#Louet loom

[dpalden]

Almost at the end of the warp. Hand dyed warp of tencel, wool and bamboo with tencel and bamboo weft. A crêpe weave on 8 shafts, straight draw.

[makescribbleanddaub]

Threading up the floor loom 56 ends in and there’s a lot to go.

Hand-dyed tencel. It is a complicated draft and I am fully expecting to find errors when I begin to weave.

[unopenablebox]

guy who owns a loom

[actionweaving]

Monday 24th July 2023

Weaving Progress

It’s the summer holidays here in Scotland, which means I have been able to dedicate lots of time to weaving and art-making. On the long train ride down to London, I sewed together my 3 woven panels to create a cushion. It reminded me of my fashion design student days when, the more time you spend carefully hand sewing and finishing an object, the more you feel connected to it. 

During my time in London, I went to an incredible yarn shop in North London called Denier Studio, which sells deadstock yarns in the most gorgeous colours and textures. I felt particularly drawn to the finer yarns, as I feel that these are most conducive to creating fabrics that could be sewn into garments. I’m feeling pulled in two ways at the moment, as I sometimes just want to be totally free and creating woven art. However, there’s always a side of me that wants to design clothes. I think I'm going to remain open minded for a while and just create, rather than trying to put too many limitations on myself.

Finally, I ordered myself a mini tapestry loom by Louet. My plan for this loom is to create quick colour samples to see how different yarns look together before putting them on the main loom. This also means I can weave in front of the TV, on the bus etc, which I feel quite excited about! 

All in all, I’m feeling very connected to my work and excited about what’s to come. 

Book

How to Be an Artist by Jerry Saltz

I listneed to this as an audiobook during the train ride back to Glasgow. Jerry Saltz is a New York art critic, and this book sets out a long list of rules that can be followed to help a person become an artist. He rightfully acknowledges the struggles that come with pursuing a creative practice - financial restraints, time restraints, lack of connections - but he nonetheless sets out a very positive outlook for art-making. Mostly, you just need to work. Nothing will happen unless you're working.

This reminds me of the advice from a tutor during my foundation year at CSM - you have to be looking for inspiration. It won’t just come to you. Making, researching, working, none of it can just happen inside of your head. It’s all about working, and working as much as you can. Even when you have no ideas, just keep working.

In many ways, this book is more interested in the way to have a career as a successful artist, rather than just maintaining a creative practice. There’s advice around seeking a gallery or a collector, for example. For my own needs, I’m not so interested in gaining recognition for my work. Instead, I am more instructed in how to be working consistently.  

Exhibition

Yvonde: Life & Colour - National Portrait Gallery

This week, I also visited the Yevonde exhibition at the newly refurbished NPG. Photography has always been a bit of a blind spot for me, and I’m never quite sure how to fully take in the images. However, I loved Yevonde’s use of colour (not a suprise, given the name of the exhibition!), and the fashion images.

My favourite picture was a self-portrait, wherein Yevonde uses an Art Now book to declare herself as an artist. This was a defiant statement for a woman to make during a time that the art world was dominated by men. A wonderful and inspiring image. 

[saraayoungart]

Off the loom! One almost finished and one finished blanket that just needs a good wash. 3 more to go!! #sarayoungart #craft #textile #blanket #weaving #woven #albertacraft #art #loom #cat #blackcatweavingstudio #slowcloth #louet #Hollandia #trailer https://www.instagram.com/p/CWCSTIlJecE/?utm_medium=tumblr

[knitspinquilt]

Amazing opportunity to see a Louet spring loom and a Louet David loom at @handweavers in London today. Such an excellent shop with very kind people and wide ranging stock of yarns, looms, spinning fibers, notions, and so many books. — view on Instagram http://bit.ly/2WGlfcr

[zoekavanaghdollsandpuppetry]

I had persistent problems with my Megado Compudobby during March 2022. Shaft 1 kept falling off the castle, bending solenoid 1 so I had to stop weaving again and again. Whilst looking for help in a Louet weavers group on Facebook, I read about Louet having huge 8 month plus backlogs due to Covid. I panicked each time that my loom wouldn't be fixed for a year. I sent Louet an email detailing the problem and was very relieved to have Nadine from Louet send me a replacement solenoid to go into the dobby box. I then had the problem repeat over and over until we eventually realigned the loom by easing the tension off and lifting all of the parts off the floor and trying to check it was straight and aligned. I got to know my loom better during this time period and we learned to bend solenoids back into being straight enough to work and I became a bit more confident at using her. By the end of this piece of weaving I felt like I knew her better.

