Artist Studios, and Gallery 148 Mill District Road Allegan Mi. 49010 269-903-6883
Weave your own Rug or Towel!
Want to try something NEW?
Here's some cool things to do while in west Michigan, We have three, beautifully restored Weavers Delight looms, built by the Newcomb Loom Co. in our shop.
This is as easy as it gets for a person that knows nothing at all about weaving but would like to try it. We set the looms up so customers with no experience at all, can come in and have a blast, weaving a Rag rug or Cotton towel of their own design. You can bring in your own rags, and weave a rug for $3.00 per foot, or use our rags for $8.00 per foot. Rugs take about 3 hours to complete. Towels are 45 cents an inch, all materials included and take about an hour to complete. We recommend calling in and reserving a loom.
Just some of our KID Weavers making gifts for Mom and Grandmom
Our Weavers Delight Looms!!!
Sow Spun Silk; West Michigan's, Weaving and Spinning Shop and Fiber Arts Studio in Allegan. Featuring Schacht Weaving Looms and Spinning Wheels and Kromski Spinning Wheels. http://www.schachtspindle.com/our_products/sidekick.php The Sidekick is Schacht's newest spinning wheel. She's designed to fold easily, yet be a solid spinner. Here are some of the Sidekick’s features: · Folds to 21 1/2" h x 8 1/4" w x 15" d. · Integrated storage of bobbins, flyer, and whorls for transport. · Lightweight at 13 pounds. · 13 3/4" drive wheel allows for ratios from 4.25 to 15.25. · Long, comfortable treadles. · Uses the same bobbins, whorls, and flyer as the Schacht Matchless and Ladybug wheels. · The Sidekick can be purchased without the bobbin-flyer assembly. · 25" orifice height for comfortable spinning. · Employs Scotch tension with precise control knob. · The drive wheel spins on ball bearings. The flyer turns on self-aligning bearings. · Drive band tension adjuster allows for all whorls to be used with one drive band. The Sidekick comes with 3 travel bobbins, fast and medium whorls, threading hook, and adjustable carrying strap. We can also do repairs on your loom if you can bring it in to our shop. Want to Spin? come on in and hang out with us. Bring your wheel, or use one of ours. We love to share tips and tricks over coffee or tea.
We are an authorized Dealer for Schacht Spindle Co., Selling Weaving Looms and Spinning Wheels and their supplies.
We have in stock;
The Cricket rigid heddle
The Wolf Pup (Direct tie-up)
The Baby Wolf (4 and 8 shafts)
and The Mighty Wolf (8 Shaft)
as well as;
The Schacht Lady Bug spinning wheel,
and the Matchless dbl. treadled spinning wheel.
And Now!!!!
The Schacht
Sidekick
Folding Travel Wheel
We have them in stock, assembled and ready to SPINN!!!!
Take one home today! for $785.00 plus tax.
ACCESSORIES & FEATURES
We Also Have Kromski Spinning Wheels!!!
We have in stock;
The Fantasia
The Mazurka
The Sonata
These are beautiful and affordable Spinning Wheels from Poland.
We have now become a dealer for
Leclerc Weaving Looms and Supplies.
We even have custom, hand-made weaving shuttles by Artist;
Dan Smith of Allegan.
We also buy and sell used looms. We use these looms in our weaving classes and will sell them to our students if they like the loom they are weaving on.
We Have YARN and Fiber!!!
Visit our new yarn shop. We are now carrying 1lb cones of good quality US Made, Honeysuckle Rayon yarns in 2 sizes;
Petal Spun Sport Weight, 1680 yards/# in 16 colors
Super Petal Spun Worsted Weight, 840 yards/# in 12 colors
We also have some RARE, Antique Yarns from an estate we recently purchased.
These yarns are new and in their Original Wrappers, but purchased prior to 1956!!! It is quite likely that you will never see any of these yarns anywhere, for any price!!! Imagine the One-Of-A-Kind items you can create with these;
Pure Linen, Cotton/Linen Blends, Silk and Wool from;
U.S.A., Scotland, Ireland, Belgium, Sweden and France.
Come in and check these out while they last!
Attention All Spinners
This Just In!!!
We have Raw Alpaca fleece!!!, as welll as LLama and LLama/Wool Blend
Roving in stock!!!
This is award winning chocolate colored Alpaca, 4" to 5" staple, 1st (Blanket) and 2nds, some with a beautiful "Crimp".
Check out our beautiful selection of LLama and LLama/Wool Blend Roving
We also have wild Knitting yarns that we think work wonderfully for some of us more adventurous weavers ;>) Of course, they work fine for Knitting as well, but we just tend to think a little out of the box.
We are always expanding our collection of Weaving and Spinning books, and as always, looking for local suppliers of Fiber in the way of Roving. If you have Fiber Animals, and would like to sell their fiber here, please feel free to come on in.
Come visit our weaving studio!
We have 12 different looms to see, and enjoy the many different projects that are on them.
We have many books on weaving and spinning, a nice selection of handspun yarn, and new looms and wheels on display.
We believe that bigger IS better!!! This is our 16 Shaft, 60" Computer Assisted AVL Loom, with all the toys and a custom modified, double sectional rear beam.
Sow Spun Silk, Weaving, Spinning, Yarn Shop
The saying goes;
"You can't make a silk purse from a Sow's ear"
You can, if you dare to dream.
