1979 teaching weaving classes above the shop in York
Early 1980s at the Sunapee NH Crafts Fair - demonstrating the newest system ~ the Atari!
1980s leaning on the castle of a Macomber with the box covers for the jacks - the dobby system was air driven and could pinch fingers!
Traveling with my CP loom to teach all ages and abilities of weavers.
Since the 1970s I have had a wonderful relationship with the Hart family, Eddie Carbone and Macomber Looms. Beginning in 1979, I ran weaving classes out the upstairs of the shop – guiding and teaching all levels of weaving classes. I traveled with Rick and Eddie to several Convergences and other regional weaving gatherings.
This was taken in my Newmarket NH studio whereyou can see the Designers Delight keyboard attached to my loom.
I consulted with Macomber Looms as they grew into the electronic era– from the very first Designers Delight, to the Atari run program and then later the air assisted CAD/CAM system dobby systems.
I knew that there was no manual for these looms and that I had a vast knowledge of and access to much information about all things Macomber. So in 2009 I started a blog I cheekily called “Macomber Looms and Me”. This blog was meant to serve as an information center for folks who use Macomber Looms as well as a newsy format for what I was doing in the studio.
As the blog posts grew, I added the capacity for folks to buy and download a PDF of the blog – which included all kinds of technical and some not so, information about Macomber Looms (an me).
And then it was time.
In 2016, I ended my sales and consulting relationship with Macomber and decided that the blog posts would much less frequent.
I still sell the PDF of the manual – and the blog gets a random post every now and then.
I continue to receive calls and queries from weavers with questions about their looms.
I love hearing from old friends, colleagues, former students and customers – reminding me the threads that connect us – those on our Macomber Looms!