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These adorable little pins are available at many of the stops on the tour. They’re $5 each. (Funds used to promote the tour and the artists.) Next time you’re visiting, we’d be delighted to show you! #fiberartstudiotour #fiberfangirl #fiberfantastic #yarnfangirl #yarnpin #yarnies #yarniepins #souviners #ourpeople #weloveyarn https://www.instagram.com/p/CgVS-otJcfO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Ridiculous Project

I am a fiber fangirl.  What this means is that I love making stuff with anything that qualifies as fiber.  This includes but is not limited to yarn, cloth, and roving wool.  On a daily basis I am surrounded by knitting needles, yarn, sewing machines, felting needles, roving wool, and so much fabric.  I am happy this way; being surrounded by my inspiration, tools, and materials is exhilarating.  But there’s one tool that isn’t in my arsenal that I have craved for quite some time.  A loom, I did a one month intensive weaving workshop right after I graduated from college, and I haven’t been on a loom since.  I loved the workshop, I would spend 10 hours or more on a loom everyday and I wouldn’t have had it any other way.  But now it’s been years and I still don’t have one, and given my current financials I definitely can’t buy one.  They tend to run over 500 dollars, especially for a nice one. 

So I gave up, and continually scanned craigslist in hopes that someone might be willing to give away a functional loom.  Then during my internet wanderings I found this post.  For those that don’t feel like clicking it’s an old wordpress post about how to build a loom out of cardboard.  A very nice 8 shaft loom, meaning I could weave many fancy weaves.  If I can build it, which is the ridiculous project.  The post isn’t super detailed on how some of the build is going to go, and it has some design points that I disagree with.  Therefore along with the following the instructions and any other information I can possibly find, there will also probably be a good deal of me just making stuff up.  Alright, let’s go.