Hi Jane, This is not the subject that you were asking about, but I once had a problem with my shoulders. Do you know if this is from your weaving. I didn't think that it was at first. But I determined

Carol, I suggest with the roquefort try a good Sauturne (the sweet and salt alternating is wonderful) and with the extra sharp cheddar a robust cabernet or zinfandel. My favorites. Walt Turpening

I found an English Oxaback website at: http://www.markwebben.com/aks/eindex.htm It doesn't have all of the models, perhaps someone else will turn up a better site. Happy Shuttling ! - Bill Koepp in Ce

Hello Laura & others frustrated at working with tencel. We've had a series of "learning warps" on in the ARTS STUDIO this year. As I recall, there have been discussions about what this new fiber is so

I HAVE such a loom, disassembled. i would love to have diagrams, photos, charts, lists of parts etc several nice persons on this list maybe six years ago sent me a diagram of the [oops, there went my

Outside of my offers from fellow listmates, and I will take you up on the wine and crackers.....I was disappointed in the "fiber" part of the State Fair. I know that several of the County fairs have f

I was interested in comparing 8/4 cotton warp against 8/4 Poly-Cotton warp, both from Leesburg. I wanted to use the most elastic warp on a project, so I prepared two 60 inch lengths of warps and hung

In this mornings NY Times, it was reported that Jhane Barnes has produced a software program, available free, for designing textiles with fractals. It's available at www.ohiomathworks.com. I jhust dow

Standing while weaving. At The Working Silk Museum which used to be in Braintree England, the weavers stand and use one leg to operate the single treadle. The use a velvet (?) covered pad between the

What is the maximum practicable width for a loom, assuming: the weaver is a woman of average physique and condition a stationary weaving bench the shuttle is thrown and caught by hand Suppose a partic

Maybe not, if the wood has a hard finish and the oil entered through screw holes. If not, I'd remove all the metal and wash that with alcohol (outside in the open air). I'd apply Tung Oil or Danish oi

If you're fortunate enough to have an overhead pivoted beater, you can do as I did: Locate the pivots behind the beater swords, then attach a weight bar to the front of the shuttle race. The result of

Thankfully, we have not gone to only quilts at our State Fair. There are now two sheep to shawl contests because we have so many teams competing. We lots and lots of spinning and weaving exhibits and

The Rio Grande Looms (4 shafts and 4 treadles) from Weaving Southwest used for rugs and tapestries are all 'stand up' looms. The weaver just walks back and forth changing sheds as they go side to side

Folk in the group: Finially, my telephone is back on line! Sprint didn't test physically or notify me it was supposed to be back on so there was a wasted 2 days. Ah, well, I will hope things stay up f

The Albuquerque weaving guild has sponsored a sheep to shawl event at the New Mexico State Fair that has been going on for years and is very successful. They show and sell handwoven items. Ann

This may have come up before but I probably not paying attention if it did. I remember there has been dialogue on wood to wood lubrication but want to know what to do for wood on metal on the loom. An

***!!!*** An interesting web site has just come my way for a Parsons School of Design show entitled "Exploring Digital Fashion and Textile Design." http://a.parsons.edu/~maura/EDFTD/ Fiber artist Wend

Van Not so, Su. There is a PC version available for download also. It's a cute little program, but nothing very comples. No color. It works easily and the patterns are savable in tiff form. Their is s

Off to South Africa soon - any clues about weaving there? Thanks, inarub@...