All you need to spin your dreams
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 […]
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 producing a new 180mm (~7″) circular loom which we are building stocks of. The first batch is ready to go and will be sent out to dealers in the next week or two. They have 79 notches so it will be possible to do fine work if you wish.
This is so hot off the press the pictures are not on the Majacraft web site yet!
There is also a Circle Weaving group started recently on Facebook that you may be interested in. Once you have joined Facebook, do a search for “Circle Weaving” and you should be on your way. This is open to all people interested in circular looms from any manufacturer! There are some really novel and innovative ideas being shown and a great spirit of sharing knowledge and inspiration.
While on Facebook, why not check out our own Majacraft Facebook page or the “Manic Dynamic Majacrafters” who are doing amazing things with the Dynamic Heddle Loom.
Until next time
Andy
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 […]
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 of the 450mm variant of the circular loom to the weaving area of the web site and you can see it here 450mm Circular Loom.
Until next time
Andy
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 […]
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 next week, the bobbins are backing up and everything is coming together nicely.
Suzy at Woolwench put together this short video of changing the Overdrive on an Aura. As you can see, it is pretty simple and anyone can take on this task with confidence.
Until next time
Andy
I have put together a video of highlights from the Majacraft Magic camp for this year. If you attended it may remind you of the great time that was experienced by all. If you weren’t there, see what you were missing! Andrew