So I'm making Hansi Singh's spider from her book and there is an error in it. On the Ravelry page of the same pattern there is a link to the errata for the pattern except...the link is dead :(
I'm a beginner and I don't know how to fix this myself. Is there anyway to get the errata somehow? Anyone came across the same problem?
I already spent time and yarn on it and I would love to finish it.
And it's perfect! I have hypermobility spectrum disorder so good posture is really important and the back rest of this chair hits my back in exactly the right place so I sit up straight comfortably ànd because the back is so narrow my arms have a lot of room to move in all directions.
Thought I'd share in case other people are looking for a spinning chair.
I've been spinning since April. This is spun and plied on my vintage Louet S10.
I struggled finding the right amount of spin because I felt the fibers drifted apart easily if I didn't spin it enough but apparently I overspun? I didn't see a lot of pigtailing though. I did not weigh it down while drying and maybe I should have twacked it more.
It's Merino that I processed myself, it still has a lot of lanolin I think. It also feels pretty rough which confuses me since I thought Merino is supposed to be soft.
I've been spinning since April, on several spindles and at the end of may I stumbled upon a vintage louet s10 for dirt cheap (33 euros)
I gave her some love, replaced the break band, waxed the wood, glued the veneer, got her 3 extra bobbins. All together I invested an extra 95 euros into fixing her up and getting enough bobbins for a 3ply.
I love her in all of her brutalist glory but damnit I'm so frustrated with the Irish tension. Even with cross lacing, not using the brake band the yarn keeps snapping and it is sucking the fun out of spinning. I feel my fingers prefer spinning thinner yarn and as a baby knitter I prefer thinner yarns (especially considering I prefer 2 or 3 ply.
Am I crazy to consider upgrading/buying an additional wheel? Is it purely a lack of skill?
Anyone master spinning lace weight on their louet? If so how long did it take you and do you have tips?
Other people who just got another wheel and haven't looked back?
Suggestions on a new wheel? If I get a new one I definitely want a double threadle because my right knee acts up sometimes. I was looking at the Ashford Traveler and kiwi, mostly because of budget but I prefer spending a little more and not having to buy a new wheel for the rest of my life than cheaping out.
Very curious to read you guy's experiences!
Amazon is riddled with AI written books. It is horrible and shameless which is to be expected from Amazon.
I randomly chose an 8 shaft straight draw for my first set up and I'm loving these designs from Carol Stricklers book. I do kind of regret not going with 4 shafts to start and learn but my adhd made me jump in head first.
There are so many things I want to learn! I don't even know the names of everything but double weave and related techniques, supplemental warps, overschot,... I'm tempted to buy every book on weaving in existence.
So far I have Stricklers 8 shaft weaving book and Marguerite's green book and I have Carols Learning how to weave on the way. If there are any other books that I need to have please feel free to suggest them! I especially love experimental techniques and structure. But I'm open to anything and everything!
I just impulsively ordered the Louet Harmony with the stand and bench because I love what it looks like and it just looks so... inviting? Despite the complete and utter lack of reviews. Oh and the last time I worked with shafts was about 15 years ago and even then I wasn't good at it.
Oh and did I mention that I already have a 12 shaft table loom (no brand, made by a local loom maker) but I don't have the stand for it, don't have an available table, it's big and clunky despite the fact that the weaving width is only 40cm. It just looks unwieldy and it's been a pain in the ass, always in my way, mocking me from the corner of my room for the past 15 years.
Have I gone completely insane? Is there anyone who actually owns and likes the Harmony?
Hi I've been spinning for a month with mostly divers I've bought off of Vinted. I don't really know what I'm doing but I'm learning as I go.
I'm wondering if these kind of straight fibers are good for spinning or do I toss them?
Thank you!
So this got out of hand pretty fast! Been spinning for about two weeks, fell in love fast and hard and impulsively bought two alpaca fleeces on Vinted. Then lucked out and found a used Louet S10 while thrifting for 33 euros.
I spun this using my drop spindle and plyed it with my Louet. The light single is Dinnie the Alpaca and the dark one is Wilhelmien the Alpaca and now I have a beautiful yarn representing them both. I did not expect to love spinning this much.
