The ending of summer

Warping the loom....for the second time....because when you build the loom without plans sometimes things need tweaking...maybe the break system needs to be finished before warping....just an idea...

And in the end it is beautifull and so compelling that no more pictures are taken and the weaving must commence...

And before you know it the first two yards are off the loom waiting to be finished, whispering about what they want to become.  I often have ideas before the cloth is done but the cloth itself usually has its own ideas about what it should become...  It is an unfolding of mystery.

And the next four yards await... To be woven on this finaly almost finished new incarnation of a very old table loom...I think this is the fourth incarnation.  At first she was a four harness table loom that belonged to Kathryn Courson who died in 1983 . She was a weaver and an art teacher.  After she died the loom sat in storage for about 30 years.  It then came to live with me.  The loom came apart and was reassembled as a four harness counterbalance floor loom with a big bulky stand.

 ....time passed I wove on her.  Built a two harness folding loom  and then a year ago decided that this loom must be rebuilt into a folding loom as well. But it wasn't to be that simple it must not be a counter balance...it must have a new harness hanging system with springs, that would allow one harness to sink evenly without lams.

 I don't even know what to call this kind of loom, but it seems to make a lovely shed. And I think she needs a name....