[justyoumeandthedogs-blog]

I finished this custom handwoven scarf this morning! I’ve written my weaving notes on my blog (link in profile) for those interested and there are also a few more photos there ☺️ I’m going to let my looms sit empty for a few days while I test out the louet s17 spinning wheel and take some photos of it for @threadcollective 🙌 • yarn from @gistyarn woven on a @louetloomsaustralia David loom. • • • #weaving #weaversofinstagram #handwoven #handmade #weavingaustralia #floorloom #handwovenscarf #floorloomweaving #handweaving #textiles #findyourcozy #textileart #fiberart #fiberartist #makersmovement #thatsdarling #weaverfever #weavingloom #makersgonnamake #thehappynow #yarnlove #littlestoriesofmylife #darlingmovement #creativelifehappylife #slowfashion #oneofakind #wovenart #madeinaustralia #theartofslowliving #handmadeisthenewblack (at Ma Ma Creek, Queensland, Australia)

[aeramel]

Once upon a time when I acquires my Louet s10 I also acquired a table loom. Dug it out of storage today. I think I have all the pieces... because I needed more reasons to spin yarn mwhahaha #tableloom #nilusleclerc #handspunyarn

[thefutureisweave]

Extruding yarn directly into the shed.

Time taken: 1 full day

Tools: 3D Pen, Louet Megado 32 shaft loom

Materials: High twist lambs wool in warp, Poly Flex white 3d printing filament in weft.

A 3D pen was used on this woven honeycomb sample. A 3D pen is a pen that extrudes 3D printing filament, allowing the user to create 3D forms. I used the 3D pen flexible filament (PolyFlex) as the weft itself. It was a very fiddly process that often involved lots of stringy residue clogging up the warp yarns. As the 3D pen is attached to an electric cable, the weft can only be inserted from one side of the warp, drawn through the shed and finishing on the side of the cable. The extrusion of the filament is continuous, but can be slowed down, when not being used in the weft.

I burnt my fingers on the nozzle of the 3d pen, every time I extruded a pick. This was because I had to break the filament from the pen to stop it being extruded from the nozzle when the 3d pen was moved back to the starting position on the left hand side of the warp.

[dpalden]

Crepe weave on linen warp 32epi spaced in the reed. Weft yarn as warp.

[makescribbleanddaub]

Trying to rearrange the tie-up on the floor loom using the trusty Hagley Tie-up Board.

[unopenablebox]

loom angst again sorry

>:( if that louet erica weren't 30cm it would be perfect. i could even go pick it up on the commuter rail line

is it stupid to buy a loom if i'm planning to replace it with the 50cm version of itself, possibly quite soon/as soon as i get frustrated with only making 9" wide fabric. i'd currently be getting a good deal on the loom + stand, but i'd have to resell the loom for pretty close to its original sale price in order to have meaningfully saved money on the accessories it comes with after buying a new one, & i really don't think that's realistic. so i'm going to go with "yes that is dumb" and may just buy a new loom at rhinebeck if no one's selling a table loom near here that i can get to and actually would want

[actionweaving]

This blog is part of my masters study in Learning and Teaching for the Arts and RCS. As part of the Artist Development module of the course, I have decided to record my experience of learning how to weave on my 50cm Louet Table Loom which I bought in December 2022.

My decision to buy my loom stemmed from a few different goals that I had for myself and my creative practice. Firstly, I didn’t really have a creative practice at all, probably due to feeling frustrated at my inability to produce work that met my expectations, and permanently unsure where to begin. I had taught weaving projects in school, but never moved beyond a basic, cardboard loom. However, I decided it was time to really delve into my love of textiles and craft, and learn the skills that I’d dreamed of having and admired in others.

