{"id":793,"date":"2024-06-18T12:10:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T12:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balgarvieweaving.co.uk\/blog\/?p=793"},"modified":"2024-06-19T14:59:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T14:59:57","slug":"ashford-4-shaft-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/balgarvieweaving.co.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/ashford-4-shaft-loom\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashford 4 shaft loom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I purchased this little pre loved loom recently. I bought it because I wanted a loom I could transport, to have as a demo loom for events. I\u2019m increasingly being asked to talk about my practice and my involvement with fibreshed Scotland to a variety of groups and associations and as I\u2019m a hands on type I want to have a visual aid to hopefully inspire others to have a go at weaving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So after what seems like ages for a pre owned loom this one popped up at the right time for the right price, in fact the exact same amount of money I was about to have payed into my bank for a couple of groups I was asked by Fife Contemporary to host. It felt right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had learned on George Wood looms which are full size floor looms. I then designed on industrial double width looms, a far cry from a wee thing like this loom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have in my studio a 16 shaft semi production floor loom and just let go of my double width Glimakra floor loom as the old hips were complaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While this loom is lighter in weight I wished to embrace new weaving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I warped up for me a very small warp of 10m with a relatively thick weaving yarn just to get to know the loom <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Colour and weave first warp using my hill to home Cheviot yarn in it\u2019s beautiful natural colours <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was getting frustrated that I couldn\u2019t throw the shuttle as I knew I could. The shuttle just kept falling through the warp. This I assumed was the design of the loom and as I had bought the widest possible I thought that the loom was really for small warps where the weaver could throw the width of the warp easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was not working for me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The design of this loom has no shuttle race. As it came with stick shuttles I guess this is how it\u2019s supposed to be worked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me weaving longer lengths I\u2019m used to using shuttles and pirns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Doing my best Heath Robinson impression I have attached a stick just under the warp. Hay presto it works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope this helps you weave faster with your ashford too. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I purchased this little pre loved loom recently. I bought it because I wanted a loom I could transport, to have as a demo loom for events. I\u2019m increasingly being asked to talk about my practice and my involvement with fibreshed Scotland to a variety of groups and associations and as I\u2019m a hands on … <\/p>\n

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