This week has been a crazy week….typical of the week before Fryeburg Fair.
This year I thought I would try something different for the loom demonstration….working on a rigid heddle loom using 2 heddles. Sounds pretty straightforward in the book and the videos….especially the part about direct warping.
I am a distributor for Schacht, so I brought in one of their Flip Rigid Heddle looms. Figuring I should learn how to be able to teach people how to warp their loom in the "direct warping" method that is shown in the instruction book, I set about warping my loom.
Umm…..when you are warping close to 400 ends that is a TON of walking on a 6 yard warp…..so last night when I was looking at facebook and one of Courtney's friends who much to her dismay is one of my friends….LOL… had the following status:
If I get drunk yes I know I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you
I had to laugh…..being the music junkie that I am, I know that the following lines are:
I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more just to be that man who walks a thousand miles to fall down at your door….
Man o man…..I think I walked those 500 miles warping that loom!!! Next time back to the warping board….just sayin'. 🙂
Sometimes you just never know where your blogging inspiration is going to come from…LOL!!!
The Woolen Rabbit 
That is one of my all time favorite songs. Ever!
Don’t make weaving look like anything I want to do. I’ll blame you for it. 😉
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I love that song! I don’t really understand the whole warping process but I don’t think it should be THAT much work and THAT much walking!
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The whole thing looks amazing, crazy and maybe a little fun. If you walked along to the beat you could be dancing!
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as a distributer, do you sell the cricket looms? I may need to drive up to try/buy one… i’ve been dying to get one!
And… my birthday is next week. 🙂
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I didn’t realize the Flip came that wide! My Kromski Harp is 32″…which, as I think about it, is wider than the new floor loom! Anyway, I never attempted the 2-heddle thing, but certainly did do the direct warping. It is indeed a lot of walking! Can’t wait to see what this becomes!
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Hi, Kim, I think we’ll be coming to Fryeburg next weekend. Looking forward to meeting you finally!
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Now that song is going to ricochet around my brian for the rest of the day. Good thing I like it.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM0sTNtWDiI
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Love love love that song!
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I LOVE that song. Don’t mind at all that it’s going to play in my head for the rest of the day!
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That’s one of my favorite songs, too, though I like the version that one of my favorite bluegrass bands does:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qof-TY8tZQ
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