Lawnchair is an Enabler
Mar. 21st, 2012 07:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
affrecaYou'd think I'd have figured this out by now. But when I drag him along to see stuff I found on Craigslist, he is supposed to be my sense of reason. Apparently I'm asking to much, because he was having as much fun as I was trying to figure out where pieces go.
But now I have a bit less money and a new loom and spinning wheel. The loom is a 15" Schact table loom, in good shape minus a slightly rusty reed. I managed to walk off without any additional shuttles (honestly, I have enough).
The spinning wheel needs a bit more work, but I think I've found all the pieces minus the drive band and treadle connection (replaceable with cotton string and a leather thong). The wheel is a 19" single treadle, double drive Reeve's Saxony wheel with a distaff. I've oiled the moving parts, but still need to clean and wax the wood. There's one minor crack that I plan to glue before it grows. It came with four bobbins (which is good because I can't get more at Yarn Barn), and two pairs of cards.
But now I have a bit less money and a new loom and spinning wheel. The loom is a 15" Schact table loom, in good shape minus a slightly rusty reed. I managed to walk off without any additional shuttles (honestly, I have enough).
The spinning wheel needs a bit more work, but I think I've found all the pieces minus the drive band and treadle connection (replaceable with cotton string and a leather thong). The wheel is a 19" single treadle, double drive Reeve's Saxony wheel with a distaff. I've oiled the moving parts, but still need to clean and wax the wood. There's one minor crack that I plan to glue before it grows. It came with four bobbins (which is good because I can't get more at Yarn Barn), and two pairs of cards.
