[Nfb-krafters-korner] My Macomber Loom

[River Woman]

Hi Ohio,
You learned to "dress" the loom - and use the heddles, warp and weft set up 
to create your pattern.  lol  Yes, it is pure magic. My undergrad degree is 
in painting and tapestry weaving. I understand the love of weaving. It is 
wonderful. While I am very happy to gift my loom to the museum weaving 
program, there is a part of mee that is deeply grieving the loss of 
something that was one of my greatest treasures. I had always thought that 
something this magnificent would be passed down in my family for another 
generation to have - and that really makes me so sad to know that is not how 
it ends.  So, yes, the memories are there for me, too.

Lynda River Woman



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ohio Gardener" <flowersandherbs at gmail.com>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] My Macomber Loom


> 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-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [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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