[Ag-eq] Looms

[Susan Roe]

Hi Kendra,

I am on the Krafters Korner list, but not the art list.  I do and teach 
basket weaving.  I taught coil basket weaving on Krafters Korner.  I also do 
read baskets as well.  With looms, I use both the circular and rectangular 
knitting looms which are plastic.  I have a rectangular wooden loom from the 
colonial time period style that is called a knitting rake.  Somewhere around 
here I have the metal pot holder loom and the frame for Native American seed 
bead weaving.  I have done hoop and stick weaving which is a Native American 
form of weaving.

My uncle made a set of wrapping looms for all of his sisters one year for 
Christmas.  There are three looms in the set, placemat, hot pad and coaster. 
The pegs are nails and after you wrap each loom in a particular pattern 
around the nails for several layers thick, you tie together tightly where 
all of the open thicknesses of yarn cross each other in a star pattern. 
Then you cut the yarn between the nails which releases your piece from the 
loom.  This also gives each item fringe all the way around.  I love it!

I would like to expand to board and frame weaving.  There is a Amish catalog 
we get that has had a table top loom with home spun yarn enough to weave a 
certain size pannel of cloth that I would like to get, but until I finish 
setting up my craft room, I just don't have the space.

Reference organic farming, we are trying sustainable farming with the 
gardens, chickens, bees and goat.  My husband has been interested in the 
worms for our gardens.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kendra Schaber" <Baltimore777 at comcast.net>
To: <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 9:59 PM
Subject: [Ag-eq] Quiet list.


> Hi Susan, I am into weaving on a weaving loom too! I make rag rugs on my 
> weaving loom for local sales here in Salem, Oregon. What kind of loom do 
> you use? Is it a flat wooden one that you weave rugs on or is it a loom 
> for something else? I don't know if you are on the artist or krafter's 
> mailing lists. I am on both mailing lists. I am the only one who I know 
> that weaves on the krafter's mailing list. That doesn't mean that no one 
> else weaves on that mailing list. There are many nitters on the krafter's 
> mailing list. I don't nit myself but I get to hear all about what they are 
> doing for their projects. I am also into organic gardening. Infact, I work 
> at a local place that is based on organic gardening mostly but they do 
> other organic work. I am studdying worms and commercial worm farms since I 
> am conciddering going into commercial worm farming.
> Kendra Schaber
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