I think I should start this post by saying, "Hi, I'm Dena, I'm a Macomber-aholic". This is really getting serious. It all started with a 24" that I acquired twenty five years ago for $300 and brought home in the trunk of my datsun. I'm convinced that I wouldn't be a professional weaver right now if that hadn't been my first loom. Then it was two 24" and two 40" (one of them is in pieces in the basement and I think I'm going to sell it for parts). But on Saturday night, I saw a 32" on KBBSpin that was in my neighborhood and I couldn't turn it down and there's also the 56" that a lovely weaver is donating to my school which I'll pick up on Sunday. And those are just the B types. I've got three CPs, but those are generally student looms so I don't feel quite so obsessed about those. My seven year old is starting to make fun of my addiction. Is there help for me???

Comments

Thu, 03/01/2012 - 07:54

Michael White

Welcome to the Macomber group. You most be from MI. A few years ago Cheryl and I went to MI to pickup a Macomber loom. Every weaver we met had more then one loom. In most cases a lot more. Is there hope for you, yes. You will at some point run out of space. Then again you could do what a student of Cheryl's is doing; expanding her weaving space. Again, welcome

 

Michael

Thu, 03/01/2012 - 07:54

Michael White

Welcome to the Macomber group. You most be from MI. A few years ago Cheryl and I went to MI to pickup a Macomber loom. Every weaver we met had more then one loom. In most cases a lot more. Is there hope for you, yes. You will at some point run out of space. Then again you could do what a student of Cheryl's is doing; expanding her weaving space. Again, welcome

 

Michael

Thu, 03/01/2012 - 09:20

ReedGuy

Nothing wrong with having more as long as you have the means and the space. As I said before, those of us that go out of this world with the most toys wins. :)

Thu, 03/01/2012 - 15:18

Cat Brysch

my current 9 looms and I'm PROUD of it!  : )

Thu, 03/01/2012 - 15:26

Dena (not verified)

I have lost count of the number of looms I have.  The Macombers aren't the full story.  There's the Cranbrooks, the dorsets, the Schachts, the Harrisvilles and a few misc ones.  I think it's between twenty and twenty five.  My husband and I bought an old elementary school three years ago and I started Vermont Weaving School.  I feel fairly justified in all the small ones (last week fourteen of them were in use by students at the same time).  It's the big ones and specifically the Macombers that I sometimes feel I am acquiring for the sheer fun of it.  I can be using up to four of them at a time since I also run a production business, but more than four is just addiction!
Fri, 03/02/2012 - 21:33

Barbara Keyser (not verified)

I only have one loom - luvvv it !   Does it count that I have four sewing machines ??

Fri, 03/02/2012 - 22:40

mrdubyah (not verified)

Thanks for joining the Macomber Group.  I've peeked at your site and your school's site and, in my opinion, you can have all the looms you want!  If you continue to inspire new weavers, advance the art of weaving, and produce such lovely works of art as I see from your sites you've been doing then you're entitled to as many looms as you want.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.  DRW

P.S.  Clearly I need to buy an old elementary school!  ;-)  

Sun, 03/04/2012 - 01:30

Dena (not verified)

Yes, buying an old elementary school, highly recommended (although I'm still cramped for space...little by little as my school grows, I'll expand into some of the rental studios). I don't think sewing machines count...they're much smaller and you can store them on a shelf. I just scared myself by getting two new(large) macombers this week, one of them was sort of on a whim, although, truth be told, I was looking for a 32" so when I saw it listed I jumped on it. I'm not sure how I'm going to get the 56" out of the van and where it will go for the next few months, but somehow I'll figure it out. I think if you're going to do serious weaving, having at least two is good-one small and one large. I don't like weaving scarves on big looms, too much work. I find new (used) looms really fascinating and often I buy them just to see how they work and whether I will like them. If I do, I keep it, if not, I turn around and sell it to someone who will. How blessed we are!
Tue, 03/06/2012 - 22:30

Cat Brysch

sewing machines count! HA! Anyone who inspires more dedicated weavers to join our weaving world, is an angel to me, so go for it!