tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978632925950937140.post4488810657322164366..comments2024-02-14T03:06:23.526+00:00Comments on weave4fun: voluntary obligationsAndrew Kieranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08997798351349771733noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978632925950937140.post-189201462254365862010-08-08T10:45:11.062+01:002010-08-08T10:45:11.062+01:00I don't mind setting up looms lately - I used ...I don't mind setting up looms lately - I used to HATE it, but I don't mind. Though only because there is the weaving at the end of it. Or not, as I leave my loom after I've threaded and sleyed it... I don't know about doing it for a living, especially because I couldn't service the young lass afterwards... Except maybe swap recipes...Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978632925950937140.post-52996603246185169982010-08-01T20:52:00.523+01:002010-08-01T20:52:00.523+01:00meg: i think you misunderstood me. i gave them the...meg: i think you misunderstood me. i gave them the loom, so now it's taking up space there. and there's no point in it being there if it's not warped up and getting used. and i don't expect anyone else who hjas only a marginal interest in weaving to learn to warp it.<br /><br />all it is is that i've had to spend time going in there and warping it up. once that's done obviously, any sod can weave with it.<br /><br />it's just one of those thing, y'know? i had to get rid of it, and i had nowhere to store it, so i gave it to them, cos they're the only folks that would take it.<br /><br />as you know, it's only warping up (and the tie-up to some extent) that's difficult. i remember once hearing an old song about some lassie that goes into town to make a warp for her mother and has a bloody awful time of it, nothing goes right, but a kind weaver helps her out, and this being a folk song they obviously end up behind a stook doing as nature intended. apparently there were folks who did nought else but set up other people's looms. makes a lot of sense to meAndrew Kieranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08997798351349771733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978632925950937140.post-65248507387586425242010-08-01T01:28:53.181+01:002010-08-01T01:28:53.181+01:00So, you gave them the loom, but they want to charg...So, you gave them the loom, but they want to charge you for the use? I would have thought it's in THEIR interest to have someone weaving on the loom, anyway. <br /><br />I've been to a "museum" of sorts somewhere in the Highlands in '90 and '03 (the same place) where among other things they had a loom, but not set up properly because nobody knew how to. So I say, even over there, people who know how to use looms are valuable for the knowledge. <br /><br />(Thought it'd be a funny if you pretended you're a museum piece, maybe a wax doll, and walked really stiffly when PC came for a photo shoot.)Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350447919000146804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978632925950937140.post-59455719343659922362010-07-31T12:10:47.091+01:002010-07-31T12:10:47.091+01:00Bravo Andrew. You're not a museum piece, you&#...Bravo Andrew. You're not a museum piece, you're a weaver. That's not incompatible with exploring the new.Geodynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05612024268485020748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978632925950937140.post-25728285438978418362010-07-31T03:10:22.181+01:002010-07-31T03:10:22.181+01:00i'm on one the day. and i still can;t get phot...i'm on one the day. and i still can;t get photos out of my new/old cameraAndrew Kieranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08997798351349771733noreply@blogger.com