Meanderings of a Mermaid

With all the comings and goings in my two studios, I thought it was time to list out the Current State of the Union. Here are some of the larger items. Home South: Wheels - Electric Eel Wheel 5.1 with upgrades ( this wheel travels back and forth); Ashford Country Spinner 2; Lendrum upright. Looms - Harrisville Collingwood rug loom; Leclerc Tissart tapestry loom; Oxaback Ulla Cyrus loom; Ashford rigid heddle loom, Harrisville Belt Loom, Northwest Looms inkle. Home North: Wheels - antique East European flax upright; Lendrum upright; S. Laurence Canadian Production wheel; Kromski Minstrel. Looms - Leclerc Weavebird; Leclerc Colonial; Rio Grande Kit walking loom; Glimakra band loom; unknown maker rigid heddle. And here are some projects being worked on or completed. I've gone a bit crazy weaving potholders. Here is just one pair of many. Most have gone out as little hostess gifts.  the Muskox. He is my morning buddy. He really needs his mug of hot chocolat...

Get a look at what followed me home recently! I have gleefully adopted " Courage "  - my new addition to the family. WELCOME. The original owner of this loom was William Dyer, a famous weaver who lived in California and Washington State. He made very fine damasks with this loom.   A very large loom manufactured by Oxaback in Sweden. The model is called "Ulla Cyrus". It is a vertical countermarch with 16 shafts and 18 treadles. Plus it has the additional, optional unit draw and pattern shaft draw. Two different drawloom attachments. The weaving width is 63 inches.  I picked up this beauty in the north part of Texas, and the loom was already disassembled. This photo shows just a fraction of the gear. It was great fun to meet the current owner. Here we have returned home and both the box of the truck and the 5 x 12  landscape trailer are entirely filled with loom pieces. Completely. It is a lot of gear. And this is a glimpse at a small p...