[Nfb-krafters-korner] My Macomber Loom

[Ohio Gardener]

Well, there is a good memory for me brought out of the mothballs!

When I was in college I took two courses on working with both the desktop
sized and the floor looms. we did everything from making the sheep's wool
into yarn, to dying it, to winding the yarn for placing on the looms, to
setting it up on the loom in the pattern using those metal things with the
holes in them, to using the shuttle to make our projects. I did several
samplers on the desk looms to work on different patterns and colors as well
as a blanket for a double bed on the floor loom. I could see colors at the
time which did help with the setup, but did most of it by touch, and it is
quite a process but very relaxing to shuttle back and forth and to see and
feel the pattern coming along. 

Thanks for the memory. A good memory during a very difficult time in my
life.

Ohio



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Blindhands at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 4:50 PM
To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] My Macomber Loom

Encourage  them to teach visually impaired/blind folks to work on this  
loom.  We will be having hopefully some folks from CT that work with the
blind 
on floor looms speaking to us after the holidays.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 11/3/2011 9:23:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
riverwoman at zoominternet.net writes:

Just  wanted to share two things this morning with you.
First, I found a HOME for  my treasure, my Macomber Loom. It is the 
cadillac of weaving looms, and mine  was a large one with a 48 inch weaving
space, 
and 6 harneses. I had to find a  new home for it after losing my sight 
because I needed my weaving room for my  tech stuff and made my weaving
studio 
into my office and where I run  everything from. 

I wanted to find the perfect home for my loom - and I  believe I did.  I 
have gifted it to the Harmony Museum in Harmony, PA.  They have the Weaver's

House on the museum grounds there and the weavers there  are so thrilled to 
get this loom. It is far beyond anything they have been  using there - and 
they said they would be making it the centerpiece of their  weaving program.
I 
am thankful that my treasured loom has gone into the museum  program so 
that it can be used and that others can learn to weave with it,  too. Next 
week, I am doing a Christmas Market at the museum,. so I hope to go  visit
my 
loom and see her in her new home.

Lynda Lambert
104 River  Road
Ellwood City, PA 16117

724 758 4979

My Blog:   http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
My Website:   http://lyndalambert.com





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