When I found my box of tiny rigid heddles that had gone awol,
I was so delighted that I had to warp up several looms and show different ways of working with tiny rigid heddles.
They are small, but you can still do really neat things with them!
I made a video with hints and tips for tiny heddles. The link is:
Days 4 and 3 and 2 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms
For this year’s 100 Day Project, I am co-creating with my brother, Jonathan (@distinctivewoodworking) and his son, Kieran.
They are turning the parts for small looms and spool knitters on the lathe, and I am doing all kinds of things with the wonderful wooden elements.
We are calling it: #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms
I am posting it here and on IG @noreen.cronefindlay
Here’s where I am at on Day 4 and working backwards to Day 2:
Oooh… painting! Here are a couple of little spool knitters and the beginnings of a little loom that I painted today.
Day 3 was frustrating:
The rheostatic pyrography machine that my lovely husband built me more than 35 years ago went kaput.
Oh no! my Luvie had to rebuild it for me so I could carry on burning the drawings into the spool knitters and little looms.
I spent Day 2 of the project working on getting a LOT of holes drilled and then fine tuning the insides of 17 small spool knitters in preparation for tapping in and gluing the nails into the holes.
Doesn’t sound like much hard work, but really, it is.
Then it was time to start drawing. Yay!
I am having so much fun…. 🙂
In June of 2025, my brother (Jonathan Crone -an awesome woodworker- https://www.instagram.com/distinctivewoodworking/ and I started talking about making spool knitters and small looms together.
We live in different cities and provinces so we’ve been sending each other tons of drawings, photos & “What if messages”. Hurrah for the miracle of the interwebs!
Jonathan and his son, Kieran have been turning lots of wonderful things on the lathe.
Jonathan shipped me a small but heavy box of treasures in January.
AND.
The courier managed to loose the box! EEK!
Eventually they found it & delivered it.
Whew!
Our spool knitting/small loom adventure is in gear now!
I am excited about it, but a little anxious, thinking- oh my word-can I handle doing #the100dayproject right now? (Living with chronic illness and other commitments and life in these turbulent times. oh my).
Well, fingers crossed-
Here’s Day 1 of Two Crones and One Crone-Findlay Making Spool Knitters and Small Looms Together Across Many Miles.
Not a snappy title for my100 day project- but if I come up with a catchy title, I’ll post it.
I am so inspired & really excited about these co-creations.
Here are a couple of pics of the box, with the packing paper and some bags of bits and pieces pulled out already.
Sorry, the pics don’t show how much amazing stuff there is for me to make magic with.
All shall be revealed over the next 100 days!
Noreen Crone-Findlay, designer and author
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