Ann Hartley
I love wood and one of the attractions of weaving beside it being an enjoyable way to make neat things to use is that the looms and accessories are usually made from wood. Unfortunately that makes them quite expensive and if you are new to weaving as I am, you might not want to spend a fortune trying out different tools just to see which ones work for you and which don’t. When I wove my first rug I discovered that there were necessary tools that I just didn’t have. I decided to try to make one of them and not only was it fun, but the tool worked so well I made a few more like it. Soon I was making many different kinds of tools out of wood, including the lucet I use as an avatar. I had to rob my piggy bank to buy better woodworking tools, but they are forever and will more than pay for themselves.
The wood? A local lumberyard has a scrap heap from which the public is encouraged to take anything we can use. Some people take the free wood for camping, but I am using it to make tools for weaving.
Wow… you are a very talented person
It is a skill I am just now learning, other people may have talent. Thank you!
get down with your DIY self!
Yay, DIY, I just love making stuff.
this really needs to be something we all do, our disposable culture isn’t sustainable
Agreed, although I make things because I like to rather than out of altruism, or in the case of things like kombucha, kefir, kvass, bread, and sauerkraut because I want control over what goes in them.
whatever your motives, the process itself is implicitly positive
Thank you for looking at my pictures.
WOW!!! Very very nice cravings!!
I mean I can imagine them being sold in shops!!
You must be very handy person!!
And nice bag!! Thumbs up!!
Thank you! I bought my first peg loom on Etsy, but today I made my own tapestry loom out of discarded lumber. It was fun (and free).
I bet it feels great to DIY!!!
And is much cheaper too XD
Yes, I would much rather use something I made than something bought. Thanks for your encouragement.
You amaze me with your many talents. I wanted to comment after the photos, but I kept getting error messages. They must be “improving” the site again. My guess is they are adding more checkboxes for gallery comments.
I blush! Yes, I just noticed the clickable counter that takes us down to comments. Radical! Flies past the too-long bio. Less lag from my smart phone this am, too. I just awoke!
What clickable counter? I don’t think I’ve noticed that or known what it was.
Under the title to the right of the author’s name each article posted here has a speech bubble with the number of comments next to it and if you click on the bubble, it skips over everything else and takes you right to the comments. Maybe I’m not using the right name but it is a wonderful feature.
Thank you very much! I love it.
thanks for sharing, you are very talented. I saw this a long time ago, my grandmother was weaving
My grandmother started teaching me to crochet when I was 6, but I may be the first weaver in my family, Branka.
Oh my you are very talented, what beautiful work you have created.
Thank you for looking at my first Virily Gallery, Carol. You have encouraged me to try another one soon.
You are welcome and I am looking forward to more! 🙂
This is a new of weaving. In fact, it was first my time to see it. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for visiting Shavkat. It is nice to meet you here on Virily.
I am glad to meet you, too. A newbie in the house I should day.c”,)
That’s very interesting! You seem very creative!
Thank you, Elena, that is a nice compliment. I try to do something creative every day to keep my brain young.