I think the expanding coat rack is so brilliant. That one idea blew my tiny mind. I have disabilities that I am able to work around. I think this coat rack will be another one of my work arounds. Thanks so much for sharing it.
This was a great video! I am legally blind, and I’m trying to be a Weaver as well. My husband has to help me wipe the loom, which is not his thing. I wish more disabled Weavers would put out videos to help some of the other disabled community. Thank you for this video. 14:53
I'm glad this helped! I'll be having a video up soon about some of my personal painpoints in getting into weaving as a younger disabled genderqueer person.
Oh. I wish I’d known about this way of warping before! I’m autistic (and I suspect I also have ADHD), and I have back pain. I’ve also only got a very small space in which to warp in, along with back pain (and other injuries I’ve caused myself while trying to warp) and this would have saved me from a lot of all of that! Maybe now I’ll get my loom out a bit more often and use it! =^.^= thank you so much for this technique!
Hey... Autistic here too. For me figuring out what sitting position worked for me long term helped a ton too! My hips like to sublex too often so figuring out that it didn't matter if I was sitting "weird" helped a TON.
Thank you for a wonderful video and warping board alternative. I had forgotten that this is actually a workable option. As a spinner and weaver, working with my limitations has led to some challenges that most textile artists don't have to face until age and health issues kick in. My issues are back, neck, hip, PTSD, and TBI from a collision 20+ years ago. Secondary issues have resulted from the initial injuries and include shoulder and balance issues. I've found that a nice rolling office chair is essential for warping and weaving on my looms. It adjusts to the height i need for different tasks, let's me sit and still maneuver around my loom and reach both sides (30 inch wide) without stress. Again, thanks for sharing and inspiring.
A nice rolling chair is on my list of workspace purchases. Right now I use a free dining chair off of FB that I've padded the seat with shawls and I tilt as I need to reach things (I know it's bad for the chair, and I do tighten the leg bolts regularly).
Thanks!!! I try to make a video every friday in my off season from vending, but health gets in the way sometimes. So I'm working on being gentle with myself on those days.
I have a very much milder form of EDS, and a not so mild form of ADHD, so i really, really appreciate seeing this method of warping. I’m currently fighting a shoulder injury that was probably brought about by the EDS, so anything that make this easier is appreciated. Thank you!
The spoon theory applies to so many aspects of our lives, thank you for this clear explanation. Having ADHD means that I can easily become frustrated, then tired, and have to stop what ever I’m working on. Now I have a way to judge how I need to expend my time for better results. Some 20 years ago I took weaving lessons, and found that the things I anticipated giving me trouble, like concentrating to thread a loom, didn’t. Even with no physical disabilities, standing to use a traditional warping board is hard on backs, shoulders, arms. Your solution is so smart, for you situation, and for a table top loom. Not only does the coat rack work for the warp, but the way you work over and under the front bar makes for a much more even and secure take up. Thank you and happy weaving.
@@YasuTaniina That makes sense and must make planning and protecting your available energy difficult. At 75 yrs old/young I’m still trying to negotiate just ADHD. Hope you are able to find a pattern that works in concert with two very different obstacles.
Thank you for making this video and for sharing your story. I’ve been struggling with hand cramps and trigger finger for a while. Normally, I’m a knitter, but can’t knit for extended periods of time. My friend suggested weaving to tame the yarn stash while I figure out what’s going on my hands. He and I signed up for a class next month. Meanwhile, I’ve been doing research on finding ways to adapt my “temporary” hand issues. Warping seems daunting especially when my hands refuse to function. I plan on using your tip! I’ll share it would my friend.
This warping method is genious! Thank you for sharing. And also thank you for sharing your story. I know (and use) the spoon theory very well, and have for many years. I currently am searching for a rigid heddle loom.
Thanks so much for this! I was blessed to inherit a loom with adaptive features! It is a floor loom, but it has hand controls to raise the shafts. I have Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder and I have trouble using my feet to move treadles, and supporting my torso. This setup makes it much less physicaly taxing to weave! And I can leave the shafts raised so I don't loose track of where I am when I have to stop and take a break.
I also have POTS, plus multiple back and joint issues. No EDS that I'm aware of. But adaptive warping is definitely something I've been needing to figure out. I have a floor loom that i just got started using. I'm still figuring out the best ways for me to sit and use it without causing a spoon deficit. This definitely looks promising.
