My Ashford Table Loom is a joy to use and I really should weave on it more. I do try, and right now I’ve got an interesting warp on it. This is an 8 shaft Amalgamation draft, #79686, from handweaving.net.

I am using 2/10 merino/tencel, Colrain Lace, sett at 20 epi. I am enjoying the weaving, but just finding the time to devote to it has been a challenge.

However, the real reason I am writing this is to report on the new Ashford Shuttle Race attachment that has just become available as an add-on to their looms. It is fantastic! Before I bought it, weaving was a little fraught, I was always nervous that my shuttle might miss a warp or two on the way back and forth. Finding those errors (on the back!) was really annoying. I am hoping that the shuttle race, providing a solid base on which to slide the shuttle, will minimize any future bloopers.

This is what it looks like in place attached to the beater.

This is what it looks like with the warp in place. Sending greetings from snowy Louisville!