Well it took a bit of tactical bidding and avoidance of sniper bids but I managed to get the loom I was after...
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It is the Saori foldable loom....
Nope I hadn't heard of it either but a Google search led to some really inetresting websites and a completely new way of addressing weaving....Free weaving.. the story behind these looms is documented on different sites including the Saori site itself...
"The Saori movement was started by Misao Jo, a Japanese woman who took up weaving at the age of 57 after a 20 year creative hiatus (when her passion for teaching freeform Ikebana wore her out physically and she became ill). Her desire to create cloth that looked as if it had been made by a human being led to spectacular success in the pricey boutiques- and another kind of burnout, when her retail clients began asking her to fill specific orders, for types of garment that sold well. She then swore off selling her cloth, and began to teach others to weave.
Saori weaving is, basically, freeform weaving on a simple two-shaft loom. There are special Saori looms available- apparently easy to warp and accessible to people with all kinds of physical limitations. On the foot peddle loom the idea is to work towards creating a piece of cloth that gives voice to your own personal creative spirit. Changing colours, using the many variations of plain weave as it pleases you, not worrying about neat selvedges, and only being aware of the small section of cloth that is being created in the moment.
Soooooo ... it is a philosophy of not worrying about how neat you can get the piece but just 'going with the flow' that really appealed.
Can't wait to get creative .......
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