Wow what a brilliant idea! I am disabled too. My disability causes me to hardly have any balance at all. Warping my rigid heddle loom is a huge challenge for me, as you can appreciate. As of now I shall be hunting for a concertina coat rack, because that will make my weaving life so much easier and even the hardest part fun! Thank you so much for this! Oh, and the spoons: also very useful, because my nervous system has decided to remain at sea when I came off the ferry back in 2007. So even though I can see everything sits still, it feels like I'm on a boat. Sadly, on a boat you can see the waves coming, but I can't! So I may be nearly nearly thrown over by a tsunami that I didn't know was on the way. Riding these sudden changes takes up one heck of a lot of energy - spoons - and it will be very useful to explain this to others with spoons, rather than trying to explain something most people don't understand, however hard they try! So thank you!
Thank you so much for this video! I also have EDS and CFS/ME (aka fatigue chronique because it looks better in French). My tip is to makensure to keep breathing while crafting! I get so excited by the process and possibility that I rush or hold my breath or even just "lean in" - and although good feelings, these are exertions. So I have to craft mindfully... and breathe rhythmically with each stitch or warp or shuttle move. Like you showed in your video, it can be quite meditative. I have just a mini loom and now an inkle loom I definitely need a way to avoid the 8ft × number or warp threads because that's all my steps (and spoons) for a day! Pretty sure novels are too many spoons for YT comment sections!😅
Thank you for sharing this idea! I’m new to weaving, I am wondering how to measure the length I see you weaving in the coat rack but I’d like to understand the math thanks.
I personally have dyscalculia and dyslexia, so my process for that is a bit different. I experimented with different wrapping methods in my warping space and figured out how long the different warp lengths were that way. It's a lot less precise, but it's what works for my brain.
I would love to know how you transfer all of you warp for the board to the loom and keep the tension? I love your idea! I don't have a lot of room to keep long threads level. This is a genius idea.
I'd love to see the entire warp path... That warping board you set up is genius! I wish I knew about it last year when my son and I were living in a camping trailer while waiting to be able to move into our house.
@@weavingrainbow9063 Another video I'm planning is one about my workspace. Having a designated crafting room is a luxury so few people have, so I want to show how I've maximized my nook for my needs.
I have put off using my larger weaving looms (rigid heddle, baby wolf) because warping is just so exhausting for me just for my Inkle looms. Thank you for this!!
I just shared this video with my Best friend who has the same condition as you. Knitting is hard for her. Lucky I have a small spare loom just waiting for a new adventure.
I have fibromyalgia and ADHD, along with some other issues. I use the spoon theory to describe my ADHD struggles, but for my fibro, I often prefer to describe it in forks. Like "stick a fork in me, I'm done" Some pain I can tolerate, like being poked with a toothpick. But sometimes it might as well be a pitchfork, and I just cannot tolerate it and I can't do anything else but sleep it off
I'm the same way, and I find that a lot of people who deal with chronic pain are the same way. I can deal with dull-achy pain till the cows come home and then deal with it for the cows, but the moment I get on and off again sharp pain I'm DONE.
I have a dissociative disorder that makes me not just dissociate but faint as well when I get overwhelmed or stressed. So I cannot drive at all. I also have trouble with my legs so can't stand super long right now so warping can be hard for me. I love your idea of the coat rack!
I'm so glad!!! I talk about it less on this channel, but yup, dissociative disorder here too! One of the many things I love about weaving is now that I've got the muscle memory I can just *sink* into it.
I don't know anything about weaving and I don't have any chronic illnesses, but UA-cam recommended me your video randomly :) It might be because I am otherwise multiply disabled -- not going to list them all out here, but I consider my 'primary' disability being autistic. I've not heard folks talk about 'large' and 'small' spoons before -- I like that distinction! You talking through how spoon-spending works also helped to me understand how overspending spoons can work for me: if I spend too many spoons over what I have available, either over a short or a long period of time, I become at-risk for what we call 'autistic burnout.' I lose some skills I already had, become exhausted and even more easily prone to sensory overload, etc. Thank you for sharing more of your process! I'd love to learn more about weaving :) it's a beautiful art.
Oh I'm well familiar with autistic burnout. I'm high-masking Autistic. Before shifting to weaving professionally I worked as a Library Director, burned out from that, then shifted to being a Direct Support Professional, and then my physical health decided to go *pphhbttt* (Which is the fully technical medical term 😂).
thank you for this demo. i have lots of random disabilities, and i hand sew, and thimbles dont work for me so I use a flat flexible piece of rubber to grip the needle while i push or pull it through. also, hand sewing at all is a major adaptation for me because i used to think i couldn't sew but it turns out my 'tism just doesn't like the machines lol. lots others but that's what i can think of right now
I hear you on the 'tism not liking the machines. I get so overstimulated, my partners have learned to just not engage with me until at least a half hour after I've put the machine away.
