Posts Tagged ‘Flip Loom’

I would LOVE to have looms to use for this… Hey, I do… My Cricket looms and Flips (assuming the folks are able to hold the shuttles)!!
Hmm… I wonder how I could get started offering FREE classes for mentally and/or physically handicapped kids and adults?? Anyone know???
Here’s what I’m talking about:
In Japan in the late [...]

I had a FANTASTIC weekend!
First I taught a super FUN weaving class at North Woods Farm Fiber and Yarn Shop in Campobello (thanks Teri!) and then I continued to play with creating colorful jewelry.
Here are two of the students (a husband/wife team) busily weaving. Kaity (seen below) had THE. BEST. selvedges [...]

Cathy made THE. MOST. BEAUTIFUL. SCARF. EVER. with it!!
Honestly, out of all the looms I’ve sold (and seen first projects from) THIS is THE BEST I’ve ever seen!!!! Cathy has really made her little Cricket sing!
Check it out, dawg! (I’m feelin’ Randy Jackson-ish)…..
Ohhhh… can you tell what pattern she’s used??? If you’re not [...]

Yesterday my friend Penny and I went to downtown Greenville to walk our dogs. Downtown Greenville is a beautiful city with park which includes many walking paths etc.
The weather was sooo grand (sunny and mild temps) that there were oodles of people (and dogs) all over the place. Libby (my dog) and Vader [...]

Last week I taught a class on Rigid Heddle Weaving. Each student purchased 3/2 pearle cotton to use as both warp and weft for their table runners.
The goals of the class were to direct warp a rigid heddle loom, to use cash register tape to keep track of pattern and to weave both [...]

A huge thanks to Carolyn for inviting us all into her gorgeous lakeside home for a Leno Lace Table Runner class!
Some of the class worked on the table runner and others worked on scarves. Everyone added the Leno lace pattern into their project. We worked on Crickets, 15″ Flip Looms and 20″ Flip [...]

I am soooo excited about these placemats. I wasn’t sure how well they were going to work at first because it was hard packing the cloth weft into the warp. I didn’t beat it really hard so there was space between the weft shots BUT when wet finished, the placemats turned out beautifully!!
Here [...]

I taught a class a North Woods Farm Fiber and Yarn Shop this past weekend. We ALL had a GREAT time. ( Watch this site or Teri’s site at North Woods because we are planning to do another beginner workshop in the NEAR future and possibly an advanced class!)
As you can see in the [...]

I hope the Najjar brothers are getting ready!!
I have a great son-in-law. He and his brother LOVE to cook sooooo, they’re doing EVERYTHING for our Thanksgiving FEAST. There is a kind of rivalry between the bros, though… each one tries to out do the other in terms of cooking expertise! Last year’s meal [...]

I am going to begin doing a series of LIVE, yep, scary LIVE “TV shows” showing how to do various things with rigid heddle looms. This will pretty much be for beginners HOWEVER, everyone is welcome to join in – the more the merrier!!
The first show will be Friday, November 20th at 10am EST. [...]