Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

Update: I slept on it and woke up early to try out a tan background with a different foreground pattern. I think this is the one. #weaving

I'm not entirely sure about this transition to white background and purple foreground. It seems almost too stark a contrast. I'm going to sleep on it but I might take this out and use a tan background instead.

@origamilady This is a four shaft jack loom I got for free on Craigslist along with shuttles, and bench, and accessories. I was told it was from the 1950s but no branding on it except for a wooden "Towle" on the first harness and research hasn't turned anything up.

I also have a Kromski rigid heddle that I started out with and still use when the floor loom is busy.

I added a fourth color and a new pattern to my fabric. It's starting to get... complicated... #weaving

@Thalass **looks around nervously** yeah I totally agree...

@jzb Yes I just got a flatbed knitting machine that is programmable with punch cards (https://social.librem.one/@kyle/109293539394599154), but apparently there are also electronically-controlled ones as well. This sort of tech seems to have hit its heyday in the `90s from the bit of research I've gathered so far.

Adafruit had a project to "modernize" the interface to one:

https://learn.adafruit.com/electroknit

Found out from my local yarn store that a regional yarn store had new-in-box electronic #knitting machines on sale incredibly cheap. Unfortunately (fortunately?) they had sold out by the time I called them. Not that I had the space for one, but it seemed too good to pass up.

@Viss Have you tried refreshing the tab to trigger it to reload?

@Wildbill @jorge And I'm digging having all the conversations I care about be over here now :) Looking forward to the day when I no longer have to do cross-posting.

@jorge @Wildbill I've been cross-posting both here and there for the past few years, but there's no telling how many of my posts the algorithm let you see over there.

I came to my office to find that after 29 hours the articulated cobra was done printing! Here it is with support material removed. #3dprinting

@ancroimealmor@mastodon.social @weaving Nice scarf! I found that the book Finishes in the Ethnic Tradition by Baizerman and Searle to be very useful when deciding on different finishing techniques for fringe. I tend to use hemstitch, Phillipine and Damascus edges for most of my fringe.

@Thalass You should definitely try it! It requires focus but it seems from a different part of my brain than my day job so it ends up becoming meditative and relaxing. I recommend starting with a rigid heddle loom, they are small, (relatively) inexpensive, but very capable.

While it took a few weeks to work up the nerve, here is proof that we actually do use the Rep weave rug I made for the front entry way. #weaving

@ridetheory What?! Wow this is amazing.

@SewingforyourLife If you have storage problems then definitely do *not* take up weaving on a floor loom :)

Although a rigid heddle loom doesn't take up much space...