I take frequent brakes while warping a loom due to back issues. Also have to be careful not to stand or bend over wrong due to blood pressure issue that will make me dizzy and possible fall. How many yards of yarn does coat hanger hold?
Cool!! I hope i find something this helpful with my RSI. Most of the time its okay but some days i can only crochet for minutes before i can feel im just damaging my hands more, even though i really dont want to stop…
If you haven't looked into it I suggest looking into compression gloves and finger splints. But also look into weaving, I came to weaving from knitting. My hands just can't take it anymore, and if you drop a stitch it's a pain in the rear. If you drop the shuttle while weaving you're fine!
@@HawksongWeaving ah yeah i have a compression glove, its kinda helpful on bad days but ive been thinking a wrist splint might be better. I do wanna try weaving sometime but i’ll probably get into sewing more soon, i have done that a bit before and i inherited all the equipment from my grandma so all i need is some extra free time/energy. That said uuuuuh adhd? shhhhhhh its fiiine. Lol Looking back, more than anything i think i protect my ability to crochet by learning how to avoid other aggravators. So, kinda spoons! haha. Mostly with adjusting how i use my computer, since im stuck there most of the time as a computing student lol. I got my rsi from too much handwriting with a death-grip on the pen. turns out ergo mice use very similar motions so i cant use them. But i can use a normal mouse with my hand just tilted like an ergo mouse. It looks weird and sometimes its a bit clumsy but its comfy too! I also got a proper wrist rest and i tilt my keyboard backwards sometimes, with a book. my whole arm and the back of my hands feel much more relaxed when i do that. Makes it hard to reach the spacebar on some keyboards though. Oh and now i use different pens too haha. Anyway for crochet, i have been sorta experimenting with my technique. And ways to build up additional grip on the hooks. With hockey tape 😂 got that idea from how its used for hockey stick grips, i noticed its more malleable than most other tape. its getting there but its kinda shoddy and messy since uuuh. Its made to go with great big clumsy padded hockey gloves. Not. Needlework. Yarn likes to stick to it too 😅. Its a start though!
@@tafellappen8551 It took a lot of experimenting to figure out what worked for me. I come from a background of working as a direct support professional, so that helps inform my try, try again approach. Wishing you well on your adaptation journey!
@@HawksongWeaving that makes a lot of sense. Thanks! I am getting some inspiration from your videos so thanks for sharing ☺️ im glad i found your channel.
I have an energy limiting disability (me/cfs) that worsens whenever I overexert myself. Because of that I have to limit the amount of time I sit, stand, or walk upright every day because my body interprets that as exertion. So, I've been weaving on my 16" sampleit loom while lying down. I put a standing tray over my legs, tilt the loom onto the edge of the tray and work like that. Actually warping the loom is still a huge task for me though (it takes me days to do. Now that I've seen your method, though, I'm going to give it a try. It would be way easier to sit and do it without all the walking and bending over, which my body HATES lol
I never heard the spoons analogy. I have cerebral palsy and I know that it will get worse over time, but am ok for time being but sometimes it’s the need of tools for the fine motor skills.
Yeah... I adore my partners but I weave too often, and know myself too well and I'd get stressed and snappy. Sometimes it's not engaging with a potential battle that wins the battle.
I think the expanding coat rack is so brilliant. That one idea blew my tiny mind. I have disabilities that I am able to work around. I think this coat rack will be another one of my work arounds. Thanks so much for sharing it.
I'm so happy that you're able to find work arounds.
This was a great video! I am legally blind, and I’m trying to be a Weaver as well. My husband has to help me wipe the loom, which is not his thing. I wish more disabled Weavers would put out videos to help some of the other disabled community. Thank you for this video. 14:53
I'm glad this helped! I'll be having a video up soon about some of my personal painpoints in getting into weaving as a younger disabled genderqueer person.
That's a great idea! I'm definitely going to try that next time I weave. Thanks for sharing.
