Green deliciousness

Another 15 lovelies based on a green warp.


Hand-dyed, hand woven. It's going to be a cosy winter!

And thanks heaps Belly for all that winding! The workshop's starting to look organised!

--melly

Grateful Friend

Today was my time  to pay Mel back for all her help over the past year or would that be a few years. 

So Mel put me to work winding balls of wool from skeins. 

Mel was using up her "stash" that she has had for some time now. Mel's mum used to have a great yarn business but has sold it on to Sue. Love the habu threads Sue  is carrying and need to get my order in.  

http://www.rainbowwools.com/

We did solve the problems of the world while I wound, Mel threaded the next warp and got some other chores done.

So thanks Mel and I still need to wind a lot more balls for you. 

Belly.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Pink Production

This is what 16 scarves around the beam looks.



And this is all cut off ready to finish.



--melly

New Colours!

So here is a little sample from my new scarf warp. So nice to be working with lush deep colours again!










--melly

What not to do to your loom part 2

And the saga continues. The lesson I think is to always ask the manufacture of your loom what products to use when you are preforming any kind of maintance on the loom. Car or cooking grease is a no no.

The cleaning process has almost finished. So hopefully we will have it up and running in the next week or so. It has been a slow process with working long hours and family commitments but hey life goes on. 
 

Can you believe this is felt and should not be glistening

Felt of the timber

Cables YUK!

Throw blankets

I can't believe it. These babies have been waiting for so long to be woven - and here they are!



--melly

What not to do to your loom

I purchased a second hand AVL compu dobby loom. It was originally purchased in the 1980's (I think) as a dobby  and converted to computer in the 1990's again I think this is correct.

It has taken me a while to set it up as I have to clean the timber rollers the cables run over. There are 16 rollers on each rod and there are 3 sets. After a lot of Mel's strength we got them off today and the cleaning process starts. I have scraped, rubbed and washed using dish washing liquid and a tooth brush. They are now reasonably clean but still not totally dry which will be another test as to if any damage has been done in the cleaning process.

Its hard to see all the gunk on the rollers but let me tell you its horrid. At least there is no smell.

The big job starts, what a mess

The start of the 1st roller

It gets worst

Clean but still wet. I  hope they dry ok, time will tell

Almost dry

So I  still have the rest to do and then the timbers that have felt on them to help hold the cables in place have to have the felt removed and timber clean felt replaced. The felt is solid grease. I will takes some photos of that process when I get to it.