Swan Song

 Today, my Spring loom hit the road in a comfortable ride to its new home about 2-3 hours drive south of us here on Vancouver Island.   It was hard to feel sad when the new owner, a lovely lady and friend, was so darn excited!

Here's the loom in her little nook, and photographed from outside.  Looks cozy huh?  

Her start began 16 years ago in October 2008 when two large boxes were delivered and I began to set her up.  She came pretty well trussed up!

Louet does things very well and even use combinations of very heavy cardboard with sections of wood for strength.  It's a long and sometimes rough road from Holland to their destinations.

With a 90 cm or 34 inch weaving width, she handled many projects but this was her widest. A blanket for my new grand daughter. I had to tie back the unused heddles!

Her narrowest project was 2 inch wide book marks, sett 50 epi.    I'm doing the tie up in this shot.

As you can see, with the Spring 90 being lighter, lifting her up to do tie up's is a big help for those of us with creaky joints.  She maybe small, and light on her feet, but she can do anything the Big Boys do!

This was her last lift for a tie up.... and that tie up is in place for the new owner to try out. 

All cleaned up and stripped down (to a point) and ready to go.  Bench and assorted stuff to go along.

Today, She was carried out to a comfy trailer to travel in comfort and stay dry.

Big supply of pillows, blankets to cover any bare spots!

And as I wrote this last part, the phone rang and they are now home after a long day and the loom is sitting next to her Fanny loom and settling in.   

I'll share the Spring's last weaving project in my next post..... we have had dark skies and atmospheric rivers of rain so not conducive to taking pictures lately.