Oh. I wish I’d known about this way of warping before! I’m autistic (and I suspect I also have ADHD), and I have back pain. I’ve also only got a very small space in which to warp in, along with back pain (and other injuries I’ve caused myself while trying to warp) and this would have saved me from a lot of all of that! Maybe now I’ll get my loom out a bit more often and use it! =^.^= thank you so much for this technique!
Hey... Autistic here too. For me figuring out what sitting position worked for me long term helped a ton too! My hips like to sublex too often so figuring out that it didn't matter if I was sitting "weird" helped a TON.
Thank you for a wonderful video and warping board alternative. I had forgotten that this is actually a workable option.
As a spinner and weaver, working with my limitations has led to some challenges that most textile artists don't have to face until age and health issues kick in.
My issues are back, neck, hip, PTSD, and TBI from a collision 20+ years ago. Secondary issues have resulted from the initial injuries and include shoulder and balance issues.
I've found that a nice rolling office chair is essential for warping and weaving on my looms. It adjusts to the height i need for different tasks, let's me sit and still maneuver around my loom and reach both sides (30 inch wide) without stress.
Again, thanks for sharing and inspiring.
A nice rolling chair is on my list of workspace purchases. Right now I use a free dining chair off of FB that I've padded the seat with shawls and I tilt as I need to reach things (I know it's bad for the chair, and I do tighten the leg bolts regularly).
New to weaving- haven’t even made a single piece but as a EDS spoonie I love to have stumbled across you page
Keep up the work as you are able ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks!!! I try to make a video every friday in my off season from vending, but health gets in the way sometimes. So I'm working on being gentle with myself on those days.
I have a very much milder form of EDS, and a not so mild form of ADHD, so i really, really appreciate seeing this method of warping. I’m currently fighting a shoulder injury that was probably brought about by the EDS, so anything that make this easier is appreciated. Thank you!
I hope that injury heals quickly! EDS sprains and injuries are no joke.
The spoon theory applies to so many aspects of our lives, thank you for this clear explanation. Having ADHD means that I can easily become frustrated, then tired, and have to stop what ever I’m working on. Now I have a way to judge how I need to expend my time for better results.
Some 20 years ago I took weaving lessons, and found that the things I anticipated giving me trouble, like concentrating to thread a loom, didn’t. Even with no physical disabilities, standing to use a traditional warping board is hard on backs, shoulders, arms. Your solution is so smart, for you situation, and for a table top loom. Not only does the coat rack work for the warp, but the way you work over and under the front bar makes for a much more even and secure take up.
Thank you and happy weaving.
As someone with ADHD and who came down with POTS as an adult, I personally feel like the spoons in ADHD are wildly different then in POTS
@@YasuTaniina That makes sense and must make planning and protecting your available energy difficult. At 75 yrs old/young I’m still trying to negotiate just ADHD. Hope you are able to find a pattern that works in concert with two very different obstacles.
Thank you for making this video and for sharing your story.
I’ve been struggling with hand cramps and trigger finger for a while. Normally, I’m a knitter, but can’t knit for extended periods of time.
My friend suggested weaving to tame the yarn stash while I figure out what’s going on my hands. He and I signed up for a class next month. Meanwhile, I’ve been doing research on finding ways to adapt my “temporary” hand issues. Warping seems daunting especially when my hands refuse to function.
I plan on using your tip! I’ll share it would my friend.
I'm so glad you found it helpful!
THis is so briliante. I would have never thought of this idea. This is perfect.!!!!!
Oh! That’s a great and timesaving method! And such beautiful colors!
This warping method is genious! Thank you for sharing. And also thank you for sharing your story. I know (and use) the spoon theory very well, and have for many years. I currently am searching for a rigid heddle loom.
Thanks so much for this! I was blessed to inherit a loom with adaptive features! It is a floor loom, but it has hand controls to raise the shafts. I have Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder and I have trouble using my feet to move treadles, and supporting my torso. This setup makes it much less physicaly taxing to weave! And I can leave the shafts raised so I don't loose track of where I am when I have to stop and take a break.
I'm so glad for all of this!!!
I also have POTS, plus multiple back and joint issues. No EDS that I'm aware of. But adaptive warping is definitely something I've been needing to figure out. I have a floor loom that i just got started using. I'm still figuring out the best ways for me to sit and use it without causing a spoon deficit. This definitely looks promising.
