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    Skin problems caused by working with old wood and steel

    Wasn't sure where to put this, so I'm putting it here, as I suggest any possible solutions may come from the realm of craft rather than medicine. Here's the issue. In the weaving room at my college, we have about 50 old looms. Very old looms, some of the frames are 200 years old. The metal is...
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    Tablet Weaving a QR code

    I hope that image resizes after I publish this comment. As you can see, I've been practising my tablet weaving. I have also done about half a chunky alphabet and a few wee bitties of knotwork. I'm still developing my curves and trying to get the angles right. I've always fancied weaving or...
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    Viking period costume - books and resources

    So hey I'm starting to research the subject of viking clothing with the possibility of revolving my 4th year (textile design BA) around the construction of a viking costume. Surprisingly, the literature at hand in the uni library is somewhat scant and disappointing. So, can anyone recommend...
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    Programmed sleep cycle

    So, totally random. I've been working in another town over summer (i'm a student) which had me up at 6.30 every morning. Obviously, all I wanted to do was keep sleeping, but I had to get up. Now I'm on my first wee day of my wee break before I go back to school and bang! Wide awake at 6 and...
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    Resurfacing

    Hello good people Some of you may remember me from a few years ago, talking about weaving and suchlike. College has kept me busy, but now I'm tablet weaving again and feeling mire sociable. For those who dont know me, I am a weaver of all kinds of cloth, including tablet woven bands of...
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    makin tops for spinning (not spinning tops)

    so. i need to wash, card and spin a large amount of wool to make a cloak using viking-age technology (i'm not in any hurry, i'm just interested) is there an ancient-tech way of making tops (such as that which you order from wingham or such spinning-wool suppliers) or do i have to spin...
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    great weaving accessories

    just found this shop www.frankherringandsons.com great weaving/spinning/dying supplies i'm about to buy all the little bits i need to set up a loom for someone. all them heddles, cord, hooks and so on. and now, i am considering this...
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    rough camping in the borders

    hey :) i'm currently in the process of moving my stuff into storage so i can get down south and start looking for a new house without having to worry about maintaining a claim at the other end of the country. with this comes glorious homelessness. hooray! cos having nowhere to live makes...
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    moderation

    well, i'm new here right. but i've been on an off the internet and various forums since 1995 and i swore myself off chatrooms for a long time because none of them were any use and just provided a forum for people to have pointless arguments that quickly degenerate into flaming and abuse. i...
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    wanna do a book swap?

    hi. have started sorting the mountain of non-fiction books in the shop i work in. not got very far into it, but so far i have found 3 books and several pamphlets on compound bows. i haven't got them priced to buy yet, but if i remember correctly theirs one on "tuning your compound bow"...
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    basket willow suppliers

    hey. i've recently got dead inspired to do some basket weaving, , but i've totally missed my window for cutting obviously, so i can't cut till next winter i guess i'd still like to have a go anyway, does anyone know anywhere i can mail order basket willow from, preferably in scotland, for the...
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    wild camping in orkney

    i'm planning a wee holiday for me and a few friends in july and i was wondering if anyone had been out in orkney, if there's any particularly good places to go? one of our number is very disabled and in a wheelchair, so that has to be borne in mind i'll be going out for a wee reccy myself...
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    willow fish traps

    i was just discussing these with a friend today. he was saying how you can weave these cages that you just leave in the river. fish swim in and can't get out. like a creel i suppose. i love weaving with willow, and it seems such an obvious thing to do. does anyone have any pics of such a...
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    weaving with vegetable fibres

    Hi there i'm new to the forum, obviously. i am a retired (ha!) road-protestor turned handweaver and i'm interested in how to make spinning fibres from vegetable materials commonly found in british forest such as ferns and nettles, hemp etc i know how to card wool with hand/drum carders, and i...