About two weeks ago I got a cheap drop spindle because I wanted to find out if I could spin my cat's hair (a simple google search would have saved me the trouble lol).
After failing miserably I realized I still had some felting wool leftover so I tried it out and usually I don't like things I'm not immediately good at but the progress I made got that sweet spot of being just enough in order to be curious about how much more progress I made. I fell absolutely in love with it and before I even made yarn longer than 30 cms I impulsively bought two alpaca fleeces on Vinted because I loved the fact that they included the name of the Alpaca with the fleece lol. Then the same thing happened with merino and then I might have bought another sheep's fleece as well because I tend to get carried away when I love something but I guess that's obvious by now. I also really love the process of washing and carding and spinning the wool. There is something so grounding and sincere about this process. I don't think buying commercial wool would make me as happy.
Anyway I'm learning by myself because I haven't found any spinners near me and I'm not sure if I'm progressing well. I noticed that I would only spin short pieces because I felt I wasn't good enough to commit to making an actual skein but I also realized that's my perfectionism speaking. So my yarn isn't consistent and there's naps but it's yarn and I'm learning. I'm looking forward to being able to show it off here later, warts and all :)
I'm curious to hear how you guys got into hand spinning and what your progress was like?
I went to a thrift store and thought to myself "wouldn't it be crazy if I find a nice spinning wheel?" And there she was. An old Louet S10 (I believe) for 33 euros. The veneer is slightly damaged but the wheel is spinning smoothly. I never spun on a wheel before (I barely spun on a spindle lol) so I don't know if she actually works but for 33 euros I could not leave her there.
So I got into rigid heddle weaving recently and I impulsively ordered a cheap drop spindle mostly because I wanted to try spinning my cat's hair. I fully expected to instantly fail and throw out the spindle in frustration. Instead I fell in love.
I find it almost magical how such a simple tool can create something so beautiful. I had been mending some socks and I've been keeping all the leftovers , carded them and blended them into some roving I had laying around, I also mixed in some catfur.
I then impulsively bought some raw alpaca and Merino fleece (pray for me)
Anyway I just wanted to share my very first samples even though after seeing all the posts here they are maybe embarrassingly simple.
One week ago I asked whether a rigid heddle loom was right for me. I got the sampleit and I am absolutely in love. It's challenging enough to keep me interested but not so hard that it's overwhelming. I had so much fun throwing on some cheap yarn and just playing around with it (1st pic) It taught me so much already.
Currently working on the color and weave sample from Jane Patrick 's book. Got two extra heddles (10 and 12,5) and some pick up sticks.
I'm already thinking about getting a bigger loom but I'm fighting that thought because I always get ahead of myself (adhd) which is how I ended up with the 12 shaft loom collecting dust in the first place. I might return to that loom later and then decide what type of weaving I prefer and then eventually get a wider loom. Or at least that is what a sane person would do so I'm going to try my best lol.
Thank you all for recommending the sampleit. Sofa weaving is the best 🖤
Hi! Yesterday I got my Ashford sampleit and the clamps that came with it look different than in the pictures. Am I missing something? Should I contact the store?
Many thanks!
Hi, many moons ago I took a textile design course and part of that was weaving. Even tho I didn't understand much technically, I got way ahead of myself and bought a 12(!) shaft table sample table loom. I didn't get a warping board.
Fast forward to now and I really want to get into textiles and weaving again. The shaftloom is super intimidating and my small weaving frame that I decided to play with first kind of fell apart and I was also frustrated with the warp being so far apart.
When I was looking up warping boards I discovered rigid heddle looms and they actually look like a perfect in between and nice way to re introduce me into weaving. I have adhd and the many options of shaft weaving are overwhelming while the simplicity of the rigid heddle is very appealing to me.
So I was looking into the 16" sample it but then I noticed there is a regular 16" as well. What particularly interests me is the fact that I can use it as a warping board.
So my question is: am I right to think rigid heddle is for me? And more importantly, if I get the regular 16 " one, could I also eventually use it to make a warp for my 12 shaft loom?
Thanks!