[jaykay]

Thanks MS 

Go for it Sally 

[Anke]

Very naughty already working with your Christmas present ....
I got an Ashford rigid heddle loom a few years back for Christmas too... but it has now been sitting for the last year with nothing on.... , I have had a couple of ideas in my mind, but as yet not anything done... as always... I cannot leave my fibre-works-in-progress in the open as I do not have a dedicated corner of the house for "my stuff", so always takes an age to unpack and then pack away again...
Now I never thought about dishcloths.... very nice! And the scarf is beautiful. One of the things I found very exciting was to use the multicoloured yarns and not knitting them, but actually weaving them - really interesting colour combinations came up! I did a NORO scarf.
When my children have left home I will take over their rooms for MY stuff!!! and I WILL have a proper floor loom... nearly bought one a couple of years back (it was in bits), but fortunately someone else was quicker in deciding than I was...

[jaykay]

I wouldn't get anything done if I had to clear things away all the time,  I'm sorry you haven't even a corner you can pinch for your loom 

Here is my scarf finished. I am pleased with the edges this time, not perfect but a lot better. I learned even more 




Now the loom does have to be put away and I have to do all the 'getting ready for Christmas' things I have been shirking - plus we're carol-singing in Kendal for Action for Children all morning - slight panicky note creeps in......

[Bionic]

Jaykay, I love the scarf 
Sally

[jaykay]

Thank you 

[SallyintNorth]

Wow!  Well impressed with the tea-towels    and the scarf.  Need an impressed-but-slightly-green-eyed emotiwotsit...

Somewhen I would love to come have a see how it's done - when we're both not too busy, whenever that is gonna be!   

Meanwhile, I shall look forward to seeing some of your FOs at Guild.

[in the hills]

Jaykay that is beautiful. You're sooo clever. That's your Christmas presents sorted for next year ..... no shopping  . How long would that the scarf take to make once you knew how to do it ...... if you know what I mean  .

[Ina]

That scarf looks really nice. Now I wish I'd kept my kid's loom that I had a lifetime ago... Only wide enough for something like scarves, but I never managed to produce anything near as nice as this!

What material did you use for the towels?

[jaykay]

I used the stuff that's called 'craft cotton' or 'dishcloth cotton' for most of the towels and the coloured bits are just double-knitting cotton.

Texere - coloured cotton

[Lesley Silvester]

Jaykay, as a former professional handloom weaver, I am very impressed with your edges.  It took me lots of practice to get mine that good.  Love your loom too.  Oh dear, now I want one of those.  I used to work on a four shaft table loom with a weaving width of 40 inches but my ex ended up with all the spinning and weaving equipment when I left him.

[jaykay]

Thank you MGM.

Maybe you'll have to treat yourself to a rigid heddle  - or would you find it too restricting after a four-shaft?

Obviously I don't have anything to compare it to, but I have to say it seems to be well-made and easy to use. I need 12 dent heddle yet, so I can do finer stuff in due course. And one of the ladies on the RH Ravelry group has shown me how to make temples, which she says will improve the shape of the fell line and therefore the beat. So - loads to learn and try out 

[TheGirlsMum]

That is fantastic, think I will treat myself to one of the childrens starter looms as a trial run.

[Lesley Silvester]

I am sooooooo tempted.  OH hasn't bought me anything yet as I haven't been up to taking him shopping and I know what I want.  Just wondering how much he would like to get me.  Hmmmmmmm.

[jaykay]

 

[Anke]

Those edges are brilliant! I like the colour combo, nice and bright! That's what's needed in gloomy January!
MGM - there's bound to be sale on in January     - go and get yourself that loom! (I think the Ashford ones are a bit cheaper than Schacht, but I think you cannot pack them up so easily. )
I think I'll get OH to put a couple of largish hooks onto one of the walls, so I can at least hang up the loom in-between working.... as I am using the main dining/family table for all of my craft works...