My name is Doreen McLaughlin and I live in the shadow of Mount Herman in between Monument and Palmer Lake, Colorado. I am single, live with one cat, and run a home business indexing (and someday

Well, I haven't room for another 60, I'm just looking for the actual dobby device, hoping there's one lying in an attic somewhere ! What does a new manual dobby sell for, I wonder ? Happy

Cheryl, We use Fiberworks Bronze and Patternland to run the Combby 8. They both do fine. While I use more than two programs at home, the university only has the two. With Wif files, I often design

Along this thread I wondered if there's anywhere one could buy a complete, used manual dobby ? Happy Shuttling ! - Bill Koepp in Central California

Thanks everyone for the great replies. It was Schacht I had heard mentioned and with the pointed description of the principle I now should have no problem of converting worsted to rug

Try contacting the Schacht people, they are most helpful on these sort of things Best regards Ian Bowers Managing Director - George Weil & Sons Ltd The leading supplier to Fabric Painters, Dyers

Hey all, I was getting back into weaving after a long hiatus. I have the Schacht 8H loom with compudobby. The software I used was WeaveIt 3.0. I was thinking to upgrade to the latest and realize

Hi Brucie, Yes, I count them out and put a slip knot in them and they hang just in front of the shafts I am threading. Joanne Brucie Connell wrote: -- Joanne Hall Elkhorn Mountains Weaving

As one who was in on the founding of WeaveTech, let me clarify: WeaveTech is designed for intermediate to advanced weavers where computer-aided weaving and design is just one of many acceptable

Schacht ALSO has the Ball Winder/Twister in addition to the 3 Ball Winders and I think it's about $170 or so (I'm probably off a little on the price). Angie

You will need the weight in the harnesses for rugs. You would also find the rugweavers list helpful. They can be found at rugweavers.com Weave tech tends to be computer loom oriented. Yahoo also has

Don't know how that would add up. In one guild, we are nearly all weavers, another us weavers are greatly outnumbered by spinners and knitters. Still another local guild here is a wild mix of "fiber

Depends for me on which loom I'm using. Two have easily removable beaters and I do remove them for threading, then they go back in for sleying. One, on the other hand makes quite a project out of

How do you manage the threads intended for the front shafts? Just run them over the shafts in order and let them lie there until you get to them? Brucie

I've seen the promo material on these new ball winders (there are 3 of them, in different sizes), and I don't think they're specifically designed to put twist in as they wind. However, it's easy

I'd say Weavetech trys to be computer oriented, it actually goes pretty far afield ! Here's the description as posted at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WeaveTech/ -------------- " The WeaveTech list

Yarn doubling is a way in which two yarns wrap around each other using their own twist to create the effect. It is never as close as plying. I have an old doubler from LeClerq which works by having

Laura, Since the Baby Wolf is an X-frame which folds up --> to thread it just fold it up some... not entirely. Result: no front beam in the way with everything within easy reach & at a comfortable

Schacht has a new electric Ball Winder/Twister that is made in England. Angie

Either someone here or something I just read recently was talking about a yarn "doubler" that would wind a ball from two other balls and add a twist at the same time. Does anyone have any info on