Floor loom people - given the choice between 2 different used looms, priced low, which would you choose?

1) 4 shaft LeClerc (probably Nilus), declared all working order, has been disassembled for years.
2) 8 shaft counter balance, similar to a Norwood, needs some work.

#weaving #multishaftloom

A large tuxedo cat sits sprawled on a plum upholstered bench in front of a thick wooden loom. On the loom is a plum colored wool shawl fabric with a diamond twill pattern. Warp shots of fuchsia and aqua as accents. The fabric is seen from below and rolled around the cloth beam.

Pablo in front of my old 8 shaft floor loom with the shawl in the process of being #woven. I can no longer weave on floor looms bc of EDS. #8Shaft #FiberArt #TextileArt #FiberArtist #Weaving 🧶 #HandWoven #LoomWeaving #NonbinaryArtist #Artist #Weaver #multishaftWeaving #MultishaftLoom #HandwovenShawl

Delighted to see so many weavers here. This is my barn frame loom, Northrup. It is a 4 shaft, 6 treadle counterbalance loom that is almost 100 years old. Weaving is my mediation. #weaving #multishaftloom #handweaving

A black cat sits on a wide white windowsill, sun outside backlighting the scene. In front of the window is a side view of a 10 inch wide wooden rigid loom on a small stand. A navy blue scarf warp has a bright turquoise spiral woven in twill, and below it, a color spectrum of pink to purple to violet.

A freeform #overshot #spiral from my Four Freeform Overshot Scarf Motifs pattern eBook. Too big for a #multishaftLoom. More pics below.Maya is a little too interested in #yarn! 🧶 I’m keeping my #weaving safe from her 🐈‍⬛ #Art #Artist #CreativeMind #weaver #RigidHeddleWeaving #FiberArt #RigidHeddleLoom

24S DDW is off the loom ;)
#weaving #FibreLicious #Handwoven #DDW #DeflectedDoubleWeave #MultiShaftLoom

Krokbrag

Krokbrag

My first Krokbrag rug and little samplers. Very interesting technique combining shapes and colors.
#weaving #multishaftloom #krokbrag #fiberarts

I’ve (temporarily) run out of silk so I have a choice. The first is to weave a « leftovers » scarf : lots of colours altogether. The second is to stop weaving for the year, get prepared for the long (18 day) exhibition starting 6 December and relax.
#weaving #smallbusiness #multishaftloom