2008 May | sweetgeorgia

Looms and yarn for sale!

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

This is on behalf of Sarah MacKinnon, a fantastic weaver located in Vancouver who is unfortunately letting go of her yarn and looms… read on if you are interested!

I have finally decided to sell my yarn. What’s the best way to pass the message on? Do you know anyone who might be interested? It would be great to sell it as a lot, but if I have to, I could sell it in smaller amounts. I have estimated it to be worth approx $375 new, so hope to get around $200 for the lot.

Here’s a list of what I have
Various colours – a mixture of full spools and partial spools:
- 4/8 cotton (Approx 9 lbs)
- 2/8 cotton (Approx 25 lbs)
- rayon chenille (Approx 4 lbs)
- cotton chenille (approx 2.5 lbs)
- 2/16 mercerized cotton (equivalent of about 19 spools – 5500m each)
- cotton boucle (Approx 5 lbs)
- misc other bits (incuding some hemp, silk, and other stuff)
Also rayon covering thread and Southmaid crochet cotton

Some photos are available here, but they do not include all of the colours I have:
http://flickr.com/photos/-sarah-m/sets/72157605109775555/

I also plan to sell my loom, but haven’t taken any photos yet. It is a Leclerc Nilus 4-harness counterbalance. I think I should be able to get $500 for it and would include a bench. (The bench is a bit short and I always had to boost it up with bricks to get it to the right height. That’s why I would throw it in for free – bricks also included!) I’d also throw in a few other bits and pieces like a homemade raddle, and 2 lease sticks. I also have manual and electric bobbin winders, a warping mill, and a couple of shuttles. I haven’t come up with prices for those yet. Do you have anyone looking for equipment?

Any feedback or leads you might have for me would be much appreciated.

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Spring in London

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

I’m back to loitering in London again. This time, staying at Jen’s flat near the Angel tube stop… making it painfully easy to get to the lovely little Loop yarn shop. Located on Cross Street, it’s a tiny shop tucked into a corner with nothing but a small pink sandwich board outside.

loop. 41 Cross Street, Islington, London

There’s a nice selection of Louisa Harding, Debbie Bliss, Alchemy, Blue Sky Alpacas and Be Sweet yarns here. But my lovely score was a copy of Kim Hargreaves’ book, “Heartfelt: The Dark House Collection“. She’s published all her solo designs … for sale … without kits! It’s like I’ve been living in a hole or something. Anyhow, I like it.

Tribe Contemporary Rugs

Just across the street from Loop is Tribe… a gallery full of handwoven rugs from all over the world. They were closed today, so I could only paw at the window.

tea cup constellations

On this trip round, I’m mostly living off of a box of cereal, one gigantic cold pizza from La Forchetta, and a whole lot of fruit… but yesterday, I met up with a girlfriend who took me for afternoon tea near London Bridge. The shop was SO precious… painted a pale frosty pink with tea cups suspended from the ceiling with thumbtacks! Ingenious space saving idea. I sat directly underneath the tea cup constellation and enjoyed my earl grey and lemon cake. Thank you, Charlotte.