This Week's Obsession - The HeirLoom

[affreca]

Rough sanded the wood that I found troublesome and played with removing parts. I now know how to remove the beater bar, and have bought parts to keep it in place. I also bought random bits to make the loom work better - yardsticks to turn into lees sticks and a dowel into the tie-on sticks. Yarn does fit through the current reed, so I should be able to make blankets with my loom (though skinny blankets. I might need to sew two lengths together).

Tomorrow I shall finish sanding the wood and sand down the metal parts that are rusting (nothing that's in contact with the project, but best stopped). Hopefully I'll also get to staining and painting. I will try to get downtown for a reed hook. I think I'll try using one of my crochet hooks for a heddle hook, as the holes in my heddles are big. And I have no other use for my crochet hooks (also family hand-me-downs from Grandma P). Next big thing after that is a warping board, or some hack.

Comments

[solan-t.livejournal.com]

Kewl, all around.

[affreca.livejournal.com]

Fixing the damn thing is making me learn it a lot better. Hopefully enough so I don't need to buy a 36" wide 8 harness loom. Really.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

It sounds like a really good project - both the restoration to use and then the use.