Mom I'll Never Weave You

This is what my youngest said to me yesterday.  "I'll never weave you."

Weave? Weave? 

Naturally, I wondered.  Did she mean turn me into a potholder?  She assured me no.

How about use me as weft -- over and under -- all the way across this?

No.

This would be my new --gasp-- loom.

Do I know how to weave?

Ah no. Not a clue. Except for potholders and small items.

But this was a gift.  A real gift.  It came from someone who wasn't using it, and wanted it to go to a good home. A home where it would be cherished, as it had come from a cherished person.

It is just beautiful. About 70 years old, a LeClerc, solid maple.

I don't even know what all the parts are called.

And it's now taken apart in pieces in my studio, ready to be reassembled once I reorganize in there. 

See, this is really a stashbuster for me. Weaving is faster than knitting, so I can use up more stash. And if I use up more stash I'll have more space. Right? 

The other reason this appealed to me was that I'm told my great-grandmother was a very renowned weaver in northern Spain.  So it feels like a circle. Or maybe that would be a square. Some sort of poetic completion in any case.

My kid did crack up.  She immediately began thinking of how logistically she was going to do it. Ouch.

The funny thing is I feel a little disloyal, introducing this into my knitting and fiber lair.  I didn't have any such feelings when I took up spinning. 

It feels like sibling rivalry for the yarn between the knitting and weaving.  OK not so much.  I still haven't read the weaving book or put the loom together. 

Too much knitting to do.

Comments

[Publicado por: Steph]

That loom is gorgeous. Weaving is something I would love to do. I must look away now.

[Publicado por: Gail & Fog]

Dear Nilda,

WOW there msut be something in the air- I registered for a weaving class at Peter's Valley July 7-14. Do you know it? The class I am takign is called "Weaving Light and Air" IT will be elarning to weave sheers!! I have never had any interest in weaving until I saw the work of the instructor at her yarn store/weaving studio-it is called "Habu Textiles". Please keep us updated about your loom progress! You will become my mentor, Nilda!!

[Publicado por: Catherine]

Hi, Nilda. Nice write-up on the loom. Lovely article in Wild Fibers. I hadn't read that issue, but just put it on my shelf when it arrived. I pulled it out today and am reading it now. If you give your loom a name, how about "Diane?"

Best,
Catherine

[Publicado por: janet]

Weaving a stash consuming activity??? Not the case here!!