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Transitional phase is beginning

So I sold the Dryad loom yesterday. It is gone out the door and shall not return. I also took back all the yarn I'm not absolutely certain I want back to the college because most of it came from there anyway. I retain a small amount of wool and silk and stainless steel yarn too.

This is all to say things are changing. We've been doing a lot of clearing out over here, I've sold many surplus books on amazon, only retaining the fiction and those which are definitely useful. Beginners weaving books are all sold but all the tablet weaving and historical clothing books have been retained.

In time I shall be moving my online weavey presence over to www.humbleweaver.co.uk which shall predominantly be a place where I post notes on my progress in designing a jack loom. It's useful as I can easily give collaborators access to the page with which they can also post or edit. I'm not sure exactly how i'll be using this page in the future, but I suspect that it'll be tapering off.

I have work now, at House of Cheviot in Hawick, a manufacturer of fine country socks and kilt hose which promises to take up most of my time for the forseeable future. So it looks like I won't be making my living as a weaver after all, which is strange and ironic, but perhaps all for the best as I can continue to simply "Weave 4 Fun".

In time I expect to be able to export the contents of thi blog as an XML file or some such thing and send them to the new site to be hosted over there outside of blogger, but I haven't figured that out yet.

As far as weaving goes the main focus of my time will be on tablet weaving and on designing the jack loom. The jack loom if successful will be followed by a small jacquard lifter for ribbon weaving.

So that's that for now. I will be attending a living history fair dressed up as a 13th century cloth merchant this coming weekend, which should be fun.

I guess that's all for now, at some point the new site will be looking better. When I have a bit of time to spend on it I expect. For now it's just a postboard. See y'all around. I might be tapering off blogger, but I'm not going anywhere. I can still be found lurking on WeaveTech and weavolution so nae worries :-)

Comments

Michelle said…
I'll keep an eye on your new website! Just because you aren't making a living from weaving right now, doesn't mean you won't in the future ;)
13 August 2013 at 00:20
Laura Fry said…
Glad you found a job. :) Even if it isn't weaving, it's still with yarn. And a job is A Good Thing!
cheers,
Laura
13 August 2013 at 03:36
Dorothy said…
Best wishes for the new job - and the new lifestyle.
13 August 2013 at 13:53
Andrew Kieran said…
I'm actually quite excited about the job, and it means my weaving remains free from material concerns. Which is nice.

Now we just have to get a folding jack loom and we're happy as larry.
13 August 2013 at 13:57
Meg said…
I love your videos, Andy. Dot pointed us to it and I need to learn how to weave with cards. Thank you very much!
13 December 2013 at 08:35
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