“This is the oldest one I have right now,” she says, pointing to a light-colored loom in a corner of the studio. They’re made of maple, a wood that can withstand stress. The best looms are sturdy ones, Romey-Tanzer says. In her studio are full-size counterbalance looms, which can produce large blankets, to small table looms, which can weave a maximum width of eight inches. Romey-Tanzer cleans them up, fixes broken parts, and sells them at prices intended to help keep weaving accessible. She also finds them on websites where used equipment is sold. ![]() Brand new, they can cost anywhere from just shy of $1,000 to $10,000, she says, adding that people who know about her business contact her about looms. ![]() Gretchen Romey-Tanzer works on a blanket at a floor loom in her Brewster weaving studio. There are kitchen towels, a blanket, and a rug for a staircase underway alongside her own work. Romey-Tanzer also teaches classes, from beginning weaving, to rug weaving, and rya knotting (a type of Scandinavian knotted-rug technique). “I’m trying to have people treat weaving seriously,” says Romey-Tanzer, who uses the space as both studio and gallery.Īnyone can use the looms here for a monthly fee. The walls are lined with vibrant spools of wool and cotton and with the weaver’s woven pieces, framed as artwork. BREWSTER - Eight big floor looms stand in various stages of use in Gretchen Romey-Tanzer’s studio.
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