Somewhat belatedly but in the process of digging out equipment photo’s I realized I would have to update the status of my loom ‘holdings’.  At the end of last year we lost our storage and workshop sheds in a fire caused by some rodents finding a warm spot for their winter months.

It was pretty close to a 100% write-off. Just some metal tools survived and in the picture to the left – the hot tub and decking was scorched but survived (I was frantically pouring water on it once Anne arrived home and was able to keep the back of the house wet!).

There were many significant losses which included my first loom, which my father built and wove on for 20 or so years.  I didn’t have room in the little room I call my studio in the house to store the loom so it was stacked in pieces in the workshop.

This loom had followed me around through two local moves in Wellington, then to Palmerston North, then storage and back to Wellington before finally being packed up and moved to the US.

Three or four pieces survived as they were not in the shed at the time and I may try to recover and clean that wood (it was scorched) and make something from it.   However, for that I need to build another workshop and replace a lot of tools!!