I was lucky enough to get a loom for my Birthday, now the last time I did any weaving was at school and it was a mess. Having seen weaving works of art by my friends at the Dyers Spinners and Weavers Guild I thought I may like to try my hand at it again!
We put it together last Saturday, somthing I was determind to do myself but needed a bit of man power to tighten the screws etc, but it all went together quite well. This is a Kromski Harp, which I think is made in Poland, the importers are in the USA and I bought it from Wingham Wools in Rothereham South Yorksire. I have no idea if this product went from Poland to US then to UK, but they delivered it within 3 days of placing the order.
I had no idea how to get started but with all the help on the internet video tutorials, particularly good are the New Voyager vids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptH7ZhopsoE&list=UUr_0xa80mEpfaw8GmV8bptw&index=3 and the Ashford Vids http://www.ashford.co.nz/newsite/tutorials/weaving-video-tutorials I also used the Ashford book of Weaving which was very clear with a step by step guide.
Warping the loom seemed a bit scary but by carefully following the instructions it was soon done and the weaving started, I used yarn from my stash that I didn’t feel precious about 
So a bit bright, maybe I can find a football supporter who would like it. Peter said he wasn’t ecxpecting something so bright for his next suit . More to follow on this one I think!
What fun, and I look forward to viewing more.
Thanks Kate it’s a learning curve, and I don’t know any one who will wear a red and white check scarf!;-)
I am excited to see what you create. Weaving is something I would love to try someday. For now I will enjoy it through your posts.
Thank you Eleanor , I will try to keep the blog up to date, it’s a steep learning curve
How cool! Hmm…you could possibly pass it off as a Man Utd supporter’s attire! Wolfie likes the idea of wearing it loud and proud!!
Son in Law is a liverpuddlian I can just see him and G’son wraped in the scarf cheering on the team!
Boro’s colors are “red and white” so you have found your football supporter
Yup, just can’t beat them there step by step guides.
Hope you are enjoying the “sunshine” Susan x
Thanks Kenny yes nice bit of sunshine here today!
Sx
Wow, you’ll be making all kinds of knitted stuff now. Good for you.
Thanks Horst, I have loads of homespun to make into a cushion and went to a textile fair yesterday and bought some super linen to make place mats watch this space!!
Susan
That looks complicated but fun. Red and white makes for a great picnic blanket.
This is awesome – wow what a thing to have. I used to have knitting machines (prefer the hand knit look though) but a loom is something else. I watched the episode of the Good Life the other day where Tom gets a loom – I was jealous back then,
Thanks Chris I have had such fun with this since I got it and made new friends ….amazing! I am still fascinated by your crocheted jewellery I must give it a try, (when I have finished all the other queued projects)
beautiful
when i saw the colours i thought of Christmas… love that colour combination anyway, looks quite folk to me