Wow what a brilliant idea! I am disabled too. My disability causes me to hardly have any balance at all. Warping my rigid heddle loom is a huge challenge for me, as you can appreciate. As of now I shall be hunting for a concertina coat rack, because that will make my weaving life so much easier and even the hardest part fun! Thank you so much for this! Oh, and the spoons: also very useful, because my nervous system has decided to remain at sea when I came off the ferry back in 2007. So even though I can see everything sits still, it feels like I'm on a boat. Sadly, on a boat you can see the waves coming, but I can't! So I may be nearly nearly thrown over by a tsunami that I didn't know was on the way. Riding these sudden changes takes up one heck of a lot of energy - spoons - and it will be very useful to explain this to others with spoons, rather than trying to explain something most people don't understand, however hard they try! So thank you!
I'm so glad this might help! Also 100% with just managing the sudden changes. Having a chronic illness is a fulltime job in and of itself.
Thank you so much for this video!
I also have EDS and CFS/ME (aka fatigue chronique because it looks better in French).
My tip is to makensure to keep breathing while crafting! I get so excited by the process and possibility that I rush or hold my breath or even just "lean in" - and although good feelings, these are exertions. So I have to craft mindfully... and breathe rhythmically with each stitch or warp or shuttle move. Like you showed in your video, it can be quite meditative.
I have just a mini loom and now an inkle loom I definitely need a way to avoid the 8ft × number or warp threads because that's all my steps (and spoons) for a day!
Pretty sure novels are too many spoons for YT comment sections!😅
OMG!!! I have me/cfs too! It's so cool to know I'm not the only weaver dealing with that!!!
Thank you for sharing this idea! I’m new to weaving, I am wondering how to measure the length I see you weaving in the coat rack but I’d like to understand the math thanks.
I personally have dyscalculia and dyslexia, so my process for that is a bit different. I experimented with different wrapping methods in my warping space and figured out how long the different warp lengths were that way. It's a lot less precise, but it's what works for my brain.
I would love to know how you transfer all of you warp for the board to the loom and keep the tension? I love your idea! I don't have a lot of room to keep long threads level. This is a genius idea.
That's the video for this Friday! I'll see if I can tag you, I'm less familiar with UA-cam so I'm still working out the processes.
@HawksongWeaving No worries, I subscribe, so I should be notified.
I'd love to see the entire warp path... That warping board you set up is genius! I wish I knew about it last year when my son and I were living in a camping trailer while waiting to be able to move into our house.
@@weavingrainbow9063 Another video I'm planning is one about my workspace. Having a designated crafting room is a luxury so few people have, so I want to show how I've maximized my nook for my needs.
@@HawksongWeaving I have the option of working in the studio/shop, or at home. I've opted for both. My big floor loom will have to be in the studio.
I have put off using my larger weaving looms (rigid heddle, baby wolf) because warping is just so exhausting for me just for my Inkle looms. Thank you for this!!
I'm so glad that you found it helpful!!!
What a great idea!
I just shared this video with my Best friend who has the same condition as you. Knitting is hard for her. Lucky I have a small spare loom just waiting for a new adventure.
I'm so glad!!! Let her know that I wish her well, and good luck!!!
I have fibromyalgia and ADHD, along with some other issues. I use the spoon theory to describe my ADHD struggles, but for my fibro, I often prefer to describe it in forks. Like "stick a fork in me, I'm done"
Some pain I can tolerate, like being poked with a toothpick. But sometimes it might as well be a pitchfork, and I just cannot tolerate it and I can't do anything else but sleep it off
I'm the same way, and I find that a lot of people who deal with chronic pain are the same way. I can deal with dull-achy pain till the cows come home and then deal with it for the cows, but the moment I get on and off again sharp pain I'm DONE.
I have a dissociative disorder that makes me not just dissociate but faint as well when I get overwhelmed or stressed. So I cannot drive at all. I also have trouble with my legs so can't stand super long right now so warping can be hard for me. I love your idea of the coat rack!
I'm so glad!!! I talk about it less on this channel, but yup, dissociative disorder here too! One of the many things I love about weaving is now that I've got the muscle memory I can just *sink* into it.
I don't know anything about weaving and I don't have any chronic illnesses, but UA-cam recommended me your video randomly :) It might be because I am otherwise multiply disabled -- not going to list them all out here, but I consider my 'primary' disability being autistic.
I've not heard folks talk about 'large' and 'small' spoons before -- I like that distinction! You talking through how spoon-spending works also helped to me understand how overspending spoons can work for me: if I spend too many spoons over what I have available, either over a short or a long period of time, I become at-risk for what we call 'autistic burnout.' I lose some skills I already had, become exhausted and even more easily prone to sensory overload, etc.
