All you need to spin your dreams
SALE OF THIS FIBRE HAS SINCE BEEN DISCONTINUED (22/05/2018) We now offer dyed 18.9 micron Merino fibre from the South Island of New Zealand. It is combed top and is very easy to spin. The fibre is hand dyed in small batches and comes in nine […]
Warp speed competition As a celebration of the release of Warp Speed and the coming release of the new 180mm mini circular loom, we have a competition for you. Create a warping pattern using the pattern key and the template presented in Warp Speed, […]
Yes! Warp Speed is ready!
Warp speed is a collaborative tutorial/inspirational/ideas book for weaving on the circular loom It has been put together by Suzy Brown (Woolwench) and myself. We have been working on for quite a few months now and I am now delighted to release it to you.
So, a little bit about it. First off, the best bit, we are giving it away for FREE! So go download it and knock yourself out.
We have also worked to create a way of writing patterns that is easy to understand and replicate yourself. In an effort to come up with more ideas, there is also a template at the back of the book that you can freely print to make your own patterns with. I would encourage you to do this, and share them around. Suzy and I already have ideas for putting together patterns made up by the community to help spread it further (all with the appropriate acknowledgements and so forth 🙂 ). If you read it and think there are shortcomings or additions to the pattern scheme we have come up with, let either of us know and we can edit and add to it. Everybody wins then.
We have also included pictures of many of the inspirational weavings created by people on the Circle Weaving Facebook group. I am really proud of the community that is building in the Circle Weaving group on Facebook and I am getting to live a little vicariously as well :-). They have been enthusiastic with their support of others and generous with their ideas which are shared freely in the group. It is so cool to see people working together to grow the craft. If you are interested, come along and join in!
Here is the link to the document Warp Speed
So go right ahead, download it, share it with others, experiment with some of the ideas and if you are willing, show me what you have made. I would love to see.
Until next time
Andrew
It has been a while since I last put anything up on the blog as I have been very busy in the workshop. Some of the things I cannot talk about yet 🙂 but one I can is related to the circular looms. We have started […]
Donyale Grant of Moggy & Me has had some exciting news recently. She entered and won the Dairing Art Yarn competition with a piece she wove on her Dynamic Heddle Loom (there had to be a Majacraft catch in there somewhere!) She has written […]
In case you were not aware, we offer quite a few options to customise your Majacraft wheel when you order from us. This is a light we have tended to keep hidden under a bushel unfortunately so recently I was encouraged to build a page to show a little of what we have created in the past.
Click the following link to visit the Custom Wheels Page
Until next time
Andy
The 450 Circular Loom is a larger version of the current 275 Circular Loom. It is obviously larger but we have also added more notches to the diameter to give more opportunities and potential for different warps I have added photos and a description […]
We received a message today in the Majacraft inbox via Christine Oliver of Moondance Colour Company about her Rube Goldberg Overdrive. Using some backroom genius, she has converted her Overdrive to use an Irish tensioning system. I have to confess that I just LOVE […]
We have been steadily working through the Overdrive orders and shipping them as fast as we can. If you are on the list for one, take heart, you have not been forgotten and we will get it to you as soon as possible!
I have carried out some further testing on some of our older wheels and we are now confident that the Overdrive will work on ALL Majacraft Roses and Suzies. The early generation Roses (and some Suzie Alpaca wheels) had a wooden nut that tightened the handle onto the head. We will include a smaller stainless steel nut with the Overdrive kit to replace the wooden nut and then the bobbin drive band will no longer be interfered with. If you are ordering an Overdrive for one of these Roses, please let your dealer know so we can include the special nut. The Suzies are easy as the Overdrive fits straight on.
Here is the picture of the original wooden nut on a Rose handle
And the replacement stainless nut which will clear the bobbin drive band
So if you have been waiting to hear this news, I hope it has brightened your day!
Until next time
Andy
The first batch of Overdrives shipped yesterday! So long as we are not blown into the ocean by the terrible storm that is approaching for this weekend, I would suggest keeping an eye on your letterbox from Wednesday on next week. More Overdrives will go […]