Items for sale are generally available for pick up at our storage unit in Boulder. Please contact donations@handweaversofboulder.org to arrange payment and pick up time. While we try to verify that equipment is functional, all items are sold as-is. 

Spinning Wheel, vintage

In good working condition 

At 29” high, this wheel is very portable

Double drive, one bobbin, removable distaff

$150 or make an offer

Newcomb loom, 4-shaft, 6-treadle, 45” weaving width

This is a real workhorse of a loom priced to move.

The “Newcomb Studio Art Loom” sold by Sears Roebuck and Co. under the “Fairloom” name. 

This loom is disassembled for transport (not all parts are pictured, but all parts are included).

12-dent reed, metal heddles

Sectional back beam, heavy duty metal brake

Serial Number 4T2798

 Manuals are available online. There are Facebook groups and weaving groups specializing in the Newcomb loom.

$150 or make an offer

Glimåkra “Sara” Upright Tapestry Loom 

Overall dimensions  73” x 42.5” x 19.75”

Weaving dimensions adjustable, up to ~64” x 40”

Hard plastic teeth at 5 per inch and can be warped at 5epi or 10epi

Three teeth are missing from bottom right beam (see image) at about 32” across from the left;

could possibly be fixed with nails or by cutting out the piece without teeth and moving the rest of the strip over, so the missing area would be at the edge

$175 or make an offer

Temple, small

Adjustable ~11” to 16.5”

Possibly made from oak

$15

Temple, large

Adjustable from  about 26” to 46”

$20

Batik "pens" (tjanting)

Used for applying wax resist in batik

$10 for the set

Bobbin winder, Schacht double end hand winder

$100

12 dent Reed

22” wide, 4.5” tall, covering is peeling on one corner

Label reads “Thomas Miln Maker, Dundee”

$20

Karakul Roving
We have a large quantity of Karakul roving processed in Frankenmuth, Michigan, in natural colors. Approximate colors and quantities listed below. 

$5/pound, 4 pound minimum

Various light grays: ~33 pounds

Unmercerized Cotton Coned Yarn

$5/pound

NOTE: Cone weights vary, weights listed are approximate

The colored yarns are UKI 8/2 unmercerized cotton yarn and cones weigh 1-2 pound.

Dark Red #28: 15 cones (pictured below)

Green: 2 cones, approximately 1 pound each

A couple of our members have woven with this yarn and they report that the colors do not run and that the towels they made washed up very nicely.

 

Last updated 11.12.2024