Restless Knitter

Okay, for those of you that have upgraded to IE7, you should be able to see everything okay now. Don’t get me started on how much I dislike IE.

I called Harrisville Designs today and found that my loom was made in 1975. You can still get all the parts for it with the exception of one and that’s the crank. And guess what my loom is missing. The crank. Looks like I’ll be a part of the lucky vice-grip users. She also told me that if it still has the rawhide harness straps, they’ll definitely need to be replaced because they dry out. They seem to be working okay so that will wait for now. I do wonder if they’ll still seem okay once a project actually gets on the loom.

I did a search on removing rust and found one site that says to soak the items in tea. I tried it on the heddles and while it didn’t get all of the rust spots, I think it did eat some of it off. It’s possible that soaking for 6 hours wasn’t long enough. On the bars that the heddles fit on I tried some stuff called MAAS, Goo B Gone, and a Brillo pad. The Brillo pad seemed to work the best but there was still a little bit of rust on one of the bars. Since there’s no shortage of sandpaper around here, and because I didn’t think I could make it any worse, I sanded it. Let me tell ya, that was a thick layer of rust. The bar is now smooth, though it still has areas that look stained.

If you haven’t seen Cars yet, you should rent it Right Now! I really didn’t think I’d like this movie but I rented it anyway. I don’t know if it’s because I grew up on a farm or I just needed sleep, but dude.. Tractor Tipping.. laughed so hard I cried.

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I did see one other yarn related item yesterday