Dorset Loom Manual

I came home with a Dorset loom yesterday!! While spending a week in our previous hometown (now 5 hours of driving time away), I visited a longtime fiber-friend. Near the end of out time together, she invited me to see a loom she had and that she needed to find a new home for to make room in a shared workspace. She showed me the loom, knowing I had some interest in learning to weave. Bvh dance files free download.

Home » Groups » Dorset loom » Dorsett Loom Manual. Dorsett Loom Manual Submitted by noviceweaver on Fri,. I am looking for a manual for a Dorsett Loom.

So, I am borrowing this little beauty. I read Learning to Weave a few years ago, which this same friend sent to me, and I was pleasantly surprised how much I remembered.

The mechanics of it all just makes sense. And doubly-fortunately, it is already warped with others' learning on it (it was used as a demonstration loom for years) so I can play and not put this off until I research, plan, purchase and generally overthink the whole thing! Which I love to do as well but that tends to make new hobbies take a loooong time to root. So, after arriving home last night with the loom, I did a google search before bed and found you all. Tips, techniques, resources, etc., will be things I am after and will likely google first and ask once I need some final advice instead of blasting you fire-hose-style with broad questions!

I do know that I will need to borrow a warping board and a sleying tool, at minimum, to start from scratch once I finish playing on the existing warp. I have a 'local' (over an hour away) weaving guild I am a member of and they are generous and knowledgable. Fortunate, I am! I look forward to learning to weave and reading and learning online here.

Nancy • or to post comments. Hi everybody. I'm new to Dorsets and to these forums; I created a Group Post but don't see it here so I'm not sure where it went. So I'll repeat my question here - sorry for the repetition.

I have a question about my new - to me - Dorset loom, which I love! It is so cute. There is a stick attached to the back beam by two removable screws and springy things - what is it??

I originally thought that this might be the missing apron rod but it's too wide for that. Anybody have any thoughts about what it is? - Jennifer • or to post comments. I love Dorset looms for many reasons. They were originally made in Dorset Vermont (hence the name Dorset) in a basement of a house owned by Cliff and Mary Woods. They made frequent trips to see Berta Frey to show her how the design was developing. Changes were made and it became the Dorset as we now know it.

The Woods felt cramped in their basement and moved to over the border into NY and had a home there with a workshop where they made the Dorsets. After many years they retired and sold the business, however it was abandoned after several years. The looms are still coveted today, especially in New England area. • or to post comments. There has been some confusion on my part as to whether or not my email was sent. So, just in case it was not, here goes again: About 10 years ago I purchased my Dorset ($400), unaware that it had an odd quirk. On 1/27/13, Maribeth wrote that her Dorset's treadles line up, left to right, 4,3,2,1.