Pleasing Placemats

It's fascinating to see the colors of a large print fabric meld together.

Touch of Color

It's amazing what little color does for your warp.

Harris Neck NWR, GA

There is an amazing rookery at Harris Neck NWR, about 50 miles south of Savannah, GA. Wood Storks, Great Egrets, Snowy Egrets, Tricolor Herons and Anhingas were nesting on several islands while Wood Ducks and Moorhens kept the gators away from their babies in the duck-weed.

Ideal Teal

We found the ideal teal fabric for our first rug on the new/old Ideal Loom. The color works wonderfully with the multicolor warp. It's a very high thread count and rips to strips cleanly. And, our 'remnant' is about 12 yards long - we can rip one long strip and weave over 6 inches of rug without a knot or join.

Ideal Personality

Our old Ideal Rug Loom arrived with the remnants of it's last warp still intact. I think it gives the loom a distinct personality, a joyful attitude. Makes me smile and want to do the happy dance.

The waste yarn is woven in and already you can tell this is going to be a fun warp to play with. Lot's of possibilities.

A Loom With A View

This is going to be an absolutely glorious place to weave!

Our new/old Ideal rug loom is almost completely assembled, should be ready to warp tomorrow.

And some days are way better than others...

Last Thursday had all the earmarks of just another wonderful day of weaving.... until I walked into the Museum and was handed a note from Elliott the Director. The note contained a name & phone number and the words "Loom" and "Go Over".

Wonderfully long story made short, ends with me meeting a new weaving buddy and helping her relocate the old rug loom she was donating to the museum along with enough warp thread and fabric to keep our growing number of museum weavers gainfully 'volunteered' well into the next decade. Our rag box runneth over. My usual Thursday routine was transformed into an exhilarating adventure.

A new "Ideal Loom" was selling for $55 in 1930. This old Ideal Loom will prove to be invaluable as a tool for attracting and training the next generation of museum quality weavers. I expect to start assembling the loom on April 8th - helpers welcomed.

The loom is in remarkably good condition for it's age.

It's equipped with a fine sectional warp for production weaving.

And OMG, a half a truck load of fabric.... we could carpet the entire museum.