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Weaving and Spinning Stuff for sale

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ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD> I am facilitating the advertising of these spinning and weaving items for a friend. I am not the seller nor do I represent the seller. If you have an interest in these items please contact me and I will connect you to the seller. Any details of the purchase are between you and the seller.  ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD> THANK YOU ****************************************************************************** 1. Oxaback Combination Drawloom – single unit and pattern saver; 160 cm Oxaback  with bench 2 back beams 20 ground shafts Two battens - one with fly shuttle and one without Combination draw with pattern storage system 50 pattern shafts and single unit and pattern storage There are also several temples to send with the loom. Stainless steel reeds - quantity 12 I feel it only right to include the Oxaback  4 meter warping mill and the Oxaback trapeze.  These two items are essential in prep...

Stevie and Sila

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Here are my two Kromski spinning wheels. The wheel on the left is the Minstrel model. I bought it new in November 2011. I have been spinning on it every day since then. The beauty on the right is the Polonaise, acquired used, just this week. On top of continuing to spin on the Minstrel, I have two bobbins full on the Polonaise already as well. I adore both these wheels. Instead of calling the wheels "this" and "that" I gave them names. The Minstrel I named "Stevie" for Stevie Ray Vaughn, my favourite blues musician and favourite guitarist. I'll be taking this wheel north to Canada, and so it will remind me of my southern home. Double Trouble with this double treadle , double drive. The Polonaise wheel then required a northern name, as it will be left in the south. After some careful thought I selected the name Sila, an Inuit word. In common everyday language it refers to the air, the weather, the sky. It also means "breath of life" and ...