This blog will encompass the experience of learning how to weave on my loom, and all the highs and lows that come with acquiring a new skill. It will also record exhibitions I’ve visited, books I’ve read, podcasts I’ve listened to, with particular focus on evaluating and reflecting the way in which artists discuss their creative practice. As a perpetually frustrated artist/designer, I think it may help me to look closely at the work and artistic practice of others, rather than focusing on my own.

Below is my most current weave - currently being sewn into a cushion. It’s made from undyed wool from Uist, which means it smells amazing and you can feel the lanolin on your hands after working with it for a little while. I’m finding a lot of joy in the sensory experiences of weaving, rather than placing too much value in how good I think it looks (although I do quite like how this looks!).

[saraayoungart]

blanket wip almost halfway! #saraayoungart #weaving #craft #art #loom #louet #Hollandia #handwoven #handweaving #albertacraft #fibre #textiles #blanket #textile #woven https://www.instagram.com/p/CVldysWhI_m/?utm_medium=tumblr

[knitmoregirls]

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  On the Needles:(0:32)

Jasmin FINISHED her Polwarth pullover. 

Jasmin has finished both fronts and the back on the Jedi cardigan .

Gigi was working on a baby wrap cardigan out of Hue Loco for the True North Hearts and Hands donation.

Body is done. Started a sleeves  Started a pink Wee Envelope. Left sleeve is done 

Jasmin is at the toe on her on her  White Birch Fiber Arts socks in "A Study in Peach, Mint".

Gigi  worked on the  Regia Pairfect   All socks are done, need ends woven in.

Regia Kidperfect: these could have been 3 pairs. Lucy Neatby’s garter short row heel.  

  Jasmin cast on Genevieve’s Christmas Sweater (Oliver Sweater) out of Onyx Fiber Arts DK.

  Gigi: Also Patons Kroy: Vanilla is the new black sock

Gigi wove in ends for a languishing sock. White, gray, blues color stripes in Kroy 

Gigi started the last ball of yarn for the polygon blanket 

We will be collecting hats (locally) for refugees in New England:

  Maine Access Immigrant Network

237 Oxford St., Suite 25A

Portland, ME 04101

  Events: (15:28)

- #ChooseYourOwnAdventureKAL is ongoing. 

-#MyRhineBIPOCSweater (need a catchy hashtag)

- #BIPOCMAL2019 Sep-Nov

-Stitches West Feb 20 -23

- True North Hearts and Hands donations:

https://subcultureyarn.com/craftivism-hearts-hands-baby-layette-bag-donation/ 

-We will take a break from podcasting from January until March.

If you have suggestions for what to bring for the Podcast Tune-Up, let us know!

In Stitches (17:51)

Jasmin wore her Tangled Yoke cardigan (Talullah cardigan), Mischief managed sockhead cowl,

looped loop cowl.

Gigi is wearing her A-line skirt from the beginning clothing construction class

Nightshirts with modesty panel. Night cap, Knitmore cowl

Mother Knows Best:(21:41)

This week we answer a question from the “What do you want to hear about?” thread about 

getting kids engaged in crafts. Jasmin mentions the Cricket loom

  When Knitting Attacks: (29:11)

Gigi: hadn’t worked on the polygon blanket for so long, forgot what I needed to do.  Didn’t

read the pattern. Had to tink the second row because it needs to be purled 

Jasmin- messed up the garter stitch cardigan three different ways. Jasmin miscounted when setting up

the jacquard floats on Genevieve’s Christmas sweater.

Gigi made mistakes on her Wee envelope

  Straw into Gold: (34:58)

Took bad wool and Louet Victoria to preschool for simple machine special project.

  And Sew On:(45:44)

In Gigi’s sewing class at Cañada College, muslin for the bodice.  Gigi made a new , clean bodice muslin 

Couture Embellishments class at West Valley College continues. 

Assignment said to make lace. Gigi is working on drawn thread work.

  Midterm assignment: I put Tulle over the design and basted lines with yellow thread. Used tailors chalk to

copy lines onto jeans, opened side seam so I have room to work . Next step is couching the

crochet cotton lines onto the denim. 

Check out this episode!