Thank you for sharing more of your process! I'd love to learn more about weaving :) it's a beautiful art.
Oh I'm well familiar with autistic burnout. I'm high-masking Autistic. Before shifting to weaving professionally I worked as a Library Director, burned out from that, then shifted to being a Direct Support Professional, and then my physical health decided to go *pphhbttt* (Which is the fully technical medical term 😂).
thank you for this demo. i have lots of random disabilities, and i hand sew, and thimbles dont work for me so I use a flat flexible piece of rubber to grip the needle while i push or pull it through. also, hand sewing at all is a major adaptation for me because i used to think i couldn't sew but it turns out my 'tism just doesn't like the machines lol. lots others but that's what i can think of right now
I hear you on the 'tism not liking the machines. I get so overstimulated, my partners have learned to just not engage with me until at least a half hour after I've put the machine away.
I take frequent brakes while warping a loom due to back issues. Also have to be careful not to stand or bend over wrong due to blood pressure issue that will make me dizzy and possible fall. How many yards of yarn does coat hanger hold?
If I really wanted to do the full maximum it would hold about 3.5 yards, but at that point it gets bulky on the loom.
Cool!! I hope i find something this helpful with my RSI. Most of the time its okay but some days i can only crochet for minutes before i can feel im just damaging my hands more, even though i really dont want to stop…
If you haven't looked into it I suggest looking into compression gloves and finger splints. But also look into weaving, I came to weaving from knitting. My hands just can't take it anymore, and if you drop a stitch it's a pain in the rear. If you drop the shuttle while weaving you're fine!
@@HawksongWeaving ah yeah i have a compression glove, its kinda helpful on bad days but ive been thinking a wrist splint might be better.
I do wanna try weaving sometime but i’ll probably get into sewing more soon, i have done that a bit before and i inherited all the equipment from my grandma so all i need is some extra free time/energy. That said uuuuuh adhd? shhhhhhh its fiiine. Lol
Looking back, more than anything i think i protect my ability to crochet by learning how to avoid other aggravators. So, kinda spoons! haha. Mostly with adjusting how i use my computer, since im stuck there most of the time as a computing student lol. I got my rsi from too much handwriting with a death-grip on the pen. turns out ergo mice use very similar motions so i cant use them. But i can use a normal mouse with my hand just tilted like an ergo mouse. It looks weird and sometimes its a bit clumsy but its comfy too! I also got a proper wrist rest and i tilt my keyboard backwards sometimes, with a book. my whole arm and the back of my hands feel much more relaxed when i do that. Makes it hard to reach the spacebar on some keyboards though.
Oh and now i use different pens too haha.
Anyway for crochet, i have been sorta experimenting with my technique. And ways to build up additional grip on the hooks. With hockey tape 😂 got that idea from how its used for hockey stick grips, i noticed its more malleable than most other tape. its getting there but its kinda shoddy and messy since uuuh. Its made to go with great big clumsy padded hockey gloves. Not. Needlework. Yarn likes to stick to it too 😅. Its a start though!
@@tafellappen8551 It took a lot of experimenting to figure out what worked for me. I come from a background of working as a direct support professional, so that helps inform my try, try again approach. Wishing you well on your adaptation journey!
@@HawksongWeaving that makes a lot of sense. Thanks! I am getting some inspiration from your videos so thanks for sharing ☺️ im glad i found your channel.
@@tafellappen8551 I'm so incredibly glad you're here!
I have an energy limiting disability (me/cfs) that worsens whenever I overexert myself. Because of that I have to limit the amount of time I sit, stand, or walk upright every day because my body interprets that as exertion. So, I've been weaving on my 16" sampleit loom while lying down. I put a standing tray over my legs, tilt the loom onto the edge of the tray and work like that. Actually warping the loom is still a huge task for me though (it takes me days to do. Now that I've seen your method, though, I'm going to give it a try. It would be way easier to sit and do it without all the walking and bending over, which my body HATES lol
I hope it works for you!
Thats what i need!
I never heard the spoons analogy. I have cerebral palsy and I know that it will get worse over time, but am ok for time being but sometimes it’s the need of tools for the fine motor skills.
Oh this is a cool setup. I have very similar issues and unfortunately the first adaptation I always have to have is "a second person" lol
Yeah... I adore my partners but I weave too often, and know myself too well and I'd get stressed and snappy. Sometimes it's not engaging with a potential battle that wins the battle.