Seabreeze Spinners

This yarn was inspired by the Smoky Mountains … blue skies, brush stokes of white clouds and leaves every color of green. I spun Louet Karaoke Angelfish (50% wool / 50% soysilk) spun with a pinch of Angelina (Peacock Green).

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I was looking for a spindle holder to both keep and display some of my spindles. I wanted to pick them up and spin easily when I got the notion. I discovered an antique French flower frog on eBay which was plenty deep to hold the spindle shafts.

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Jag vill köpa en Henning Band Loom. LMLieVan@aol.com Translated from Swedish to English: I want to buy a Henning Band Loom.

The only place I have seen one is on Dot’s Fiber to Fabric Blog.

This small 12 frame band or tape loom is a small draw loom which is no longer in production but was originally manufactured in Sweden. Hoping the internet will help me connect with someone who is storing one in an attic and wanting to dust it off and ship it to a new home across the sea.

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UPDATE: 9/30/2011 Discovered another photo of Henning Band Loom HERE

This is the Singer Featherweight as it has come to me. I used Baristol Sportsman’s Oil to clean it up.

The photo on the left is “before” and the photo on the right is “after”. The machine runs smoothly. I’m trying to learn more about the machine. The serial number says it was manufactured October of 1950 although it has the 1851 – 1951 crest. 50,000 were certified for manufacture that month which were destined to go out to the stores in 1951.

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