Tomorrow afternoon I will be picking up the loom I have been wanting for years. It's a 48" Macomber with 4 harnesses and the option to add 4 more. I'm not sure what all it will come with in terms of accessories at this point - I'll see it all tomorrow. I can weave most of the samples for the COE study on it or my Ashford table loom.
Macombers are my favorite looms to weave on. Because the front beam folds down, I can scoot a chair right up to the harnesses, which makes it easier and more comfortable to thread. It's a tall loom, and the treadles push down in front instead of in back - this setup makes it so that my knees don't hit the front beam like they do on a Baby Wolf or some of the other looms I've woven on.
Here's a pic of a Macomber in the studio at the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild. The fabric on it is a surface weave with 10/2 black cotton from Lunatic Fringe and a multi-color wool singles yarn that I spun from fiber I purchased at Convergence in Orlando in 2008.
Since my daughter isn't moving like she had expected to, I won't be able to set up the basement as a weaving studio like I expected to when I first contacted the person who is selling this loom - my bedroom will still be down there. But I'm rearranging things so that I have room for it and I'm thinking about selling my Baby Wolf to make more room down there. I'm going to have to take it apart, too, in order to get it down the stairs - I don't think it would fit through the back door and it's probably too heavy to carry around to the back. It will take up a good deal of space, but it's worth it!
Macombers are my favorite looms to weave on. Because the front beam folds down, I can scoot a chair right up to the harnesses, which makes it easier and more comfortable to thread. It's a tall loom, and the treadles push down in front instead of in back - this setup makes it so that my knees don't hit the front beam like they do on a Baby Wolf or some of the other looms I've woven on.
Here's a pic of a Macomber in the studio at the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild. The fabric on it is a surface weave with 10/2 black cotton from Lunatic Fringe and a multi-color wool singles yarn that I spun from fiber I purchased at Convergence in Orlando in 2008.
Since my daughter isn't moving like she had expected to, I won't be able to set up the basement as a weaving studio like I expected to when I first contacted the person who is selling this loom - my bedroom will still be down there. But I'm rearranging things so that I have room for it and I'm thinking about selling my Baby Wolf to make more room down there. I'm going to have to take it apart, too, in order to get it down the stairs - I don't think it would fit through the back door and it's probably too heavy to carry around to the back. It will take up a good deal of space, but it's worth it!
