Monday 28 December 2009

SPEED WEAVE DARNING.

Father Christmas never fails to amaze me.
This year he brought the 'Speedweve,' Lancashire's smallest loom, made especially for darning. Darns come out square, for a modern look. Little hooks, twist to lift alternate threads, easing the weave, which is fast and effective. Genius.

(I'm down to phone camera, hense lo-fi images.)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

We have the main weaving hooks piece of 'Speed Weve Mod.2' and have been wondering what it was for. Now I have only to carve the wooden wheel and make a metal slide to move the hooks over!
Thanks for the info!

Prick Your Finger said...

Oh good I am so pleased. I think if you are lucky, you might find a jam jar lid which fits the curve, and if you found two you could stick them together and it might work. I just fix the loom on with an elastic band. Good luck. It's so addictive you wouldn't believe it.