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jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: Weaving
« Reply #60 on: December 31, 2012, 04:00:24 pm »
Oops, cross-posted  :D

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Weaving
« Reply #61 on: December 31, 2012, 05:04:47 pm »
 ;D   Easily done.

I don't have space for a floor loom and, like you, don't want to weave for a living now (not that I ever actually made a living no matter how hard I tried) so a rigid heddle will be fine.  The different yarns available are enough to get a lot of variety as well a using different colours.

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Weaving
« Reply #62 on: January 01, 2013, 09:04:34 am »
I think folks sometimes don't put a price on Ravelry as they aren't sure what to ask - if people are looking for a whatever-it-is, they'll have a better idea of the current value of a 2nd-hand one and, being Ravellers, should make a reasonable offer.

Or maybe I just have very rose-tinted glasses  ;) 
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Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Weaving
« Reply #63 on: January 01, 2013, 10:40:20 pm »
I did PM the one on Ravelry.  She's sold the warping board and wants to sell the loom and stand together.  There's been a lot of interest, apparently, but she'll let me know if it's still available.  No idea of the price still though.

jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: Weaving
« Reply #64 on: January 02, 2013, 07:58:53 am »
I think it could be quite expensive as it was fairly new  :P

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Weaving
« Reply #65 on: January 02, 2013, 04:29:36 pm »
I think so too.  Still think the rigid heddle will be best.

jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: Weaving
« Reply #66 on: January 02, 2013, 04:31:43 pm »
Of course  ;)

jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: Weaving
« Reply #67 on: January 04, 2013, 02:40:54 pm »


Fun to do - but sloooooowwwwww!

Ina

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • South Aberdeenshire
Re: Weaving
« Reply #68 on: January 04, 2013, 02:48:17 pm »
WOW!!!  :o :o :o

What's that going to be?

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Weaving
« Reply #69 on: January 04, 2013, 02:57:21 pm »
That is lovely  :thumbsup:
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: Weaving
« Reply #70 on: January 04, 2013, 03:37:24 pm »
Thank you  :)

Ina, something small  :D A bag, to hang off the chair I weave in, or off my loom, to hold shuttles and pick up sticks, if I get enough of it done. I think the back can just be plain checks!

Mammyshaz

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • Durham
Re: Weaving
« Reply #71 on: January 04, 2013, 04:13:33 pm »
Wow, fantastic patterning on it Jaykay. It's lovely  :love:

Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Weaving
« Reply #72 on: January 04, 2013, 04:43:11 pm »
I really like that jaykay - it shows that you can do something really unusual and effective with the simplest of tools plus some imagination.  I can see why you will want to keep the bag you make near to you, after all that work  8)
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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
  • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Weaving
« Reply #73 on: January 04, 2013, 04:44:17 pm »
Jaykay, that is really lovely  :thumbsup: . Oh, to be able to do something like that
Sally
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jaykay

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Cumbria/N Yorks border
Re: Weaving
« Reply #74 on: January 04, 2013, 04:48:41 pm »
It isn't hard, just fiddly. A lady on Ravelry worked out what you do, so I'm just following her pattern. But I do like it  8)



The 8 row instructions, taped to the back beam of my loom  :D
« Last Edit: January 04, 2013, 04:53:09 pm by jaykay »

 

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