I’m a weaver and spinner, always looking for a cool tool or at least, cooler than my neighbor’s in the spinning circle. Now I can make that stuff I covet. Today, I made a 1) drop spindle and 2) a reed for weaving decorative bands.

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   You can see it does a good job, from the thread coming from upper right to upper left.

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   Tomorrow morning I’m going to fire one of them up. I’m picking out the yarns tonight.
   

   

   
   Example of woven band I did last year with a makeshift reed that limited how wide I could weave.