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I travel extensively for work, and have been
bringing my cardweaving with me.
Early in my TW career, I went to one of Nancy's
workshops and came home with a loom that is 2 pegs
on a board only a foot long. This loom was small
enough to tuck into my carry-on, and I had some
success weaving experimental bands while flying (and
especially while stuck waiting for a delayed
plane). Unfortunately, I found the the run of the warp
too short to make anything useful and since the pegs
were fixed, I couldn't adjust the warp tension after
making a continuous warp.
I now use the two clamps and a board style of loom
to anchor my weaving. I currently have a board that is
18" long. I've been travelling to the site with the
loom dissasembled and packed in my luggage, then
setting it up once I hit the hotel. I tried
bringing this loom on the plane once, but the board
was just a little too long to fit comfortably in my
bag and then it banged into the seat in front of me
when I tried to weave.
I should mention that I use home-made cards from
playing cards. I found a set of miniature playing
cards, and use cards 1.5 inches on the side for
fine threads and from full size playing cards for
heavier weights. I found the smaller cards important
when the run of warp is short.
I've been having some trouble establishing an even
(non-puckered) band from a single anchor point as
my bands grow in width, but it becomes easier with
each band I weave.
I'm starting to wonder how to adapt this loom to
accomodate a warp that is longer than the space
between the clamps, but I think this question
deserves its own thread.
Julie Lehrman
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