed until my big wool shed is completed as they are chunky and need space both for warping and for weaving.

Mine was second hand at least ten years ago and I paid £50. It's for big hefty floor rugs - I'm hoping to use up lots of the less spinnable fleeces some of my Hebs produce.

They date back to the '70s I believe when the self sufficiency craze first got off the ground. I've no idea how many there are still around.
Title: Re: Hell of a loom if anyone lives near reading....
Post by: Lesley Silvester on June 28, 2013, 07:06:14 pm: I would think that £50 even ten years ago would be a good price.
Title: Re: Hell of a loom if anyone lives near reading....
Post by: Fleecewife on June 28, 2013, 11:45:29 pm: The lady selling it had had a large extension built onto her house JUST for her new huge dobby loom :o
Title: Re: Hell of a loom if anyone lives near reading....
Post by: Greenerlife on June 29, 2013, 10:45:11 pm: So - did anyone here get it?

I decided that with all the stuff I am doing to the house, I simply don't have room for something as big at the moment. Good news is my OH decided to buy me a 24" table top loom from Woolfest today! Huzzah! Very excited.
Title: Re: Hell of a loom if anyone lives near reading....
Post by: FiB on June 30, 2013, 09:14:19 pm: wow it went for only just over £100. Greeeeeeeen.
Title: Re: Hell of a loom if anyone lives near reading....
Post by: Lesley Silvester on July 01, 2013, 11:10:28 pm: I'm greeeeeeen too. That was a good price.