The Warping Square

05/11/2022

An email has been sent to all who filled out the form to be on the waitlist for the Warping Square. Let me know if you didn't get it! Email is prefered: [email protected]

Thanks!

04/04/2022

Hello all!

There are some big changes happening here at the Warping Square headquarters. ;) We hope to make more time to make the tools you need. To start, we are opening the waitlist for the Warping Square. Production should start in June, and run through July and August. If you sent us an email previously, you should have received a check in today. If not, or if you are newly interested, please fill out this form to be put on the waitlist.

https://forms.gle/fDQsJewEui131RLm6

Thanks to Mamamokum Handwoven for the lovely photo showing the Warping Square loaded with natty silk yarn and a beautiful cross.

06/02/2019

When I was initially designing the Square, I wanted to use Gowdey Reeds for the combs. The problem was weight. Gowdey combs were significantly heavier than LeClerc. So for the past 6 years I have been kind of making do with LeClerc. Their tolerances are pretty rough but up until about 6 months ago I have generally been able to make them work (with a little shaving / grinding). Something changed and now about 50% of my last order could not be made compatible. I had been toying around with comb designs for years as I wanted something lighter, but had come up with nothing that was economically viable to produce. Necessity being the mother of invention, I left the traditional form factor behind and have developed "card combs." They are cut on a laser from a sheet of delrin and bead blasted to a smooth finish. They weigh only 12 grams saving 36 grams in weight over the Leclerc. That may not seem like much, but it is a HUGE reduction in rotational weight.

01/14/2019

Are you in Europe? You might be excited about this. We're pleased (ecstatic really) to announce that Saltwater Rose Studio will be carrying the Warping Square!

Read more about in this group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1706433509679841/
Or visit the website: https://saltwaterrose.com/product/sawyer-bee-warping-square/

04/06/2018

Are you in Southern Michigan? We'll have a booth at the Fiber Expo in Ann Arbor April 14 and 15. Stop on by and see Tug in action! We will also have a Louet Erica set up and a Warping Square. Stop by!

www.fiberexpo.com

02/21/2018

I finally got to put my TUG to good use for an upcoming warp. 22 skeins (6.5 pounds) in about 2 hours!

12/30/2017

Tug is now available for pre-order on our website!

Thanks to everyone for supporting our Kickstarter campaign we were able to sell and make 49 TUG's. We are ready to make more! We've decided to take pre-orders with a shipping date of March 15. The Kickstarter taught us that it takes a bit longer to make than we thought, and also that it costs a bit more than we anticipated! (doesn't everything?!) We were hoping to have a retail price at or below $500, but that's just not possible. Retail price will be $550. Deadline for March pre-orders is Feb 15.

TUG is a motorized ball winder that winds yarn into balls (cakes.) Useful for knitters, weavers, yarn dyers and other fiber artists.

12/22/2017

Mitch is sending out more Tug's today!

We've also set up a group for Tug. You can join here, whether or not you have one.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/tugtalk

12/19/2017

The first 20 Tug's are being mailed out today!

12/15/2017

Looking for a Louet Erica? We have some available! They are enroute to us now.

We had a chance to try them out at the Midwest Weavers conference and demo it at the New England Weavers Seminar this summer. It's a great little loom!

http://sawyerbee.com/louet-erica/

12/07/2017

During the prototype process Mitch and I would discuss things and often sketch them out. Sawyer took it upon herself to make a full sketch of TUG. She did a few versions. She really captured the whimsy and feel of working with fiber.

I love it so much we did a custom engraving of it on the TUG that will live with us. This is our top plate! (the rest of them will just have the TUG logo on them.)