New Box Loom with cute Playful Cats

 A new engraving design for the Handywoman Box loom.  Such super cute playful cats adorn this little box loom.

Reproduction 18th Century Two Treadle Tape Loom - Ambrosia and Black Walnut

 I have been working on getting new legs for these looms for a long while when time permits and I finally have them for this loom.  I wanted splayed legs so getting under this little loom would be easier.  This one I made first so that I could be sure to have the process down before I started a Rosewood loom that is quite pricey to make.  I now feel confident enough to finish that loom and I will in the next month.  

This loom sold before it was complete.  I generally do not do that but because this one was going to be a bit pricey I decided to let a customer claim it right away.  I was happy to know it was sold and that I didn't waste a lot of money making one that would be way above my normal pricing.  I think the lovely woman who purchased the loom and I were just at the right place at the right time. :)    She has requested a matching bench and it is all cut out and awaiting hours of sanding.

And here are the picture.  This one is Red Maple Ambrosia and Black Walnut

Here is a video of her in action:

 

And a few pictures. :) 

 I finally got this new design made so I could take pictures.  This one is my favorite to date!  I love the vintage feel of this design.  I have one of these available and ready to ship today and you can now order this as a kit or a loom made to order.

All Things Wool!

Turn around times a bit longer these days

 It looks like several large weaving tool manufactures are experiencing some delays in production while others are retiring and closing shop.  I keep my head buried in saw dust so I wasn't aware.  It wasn't until my orders started to double or more that I looked into finding out why.
The shop closing is Bluster Bay,  so this is the reason you are not able to find their shuttles.  He's retiring sadly for weavers but I'm sure he's ready to just sit back and enjoy the rest of his life without the daily hustle and bustle it takes to run a shop.

While there are delays of 6 months or more for shuttles at some weaving manufactures I'm sure I'll be busier than  normal and this is causing a slight delay in getting orders out.  So at the moment it can take a week to 10 days to get your order. I am super sorry about this and I'm working as fast as I can.  If I get too many orders I will shut down and stop taking orders till I get caught up.  It's hard to know when that is going to occur so please bare with me.  :)  and thank you for finding my shop to fill your weaving needs.  It is much appreciated. 

This is a pile of tools waiting for me to sand with the belt sander, this is the first sanding and shaping of your weaving tool.   It takes two days to get to this point in production.  

Then it moves on to hand sanding where each shuttle is sanded 5 more times with different grades of sand paper...  This is one set of orders and this is 8 -10 hours of hand sanding. 

Once sanding is complete the following day I put in the hardware, add my logo.  Here is one table full at a time getting hardware installed.

Then each shuttle is waxed, then buffed, then shellac'd and buffed a final time where it is then ready to ship the following day.  Then I start all over with the new orders that came in while I was finishing this set of orders.

It's all worth it cause look at these beauties; this is where I get to the good part!  

Around the house and shop projects

 After being closed for the month of March to get taxes done and to get some projects for around my home complete I am now open!  I am sorry for having to close.  Since I am a one woman show closing is the only way to get things done around my home.  I work long hours and rarely take a day off.  I also never get a chance to do much accounting so I take March off for that and I also take off the middle of November till Jan 3rd each year.  
Here are some of the projects that I got completed while I was closed this March.  :)  I did a few other things but I'll post them another time.  I also have MANY projects planned, I sure hope I'm able to get to them all.