Anne Marie's Weaving Gallery - The Looms

My weaving studio now consists of 4 looms

My original 6 shaft loom which was made in NZ. This loom, I use mainly for trials pieces and light weight fabrics and articles.

My main attention these days is on weaving rugs but I also experiment with tapestry.

The weaving below is with 2 ply yarn from my alpacas & spun up on the mini mill equipment.

It is a shawl in brown & white checks. 

shawl

6shaft

The second loom is one which I purchased some years ago in Sydney which is a counterbalance 8 shaft.

This one presented some problems initially with setting it up as it had not been used for some time but now is a very pleasurable loom to weave with.

8shaft


The following loom has now been sold


The Eric Noble Rug Loom, which I purchased from Bella Head in Adelaide,  is a very sturdy 4 shaft rug loom with a weaving width of more than 70 inches. 

The article pictured is my first trial piece of both warp and weft being home spun alpaca in various colours.

rugloom

4shaft

For sampling, I use a little 8 shaft Ashford loom which is also good for scarves and small pieces.

8shaftashford

 

   My lastest and probably the most impressive loom is the AVL Industrial Dobby Loom

Stay tuned for photos of the fabric which is currently being woven.

AVL

Hand Woven Rug Gallery

 may02rug2

 may02rugdetail

 

 alpacarug

 alpacarugdetail

 

 coverlet1

 coverlet1detail

 

 weavecloseup  striperug

Hand Spinning Gallery

spin

The new "Country Spinner" from Ashford. Great for spinning carded alpaca into singles or ply for rug weaving.

 spin1  spin2  spin3


 
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