Wool: Can You Add It To Your Profit Line? Workshop sponsored by New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Growers, hosted by long-time Shetland shepherdess Nadine Chounet at Painted Knoll Farm, nestled in the Lakes Region of NH. Day-long workshop will cover tips leading up to shearing to get your best possible fleece, preparing for the shearer, shearing, skirting for different usages, and the best things to do with those fleeces regardless of breed. For more information contact: Nadine Chounet, [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.PaintedKnollFarm.net, or 603-744-3851
Holly, Sounds like you have really had a go with that AVL. I must say that even though the possibilities are incredible I never enjoyed weaving using a dobby-type system. I felt very mechanical rather than like I was "creating". I figured with the dobby why not use the big power AVLs that we also had. Those things turned out some incredible yardage, and the woman who ran the two of them (at the same time) was amazing... but the foot treadle dobby was always problematic and a struggle with it just willy-nilly deciding to either drop or not pick up harnesses. Seemed we were always trying to adjust it or tweak it, or some fool thing. We had to watch it constantly and for that reason we all could weave much faster on our regular floor looms. I do, however know people that swear by them. I got a set of photos on the way I wind a sectional beam. I use a stand called a creel and no tension box. If you want to see the system I can email the photos to you. My DH built my creel from looking at a commercial one. Nadine To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
