October, 2024
The fall weather is sliding into place, cooler days and nights. I’m looking forward to getting a project on my loom. Deciding what it is to be is always the hardest part.
I’m thinking of trying a amalgamation draft, using the Amagalmation tool on handweaving.net. I belong to a Complex Weavers study group, requiring a sample exchange for more than 17 shafts. I want to weave this draft, #36383, which is on 18 shafts. I might try it in conference colors.
If you have not tried this tool, it is really fun. There is a video tutorial on handweaving.net that helps you through the process. And YES – this can be done on 8 shafts. Check it out.
I recently heard an interesting historical tidbit. Did any of you have older brothers – or maybe even younger brothers who played with the construction building toy – the Erector Set? I loved it when my older brothers would let me join them and screw something together on whatever they were making. I just learned that this toy – for boys – was first made by Structo. The company was persuaded to design a toy for girls also. Guess what that was — the Structo Loom!
I am looking forward to our fall programs and for what we come up with as collaborations. It might be as simple as working with another member to add embellishment onto a weaving. It could be sharing a yarn source with another member and each coming up with a unique but related weaving. It would be fun to use the conference colors. Let’s collaborate!
—Mimi
Mimi Anderson, 2024/2025 President