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Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Black  FB-7OPDM-BLK-6P


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Black FB-7OPDM-BLK-6P


$268.00


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dark Beige


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dark Beige


$138.00


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Light Beige


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Light Beige


$268.00


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Natural


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Natural


$138.00


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Black  FB-7OPDM-BLK-3P


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Black FB-7OPDM-BLK-3P


$138.00


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dark Beige


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dark Beige


$178.00


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Light Beige


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Light Beige


$138.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Mocha


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Mocha


$122.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Mocha


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Mocha


$172.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Red


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Red


$172.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Light Beige


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Light Beige


$172.00


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dark Mocha


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dark Mocha


$178.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Red


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Red


$122.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Natural


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Natural


$172.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Natural


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Natural


$122.00


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Light Beige


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Light Beige


$178.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Black


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Black


$97.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Beige


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Beige


$97.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dyed White


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dyed White


$97.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Mocha


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Mocha


$97.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Red


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Red


$97.00


5.5' Tall Fiber Weave Room Divider Natural 3 Panel


5.5′ Tall Fiber Weave Room Divider Natural 3 Panel


$93.00


6' Tall Diamond Weave Room Divider Dark Beige 3 Panel


6′ Tall Diamond Weave Room Divider Dark Beige 3 Panel


$103.00


6' Tall Diamond Weave Room Divider Dark Red 3 Panel


6′ Tall Diamond Weave Room Divider Dark Red 3 Panel


$103.00


6' Tall Diamond Weave Room Divider Light Beige 3 Panel


6′ Tall Diamond Weave Room Divider Light Beige 3 Panel


$103.00


Open Weave White Wicker Trellis Daybed for Guest Room


Open Weave White Wicker Trellis Daybed for Guest Room


$439.00


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dark Red


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dark Red


$178.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Black


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Black


$172.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Natural


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Natural


$97.00


Buy Now New Room Dividing Screen - Hand Carved MDF Screen With Weave Design


Buy Now New Room Dividing Screen – Hand Carved MDF Screen With Weave Design


$252.00


2 ROOM ESSENTIAL WINDOW PANELS IVORY TEXTURED WEAVE 63


2 ROOM ESSENTIAL WINDOW PANELS IVORY TEXTURED WEAVE 63″


$18.98


Vtg Easter Weaving Room Inc. Handbag


Vtg Easter Weaving Room Inc. Handbag


$9.99


Clark's Weave Room Calculations 1926 Textile Manufacturing Looms


Clark’s Weave Room Calculations 1926 Textile Manufacturing Looms


$8.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Beige


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Beige


$122.00


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Dark Beige


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Dark Beige


$268.00


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in White  FB-7OPDM-WHT-6P


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in White FB-7OPDM-WHT-6P


$268.00


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dark Red


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dark Red


$138.00


LIMA PERU Woolen Mill Weaving Room Hispanic Society of America H-243 RPPC


LIMA PERU Woolen Mill Weaving Room Hispanic Society of America H-243 RPPC


$43.41


The Weave Room (Phoenix Poets), Michael Chitwood, Good Book


The Weave Room (Phoenix Poets), Michael Chitwood, Good Book


$7.28


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Beige


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Dark Beige


$172.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dyed White


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dyed White


$122.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Black


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Black


$122.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Dyed White


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 6 Panel Room Divider in Dyed White


$172.00


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Natural


Oriental Furniture Diamond Weave 4 Panel Room Divider in Natural


$178.00


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Light Beige


Oriental Furniture Fiber Weave 3 Panel Room Divider in Dyed Light Beige


$97.00


HISTORIC MECHANICS MILL FALL RIVER MASSACHUSETTS SPOOLING WEAVING SPINNING ROOMS


HISTORIC MECHANICS MILL FALL RIVER MASSACHUSETTS SPOOLING WEAVING SPINNING ROOMS


$25.00


Basket Weaving Room by Room Instruction Booklet


Basket Weaving Room by Room Instruction Booklet


$3.95


Room with Large Loom, Weaving Machine... Real Photo Vintage Postcard


Room with Large Loom, Weaving Machine… Real Photo Vintage Postcard


$4.00


RE ROOM ESSENTIALS Style SOFA SLIPCOVER RIBBED WEAVE EBONY Black NIP


RE ROOM ESSENTIALS Style SOFA SLIPCOVER RIBBED WEAVE EBONY Black NIP


$49.00


ROOM ESSENTIALS LOVESEAT SLIPCOVER RIBBED WEAVE IVORY


ROOM ESSENTIALS LOVESEAT SLIPCOVER RIBBED WEAVE IVORY


$39.95

Spinning Yarn And Weaving Tales Part 1

Spinning Yarns and Weaving Tales Part 1

By Jeff Young

This is a tale with two beginnings.

