Setting up simple looms, spears loom

I'm guesting at the local memory cafe again at the end of February and thinking about taking some simple weaving. I have some weaving cards somewhere although they haven't come to light so far in the big clear out. I also have weaving sticks and assorted simple looms to look at. My idea is keep it simple and let everyone have a go.

A large bag of acrylic yarn is lurking in one of the cupboards so I'm ok for fibre, it's more a case of working out how to warp everything up.

So far I've had a play with a couple of them, I need thicker yarn for one of them but I'm sure that I have some., somewhere.

So far I've had a play with a couple of them, I need thicker yarn for one of them but I'm sure that I have some., somewhere.

Peggy's workbox, Memory cafe activity

 Two sewing boxes were donated to Connect café before it was closed due to the building being unsafe. We opened one of the in the café and had a lovely afternoon picking through the contents and reminiscing about mending tight and stockings, hand sewing and also about the shops that were in the area 40 or so years ago.

An idea sprang up from this, would this be an interesting thing to take to the local memory café to spark some conversation? I was volunteered to take this on as I have family ties to the area and also lived and worked there in the eighties.

I have taken the liberty of adding a few older items to the boxes, a Sketchleys sewing kit ( they had a shop in the town) some old sock kitting needles, french knitting doll and old threads from my own collection.

and inside them

and a few extras from my stash

there are paper bags to open, tins to explore and hopefully conversations to have about knitting and sewing.

We had a lovely time and I've been asked to go back in the New year. I may have some easy weaving projects tucked away that will be popular including a round loom that can be passed around the table for people to weave a row or two.