Archive for May, 2006

AVL Loom sold – to NJ weaver!

May 11th, 2006

image of my AVL loom for sale
Loom Sold!
I want to sell my loom. I had a life as a handweaver and had to get “nirvana loom” in order to move on. I have moved on but it took awhile to admit I should sell my loom. Now I have to get serious about finding it a home so here goes!
It is an AVL production 16 harness dobby loom with a single box fly shuttle beater (not in picture). (It’s a pretty serious loom and anyone interested will know what all that means.)

If you are interested you may contact me by commenting here.
It’s a wonderful loom and has been used very little – perhaps half a dozen warps if that.
I have remove comments from this site due to the amount of spam it generates. If you are interested in this loom I can be reached at beth@emmott.com.

Back to the Garden…

May 11th, 2006

Well, it’s spring and yesterday we played hooky and made a run to Lancaster, PA to buy plants.

Several weeks ago we cleaned out a large over grown area in our front yard to the left of the walk as you face the house. It was infested with vines and ivy and no matter how we weeded each year it quickly got out of control. So it was dug out, save the rose bushes, and covered with mulch – hence the need for new plants.

We went to Black Creek Gardens, for lots of plants; Briar Rose Greenhouse, for hanging baskets; Sauder’s Nursery, for a plant for cousin Susan; and Hoover’s Farm Market where we bought cookies and shoe fly pie!

I re planted my hanging baskets off the deck with a tight mix of Lettuce, Rosemary, Oregano, Dill, Italian Parsley, Nasturtiums, Coriander, 2 Sages, French Thyme, and 2 Basils. Looking forward to grabbing a few herbs as I’m cooking this summer!

In front, where we dug things up, we have planted, so far, Verbena, Salvia, Coral Bells and Lambs Ears.