tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564876566316647661.post2631934138175720025..comments2023-09-07T08:32:03.510-07:00Comments on Sarah's Stitchery Saga: she shops, She SCORES!Sarah Nopphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349019930549794313noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564876566316647661.post-19604393625347267662009-08-08T21:07:31.050-07:002009-08-08T21:07:31.050-07:00From the AMAZING smart people on the Weaver's ...From the AMAZING smart people on the Weaver's Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Weaving/: <br /><br /><br /><br />"The top things look like reed holders so you can sley the reed easier while it sits on a table, <br />a netting shuttle is to the right of that,<br />the wood blocks are lease holders that you clamp to each end of a<br />table to make a warp <br />and the metal thing is for making rugs and pillows by hand."<br />- Bill & Gaye<br /><br />One of many answers I received.Sarah Nopphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349019930549794313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564876566316647661.post-12575500964467141402009-08-08T10:23:30.610-07:002009-08-08T10:23:30.610-07:00On the right, with the red and clear handle, you h...On the right, with the red and clear handle, you have a speedy hooker. It was a popular way, back in the fifties and sixties, to make a "hooked" rug. The burlap pattern would be set in a frame upside down and the two handles would slide up and down as the long needle would push the yarn down through the pattern. Electric machines work the same way to make commercial rugs today.Rughookerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998228257558738454noreply@blogger.com