Although I am very late showing this I am still so excited about this so I am posting it now anyway.

My cousin Alan gave me a 16 heddle harness loom.  Yes..you heard all of that right...GAVE and SIXTEEN HEDDLE HARNESS.

I took pictures before I did any prep work.



I took lots of picture so if  I disturbed something I would be able to correct it.







He also gave me these shuttles and the yarn and a weaving book (not pictured) and a bobbin winder for the shuttle (not pictured)



Why don't I have pictures of the other stuff?  I thought I did but when I downloaded the camera I found they were not there.  Not sure what happened and Fikki has the camera with him right now.  I 'll get more pictures with the winder in action.

All I know so far about the unit is it was a prototype weaver from the ARM LOOM COMPANY in Switzerland.

I asked my brother who has worked with antique knitting machines how I could safely clean it.  He suggested Murphy's Oil.  After a few emails back and forth...including one with a link to the Murphy's Oil site...I was able to confirm this with one of the daughters at the company.

It's not really dirty...just a little dusty..but I was afraid I would wreck havoc if I used it before loosening things up a bit.

And to think I started not to go to the family reunion this year because I had just got back from two weeks on the road!

I don't even remember how it came up that I weave a bit...Alan and I were talking about genealogy and next thing I know we're making plans for a loom delivery!

Obviously the first nice thing off this loom goes to Alan...along with hugs and dinner and my eternal gratitude.