Several weeks ago, we went to the very last garage sale of the season (brrrr).
While we were there, Jim pointed at a tripod and asked if it would work to support a loom.
I was delighted! YES!!!
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I twiddled around with a protractor, a compass, and paper, and made a template to make a shelf for it.
Then I cut 3 notches in a board, and Voila! a perfect shelf to hold my looms.
I can raise or lower the tripod to any height, and tip and tilt it to any angle.
It’s really lightweight, but very sturdily built. What a find!
To say that I am thrilled with it is a huge understatement!
Another wonderful garage sale find was this lovely table top easel:
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It works great for small looms, and also for holding books and patterns:
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Music stands (only the really sturdy ones) are also great for holding books and patterns, and also for holding small looms, too.
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Another really useful support for small looms is a laptop pillow desk….
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I really like that I can smoosh it around to make it sit at the perfect angle for comfortably weaving in my lap.
The flat part of mine is leather, so it’s a touch slippery.
I put a small piece of suede on the surface, which keeps the loom from skittering around.
Also, it works in the car, to support the loom comfortably while I weave and Jim drives 🙂
It’s amazing how many weaving treasures you can find at garage sales.
That’s what keeps me going back to them…. 🙂
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Noreen, thanks for all the wonderful ideas, I love the view from your window, very pretty.
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Thanks, Sharon 🙂 When I look out the window right now, it’s very muted, and the world is filtered by falling snow. It’s a world of white, grey, black and shades of brown. These are all colors that I have been focusing on in my weaving, and I suddenly realized why I love working with them. It’s what I see when I look out my window, so it makes sense that I would unconsciously choose them as my palette.
That being said, I also love shots of brilliant color- if I can’t have color outside my window, I CAN have it on my looms! 😀
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Great ideas! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you Doreen 🙂
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What a clever and creative couple you two are! When I looked at the loom sitting on the chair I thought (briefly) Oh, you could use a falling-apart chair as a loom and then I remembered I’m not a weaver and I let that thought drift away…
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LOL… actually, Aleksa, I remember reading somewhere that someone had cut up some broken chairs and built a loom with them, so your thought was not that off the mark at all! 🙂
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