Lol, thanks for the answer!

But what was the joke? 👀

Oh no! What a bummer for your birthday (fb told me so I came here to wish you well) I hope you can at least taste your birthday cake.

Wow, look at that! It must be so smooshy to step on. What a fun project!

Ouch, those things are so sharp. Highly recommend little leather finger cots.

I'm fascinated! I'm going to ask the question that every yarn-maker dreads answering. What will you make with it? For me, I don't always have a project in mind, I just like making the yarn. But I've never tried such a novel technique!

Wow! Now that's a warp!

My next diy is probably a raddle. I'm warping front to back this time, but if I want to use a more fragile handspun, I want to avoid having that go through my wire heddles twice, so back to front is preferred, right?

Also lease sticks. I made cardboard slats this time and they were not well done. 😅

Yes, there are levers below the front beam. This loom was built by Jules Clement in Canada, probably in the seventies. It is so heavy! My neighbor kept it on an enclosed patio so a lot of bits rusted. That was not fun to clean! Just hoping I get decent function.

I'm just hoping, after all this work, that I can get a clean shed. Fully depressed, the levers raise the harnesses pretty high, but when you release pressure they lock at a lower orientation, so there's not a huge difference in the up and down positions. But at least they're locking now!

We want to keep the spin in our yarn, not the weather!

Stay safe! I'm in Montgomery. Not spinning at the moment, but it'll keep me sane tomorrow if power goes out. Now if I can just get this poor dog to settle...

Spinning and dyeing the yarn yourself is a lot of fun! I even have a couple knitted accessories that started as unwashed fiber. And once I helped shear an alpaca! The washing and prepping is less fun than spinning but very rewarding.