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Selvages

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When weaving it is hard to cut the material after it is woven . Carefully washing and pressing your fabric and now what to do with it ? I came across this wonderful usage of hand woven fabric on the Mendocino wool and Fiber website . https://www.mendowool.com/blog/fabric-usage Her explanation of using the fabric for a top makes a lot of sense and I am going to try it . Happy weaving!

Bobbin winder rebuild

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Hi Weavers , Those who do a lot of sectional warping you know you use your bobbin winder faithfully. I have used it for years . I am hard on it putting all size bobbins into the winder . I save my tubes from yarns too. Do you buy Brassard cotton , well they make great bobbins when you use up the yarn .i fill my rack with them when I need to fill it . The motor has been replaced a couple of times. I go to Grainger to get my motors . They are used in sewing machines as well as the pedal I get from Grainger.  The one thing that has bothered me and I finally fixed .The spring underneath broke repeatedly. Well the bobbin winder use to bounce around terrible. The noise was deafening. I used ear plugs to prevent the loud noise from hurting my ears. Well replacing the spring fixed all that . It runs smoothly now and is pleasant now to work with . Hope this helps you all hard working weavers . If you need more help let me know.