Hello all. I knit and spin, so I'm thinking I'd like to add weaving to my fiber pursuits in a small but expandable way. Why small? I am 5ft nothing, retired and live in a townhouse with limited space and two inquisitive cats (other inhabitants include a toy poodle who owns my lap, a golf-loving husband, and a college grad [hooray!] daughter busy working as she tries to get a paying job in her career field). Why expandable? So I acquire a loom I can do more with as I become experienced- different dent heddles, a second heddle, variable dents, different weaves.
So while it's really cute, I don't want a Cricket. I'm not planning to weave blankets- just scarves, table runners, tea towels, fingertip towels, and maybe strips to sew together for baby blankets. S I wrote, I knit and spin, and have a stash beyond life expectancy of fingering, sport, dk and worsted, both commercial, handspun, and as yet unspun (my craft room contains four fleeces I've scoured and am in process of combing and spinning). So for me, weaving will be a way to create beautiful (I hope) things with yarn, not the way.
Suggestions? Advice? I ordered Syne Mitchell's book to read, though I haven't chosen a loom yet.
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