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floor loom

[flawr loom]

noun

  1. a loom in which the harnesses are moved by treadles, leaving the weaver's hands free to operate the shuttle.



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In 2017, Simpson started weaving “for fun” when her 70-year-old neighbor, fiber artist Mary Beth Schwartzenberger, offered her a floor loom.

As a mentor figure, Schwartzenberger is moved that her simple gift of a floor loom would have such a profound influence on Simpson, whom she has known since birth.

In Fiona Simpson’s Sherman Oaks bedroom, a warm and art-filled space teeming with baskets of yarn and colorful weavings, a Leclerc floor loom from the 1980s occupies nearly as much area as her queen-size bed.

In 2007, Simpson started weaving “for fun” when her 70-year-old neighbor, fiber artist Mary Beth Schwartzenberger, offered her a floor loom.

As a mentor figure, Schwartzenberg is moved that her simple gift of a floor loom would have such a profound influence on Simpson, whom she has known since birth.

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