{"id":6089,"date":"2014-12-09T08:29:06","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T13:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hillsyarn.wpengine.com\/?p=6089"},"modified":"2014-12-08T19:33:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T00:33:12","slug":"schacht-cricket-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/weaving\/schacht-cricket-loom\/","title":{"rendered":"Schacht Cricket Loom."},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week<\/a>, we announced that the Hillsborough Yarn Shop has become a Schacht dealer, and I promised a closer look at the Schacht products we carry. Over the weekend, I put the Zoom Loom<\/a> in the spotlight here on the blog. Next\u00a0up: the Cricket\u00a0Loom.<\/p>\n

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The Cricket Loom is a small and simple rigid heddle loom, ideal for first-time weavers. The box you see above includes not only the Cricket Loom, but also a warping peg, threading hook, 2 stick shuttles, table clamps, two balls of yarn, and clear instructions; in short: everything you need to start weaving.<\/p>\n

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When our shop\u00a0Cricket Loom arrived earlier this year, I was sent home with it and with the enviable task of learning to use it. I’d never woven before, but the instructions made it easy to assemble, warp, and weave on the Cricket. My first attempts were uneven and humbling, but before long, I was producing smooth woven fabric that I was proud of.\u00a0In just a couple of evenings, I’d gone through the yarn that comes with the Cricket and turned to my stash.<\/p>\n

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I used Berroco Pure Pima to weave a small kitchen towel, experimented with a variety of lace weight yarns to weave one\u00a0scarf (pictured above), and then another in bits of worsted weight, from Yarn Hollow Photograph<\/a> to Berroco Ultra Alpaca<\/a>.
\n\"DSCN3998\"<\/a>Before each new woven project, I studied Jane Patrick’s Weaver’s Idea Book<\/em>, which is full of inspiration and information in equal measure.<\/p>\n

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On our shelves, you’ll find 15″ Cricket Looms, floor stands, and reeds. The Cricket comes with an 8-dent reed, which is perfect for weaving with worsted weight yarn. For lace or fingering weight yarns, consider\u00a0a 12-dent reed; for sport or dk weight yarn, a\u00a010-dent reed; and for bulky weight yarn, a 5-dent reed.<\/p>\n

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Come by the shop to try weaving on our display Cricket Loom, check out our cubby of weaving books and dvds, and consider going home with a Cricket of your own. I can’t tell you how exciting it has been to start at the beginning, learning new words and techniques, enjoying the novelty of creating\u00a0a fabric so different than what my knitting needles or crochet hooks make. I highly recommend\u00a0taking on a new craft! See you at the shop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week, we announced that the Hillsborough Yarn Shop has become a Schacht dealer, and I promised a closer look at the Schacht products we carry. Over the weekend, I put the Zoom Loom in the spotlight here on the blog. Next\u00a0up: the Cricket\u00a0Loom. The Cricket Loom is a small and simple rigid heddle loom, … [more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[255,41,248,293],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillsboroughyarn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}