So close, and yet...
Mar. 21st, 2010 02:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
houseelfI sometimes have problems because my two main hobbies - knitting, and assorted things computery - both cause RSI problems. In my experience, they tend to cause identical issues. If my wrists hurt, I am suddenly out of hobbies. Not fun.
A friend of the family has a floor loom that I've always found interesting in a vague, cannot afford that way. During the Ravelympics this year, I saw a lot of weaving projects show up in the parade of finished objects. I clicked on some of them out of curiosity, and discovered rigid heddle looms. They're small enough to be used in a very small apartment, and they're inexpensive enough that between birthday money and work, they're within my price range. More importantly, googling turned up a bunch of anecdata about knitters with RSI problems who, nevertheless, can still weave.
So! Last weekend, I ordered a 20" Schacht Flip. It comes with a 10-dent heddle, and I ordered an 8-dent heddle as well. I'm assuming that first weaving projects have a lot in common with first knitting projects when it comes to the quality of the results, and I have a lot of cheap dishcloth cotton that will work well (I think) with the 8 dent heddle.
UPS tells me that I will be getting the loom on Tuesday (or rather, my landlord will get it Monday and then will close for the day before I get home from class). I'm excited, and I'm pondering what to do first after I've stopped mangling the cheap cotton. Dishcloths? A scarf? Cloth for my as-yet-uncovered other throw pillow? The choices are endless, and yet very, very rectangular.
A friend of the family has a floor loom that I've always found interesting in a vague, cannot afford that way. During the Ravelympics this year, I saw a lot of weaving projects show up in the parade of finished objects. I clicked on some of them out of curiosity, and discovered rigid heddle looms. They're small enough to be used in a very small apartment, and they're inexpensive enough that between birthday money and work, they're within my price range. More importantly, googling turned up a bunch of anecdata about knitters with RSI problems who, nevertheless, can still weave.
So! Last weekend, I ordered a 20" Schacht Flip. It comes with a 10-dent heddle, and I ordered an 8-dent heddle as well. I'm assuming that first weaving projects have a lot in common with first knitting projects when it comes to the quality of the results, and I have a lot of cheap dishcloth cotton that will work well (I think) with the 8 dent heddle.
UPS tells me that I will be getting the loom on Tuesday (or rather, my landlord will get it Monday and then will close for the day before I get home from class). I'm excited, and I'm pondering what to do first after I've stopped mangling the cheap cotton. Dishcloths? A scarf? Cloth for my as-yet-uncovered other throw pillow? The choices are endless, and yet very, very rectangular.
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Date: 2010-03-21 02:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-03-22 01:15 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-03-22 10:27 pm (UTC)Yup, will do. Or at least I intend to.