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weaving baby wolves
Poster: "Terry L. Neill" <Neilltl@ptsc.slg.eds.com>
Rise wrote:
>>More seriously, why in the world would they call a loom a "baby wolf"? Is
>>it a brand name, or does it have something to do with the connection between
>>wolves and sheep? Inquiring minds want to know...
Byrn responded
>One suspects that "wolf" should probably be woof, as in warp and woof. I
>would visualise that a baby woof loom would have a very narrow weaving
>dimension, producing fabric perhaps broader than inkle or tablet looms but
>much more narrow than a lap or floor loom. But I'm just guessing.
Wolf is a brand name of the Schacht Company. They sell baby wolves and mighty
wolves. Baby wolves retail for anywhere from $850 to $1200, depending on the
number of harnesses and treadles. Mighty wolves go for $1200 to $1650.
The baby wolf is a 28 inch 4 or 8 harness folding loom.
Don't ask me why Schacht calles them wolves.
- Anarra (reading from my Earth Guild catalogue)
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