New project, we'll see how it unfolds.

SwampDonkey · June 25, 2012, 02:50:51 PM

The wood working projects I do are just to keep me from going crazy in the winter. ;D I don't have plans to the loom. I just went by websites and researched a little. The loom bench was just studying photos online. The winder for the pirns was just a concoction of mine after looking at examples online. The rest is from Worst's "Foot Powered Loom Weaving" on the internet archives or weaving sites. There is no swift plans in there, but just a picture. Plus I looked at current swifts on the market online and they haven't changed in 100 years. Other than the fact that there is more than one style of swift, as there are looms. ;D The video I uploaded was during the making of the latest throw I just finished yesterday. I have to wait for the weather to dry up to "full" it in the washer and dry it outside. Gonna be wet all week.

Magicman · June 25, 2012, 04:35:44 PM

Nice throw. PatD just finished watching the video.

Bill Gaiche · June 25, 2012, 10:56:24 PM

Nice. That will come in handy this winter. bg

SwampDonkey · June 26, 2012, 04:13:47 AM

Quote from: Bill Gaiche on June 25, 2012, 10:56:24 PM
Nice. That will come in handy this winter. bg

Fall, spring and half the summer. :D

MM, a couple half days to weave once the loom is warped (those white threads running through the reed). Then hand sowed the ends with a large needle and wool yarn.

I like weaving with wool, it's warm and it's cheap and local. ;D

Lud · June 26, 2012, 06:14:16 AM

Quote from: SwampDonkey on June 20, 2012, 04:06:22 AM
Lud, your wife might be hinting at a new fly attachment. ;D .

She's never complained about the current one! ;) ;) ;) Wink's as good as a nod to a blind man, eh? :D :D :D

The bench I built her has a seat that rolls side to side on the big Glimakra. It's a 8 harness. The seat top moves to where the problem is and covers the tool box.

We drove to Philly last June to get a Mighty Wolf loom that she thinks is the best. She also has a couple of table top looms.

Maybe you should look at building a spinning wheel next winter. Satisfyingly complex enough for a man of your talents, I'd say. 8)

SwampDonkey · June 26, 2012, 07:15:29 AM

Got two already of great grandmother's. They are either at my uncle's or the town museum. I won't be spinning though, hard to get wool any cheaper than $3.75 all spun, processed and skeined (4 oz). ;D

Ah, so she's all set with all those looms. She has the affliction then, more looms and shuttles than a man has rifles, tractors, and chainsaws. :D

jamesamd · June 30, 2012, 04:09:44 PM

I really am amazed Donk,excellent craftmanship in both wood and wool 8)
Jim

SwampDonkey · June 30, 2012, 05:11:13 PM

If I want to add shafts, I can accommodate probably 4 or 8 more with some modification to the width of the jacks and the rollers. Right now I have 8, but my current weaving is with just 4, so I took the extra (upper and lower) lamm bars and shafts off. I could remove the knuckles between the treadles and place 4 or 8 more on.

Thanks

SwampDonkey · August 11, 2012, 02:53:00 PM

Added my new steel ratchets I had custom made in Sault Ste Marie, ON.

Warp Roller

Cloth Roller

Warbird · August 11, 2012, 02:55:46 PM

Nice. How does it work and sound now?

SwampDonkey · August 11, 2012, 02:57:51 PM

Letcha know. ;D

Anyhow, here is a tartan I wove a few weeks back using acrylic.

Warbird · August 11, 2012, 04:05:27 PM

That's pretty DanG cool, SD.

SwampDonkey · August 11, 2012, 04:19:24 PM

I'm working on a sampler that uses weft floats, giving a 3D appearance. The first few reps I discovered I have not got enough set, so I am starting over.

SwampDonkey · August 11, 2012, 08:19:41 PM

Here it is with the proper set (12 epi with 2 ply wool).

I was told this is called a "4 end advancing twill with mirror". In the draft, a group of 4 warp ends advances forming a bell curve and the treadling sequence follows the same path, making a mirrored effect. There are long floats making the weaving puffy. Would make a great afghan for a couch. Could even change weft colors (the weaving threads) every vertical block, there are 3 blocks wide (3 X's). This is also a reversible fabric. Some fabrics have a right side you are suppose to see and a wrong side, that would be hidden. This is good on both sides. That's what I mean by reversible.

Clam77 · August 11, 2012, 08:27:31 PM

That looks neat SD.. I'm thinking it'd make a great anything. ;)

I like that 3-D pattern like that.. livens it up to bring out people's curiosity.

sandhills · August 13, 2012, 12:59:15 AM

I'm thinking auction item for next years pigroast ;D. My wife crochets and if she ever sees your 3D afghan I may have to build her one of those contraptions....on second thought, do you hire out? ;D

Lud · August 13, 2012, 07:34:36 AM

My wife says your Overdraft is great. .....but where do you get already spun yarn that cheap? She can't get free alpaca fleece processed at that rate. Is it a Canadian source?

She's thinking she may have to visit!!

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metalspinner · August 13, 2012, 08:02:54 AM

Those are really neat projects, swampdonkey.

Is this something you have always wanted to do? Reading your posts about this craft has me confused. It may as well be in another language.

PC-Urban-Sawyer · August 13, 2012, 11:23:58 AM

Quote from: metalspinner on August 13, 2012, 08:02:54 AM
Those are really neat projects, swampdonkey.

Is this something you have always wanted to do? Reading your posts about this craft has me confused. It may as well be in another language.

Well, he IS Canadian, so he already speaks a different dialect (and if you think his is something, you should hear my In-Laws who are from Newfoundland...). And of course any specialty has its own jargon.

Herb

Magicman · August 13, 2012, 01:51:13 PM

OK, but in SD's defense, I had a very long winded conversation with him at the Pig Roast and I imagine that he probably had difficulty understanding me. I had none understanding him.

I do regret that the weaving subject did not come up......neither did grits.

PC-Urban-Sawyer · August 13, 2012, 04:07:22 PM

Quote from: Magicman on August 13, 2012, 01:51:13 PM
OK, but in SD's defense, I had a very long winded conversation with him at the Pig Roast and I imagine that he probably had difficulty understanding me. I had none understanding him.

I do regret that the weaving subject did not come up......neither did grits.

I can't imagine MagicMan being long winded, but then again, he does always seem to have a few words to say about anything.

Herb

WDH · August 13, 2012, 08:45:27 PM

SD is not a ~~serial~~ serious grits basher.

isawlogs · August 13, 2012, 09:39:08 PM

Them southerners will try to stick those grits in any thread.. any... :

Warbird · August 13, 2012, 11:14:05 PM

SwampDonkey · August 30, 2012, 03:35:23 AM

Quote from: Lud on August 13, 2012, 07:34:36 AM
My wife says your Overdraft is great. .....but where do you get already spun yarn that cheap? She can't get free alpaca fleece processed at that rate. Is it a Canadian source?

She's thinking she may have to visit!! : :

For some reason I only get a few of my notifications from the forum, so I had not seen the posts in this one for weeks since I posted to it. ;)

Lud, here is the draft for that twill. One thing I do that is not shown there is I end on treadle 1 (far right).

We don't have *.wif file format setup to attach the weaving file to the forum.

Yarn at Briggs and Little
They are 4 oz skeins. The mill is about an hour from me, but I buy from a local vender.

I am also told that the floats on this particular draft are a little long for afghans because they can catch buttons on your your shirt. It is suggested that the float be no longer than 3 ends wide. So a little modification by using 5 end twill instead of just 4 will solve it. ;)