Recently, I blogged about test driving the new Cricket Loom from Schacht Looms.

I gave The Cricket Loom a rave review and showed a bit of the healing/prayer shawl that I wove for my sister in law.
She’s been terribly ill and has scared the bejabbers out of us….. She had an abscess in her brain, which was life threatening and harrowing. She’s had surgery and it was successful.
Weaving a healing/prayer shawl for her was very soothing for me.
It allowed me to pour my love for her into every stitch…

I hope that it will bring her comfort. I love to think that …read more

Grace and Fred Hatton are creating a wonderful body of work, making and weaving with Scandanavian narrow double hole rigid heddle looms.
Grace’s fascinating article in Weavezine is here
and Fred sells the gorgeous looms he builds here
Awesome!

I’ve been weaving with the Schacht Cricket rigid heddle for a few days, and I absolutely  L O V E  it.
Why?
Because:

It’s really solid, well made, and the ergonomics are a dream.Obviously, a lot of thought went into designing it.
The heddle glides along the tracks and it stays in position perfectly, in both the down and up modes.
I really like the wooden handles on the warp and cloth beams.
The ratchets and pawls mesh with each other beautifully – they hold solidly and don’t skip or jump.
It’s very portable and compact- we had to drive for a couple of hours yesterday, …read more

The new Cricket rigid heddle Loom from Schacht has arrived, and I am impressed.
It comes shipped flat in a smallish spiffy box that works as a project/tool box but won’t hold the loom once it’s assembled.
It needs to have 6 screws inserted to assemble it.  That took only a few minutes.
The loom is solid and beautifully designed.  It doesn’t fold like their Flip or the Ashford Knitter’s loom, but it’s compact enough to be truly portable. Popping it into a tote bag is not a problem.
I am going to be weaving a healing/prayer shawl in rainbow colors.
One of my beloved …read more

It looks to me like Schacht looms have created another winner.
They are just about to launch an absolute sweetheart of a small rigid heddle loom.
It’s the Cricket .
Just because a loom is small, doesn’t mean it isn’t mighty! The size of the loom doesn’t necessarily limit the size of the  finished  project. Imagination is the key!
I am a passionate small loom weaver and am looking forward to meeting the Cricket!
By the way….. if you have a rigid heddle loom, then you absolutely HAVE TO HAVE a copy of Betty Davenport’s book: Hands on Rigid Heddle Weaving.  It’s a terrific little …read more

Earlier in May, I read on my dear friend, Terri’s blog about a virtual scarf project.
I was intrigued, and have been thinking about it since.
I am deep into meeting deadlines (VERY tight ones!) on my new book. I debated about taking time off from the book to weave a scarf for the virtual small scarf project.
Well…. I decided to go for it.
There were a number of odd, but seemingly intertwined threads bobbing to the surface of my life.
A friend and I just did a trade and so an Ashford Knitter’s Loom has just come into my …read more

I am so pleased! My new Journey Loom has arrived!

The Journey loom is a lovely small frame/tapesty style loom that was designed by Susan Barrett Merrill. The loom came to her in a dream and she’s been working with her husband to create it in many ways for a number of years.
The first thing that struck me when I put it together was that it looked so much like the wall dollhouses that my dh, Jim, makes me!
The second thing that just blew me out of the water, was reading the chapter in Susan’s book, Zati, The Art of …read more