Hankering for Yarn

Finding parts for vintage Lily Speed-o-weave Looms

by Noreen on November 9th, 2006

I have a fondness for the old metal Lily Speed-o-weave looms. They’re kind of weird, but they’re very appealing….

I have 2 of the hexagonal ones, and would love to find a square/rectangular one.

Anyhow, today, I glanced over at a placemat that I had made on the Lily Speed-o-weave loom, and was taken by how much the pattern looks like the ‘tumbling blocks’ quilting pattern. I took a picture of it:

but it’s hard to get the camera to see it the way my eye does…..

oh well….. c’est la vie.

Anyhow, I wrote a tutorial for weaving with the Lily Speed-o-weave loom and posted it to my website:

http://www.crone-findlay.com/Crone-FindlayCreationsTutorialSpeedoWeaveLoom.html

and, get a lot of emails from people, saying that they can’t find parts for their Speed-o-Weave Loom.

Well, one of my Speed-o-Weave’s was missing the wing nuts and bolts, so Jim took a piece of it to the hardware store, and  bless his heart, found ones that work perfectly! Yay!

If it is the little shuttle that you are missing, then you have a few options:

I traced the original one on the left onto some brass and made one. It was a lot of work, and I am not selling them, because I would have to charge $50 or so to make it worth the time. So, no one is going to go for that!

BUT - if you have a tatting shuttle like the one in the middle, then, that  works just fine.

So, if you have a Speed-o-Weave, but have been stymied, now you can get yourself going on it!

Keep flipping those stitches!

hugs all round

Noreen

www.crone-findlay.com 

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