Star Warps

There seem to be a few things specific to my loom that Learning to Weave doesn't cover. This is likely going to lead to another, probably more helpful post on the anatomy of my Macomber B5. More to the point, I think it might be more searchable for folks like me looking for an explanation of what tehse parts are without knowing what they're called. But here are the things I leraned this week: 1. My warp beam wasn't turning. I found a handle for it so I could try to turn it, which helped a bit, but what really helped was the Ravlery Macomber Looms group. I learned that the loom has a friction brake (I have really only known of ratchet brakes, so this was new to me!). Here's what that looks like: When the friction brake is on, it's difficult to turn the warp beam. I can press on teh brake while weaving from the front of the loom, but while warping that's difficult since I'll be at the back of the loom. This lead me to lesson nubmer 2... 2. A step block ...

I guess an introduction is needed, isn't it? I'm Jenn. I'm PassionKNITly on Ravelry, though I'm not a fan of their recent intolerance towards differently abled people. I'd like to move away from Ravelry adn facebook, which is one of the reasons why I'm starting a blog again, in 2020, so I can have more control over my content (yes, I recognize that Blogger is owned by Google. Google already probably reads all of my emails, I can only do so much to be in the world and social). The other reason I started this blog is that I'm finding it hard to find the resources that aren't, well, stodgy. I like to think I have a modern aesthetic (not like minimalist, everything is white modern - I like color!) and maybe this is just a product of the resources my grandmotehr gave me, but most of the resources I'm finding on weaving have an early 90s vibe to them. The books I have are great, don't get me wrong, but I was hoping tehre'd be an online space for...