The first one is the most recent.  It started several weeks ago.  I am the Activity Director at my local nursing home and one of our most beloved activities is Crochet Club.  These women learned to crochet on their mother’s or grandmother’s lap, or taught themselves as a child.  We have over 250 years of combined experience.  But age has taken its toll and left its mark and we struggle a little more every day.  Some of us struggle a little, or a lot, more than others, and some of us just plain don’t get it.  But we try and that’s what’s important.

So it was suggested that we weave.  And thus we come to the first beginning of this tale.  We have tried our hands at weaving before, we have used foam strips to make placemats, and we have made loop pot holders, or used this odd net looking material to make holiday décor, all with the same sad results.  So it was suggested we try a loom.

A loom.  I knew looms.  It was the same basic principle as the foam strip weaving we had done, only the strings are pulled tight across the ends of the loom and you would get just as lost figuring out if you’re under this sting or over that one and we would end up again with the same sad results.

No, it was suggested, a real working loom, a real loom for weaving.  Well, I knew looms.  They are huge, complicated machines that take a lifetime to learn to use.  And did I mention they were huge and we just don’t have a spare room for a loom.

So I started looking around.  I did an internet search and found a do-it-yourself, at home, with common household tools, wooden tabletop loom kit from out in Oregon.  I was sold.  How hard could it be?  You throw it together, you string it up, you toss the shuttle thingy back and forth, move the other thingy and the other thingy and you’re weaving.  And PRESTO you have a sweater or a scarf or a table runner or a whatever it is useful household item to show your friends and family and you never had to worry about whether you are over this string or under it.  The loom took care of it.

So I ordered it.  We made a big to do about it.  We got the ladies talking; we tracked our shipment online as it left the workshop and made it step-by-step along the old Oregon Trail.  Our very own loom, lovingly made by skilled artisan woodworkers was on its way to us. And when it arrived there was snow on the ground and it was bitter cold, the winds had been driving the temperature down all week.  It was another one of those countless forgettable days of winter when the blahs had settled in and staying in bed all day was the preferred activity.  But our loom had arrived.

We broke open the box, fished out the instructions, spent the next 30 minutes hunting for our useful household screwdriver, and set to work assembling our loom.  One-by-one, the curiosity of residents and staff alike was peaked and they drifted in to watch as I assembled the loom.  I have assembled furniture before, even other kits requiring the limited use of household tools.  I was confident I knew what I was doing.  I just should have sorted the screws by size when I started, but otherwise it only took an hour and a half.  While the directions were competent, they were clearly written for someone who knew what he was doing.  But we got it together without cursing or injury and we had our very own loom, a real working loom, a finely crafted, solid wood, well-built loom.

I was amazed at how many people knew what it was just by looking at it, and how many didn’t.  The most common question:  “What are you going to do with it?”  What, indeed?  We are going to weave, I told them.  We are going to learn to weave.  And that was that.  I carried the loom contraption back to the office for overnight storage.  I got looks of bemused amazement from on-lookers as we passed by.  Something new was in the air.  Something exciting was about to begin and everyone could feel it.

As I turned out the lights to go home that night, I looked back at the loom, perched on its new rolling table, I knew we were indeed beginning a new journey and here we come to the end of the first beginning of this tale.

About the Author

Mr. Young is a nationally certified activity director working at his local nursing home. He is currently working towards improving the the education requirements to become state certified. He is completing his advanced coursework for his ACC certification.

He is an ordained minister and holds a MetD degree metaphysics.

He consults with other nursing homes about improving their activity programs and spiritual needs.

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