Expensive scarf kits for sale have no reviews

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Diana McCoy

4 months ago

I bought the Melting Ice scarf kit, considering myself an Advanced Beginner inasmuch as I have been weaving for over a year on a daily basis. I was disappointed that the 2 silk yarns were skeins rather than on spools since I lack the equipment and expertise to wind ,these myself and frankly, having spent this much money I didn't much want to turn around and buy a swift and another tool to wind a silk bobbin. I have bought silk yarn from JST and always paid extra to have it wound. The kit itself made no reference to how the silk was being sent and it never occurred to me to ask.I wanted to leave a review alerting other potential customers about this inasmuch as it cost me $24 to return this kit to you. but your website didn't allow me to do so despite being a guild member and having purchased the kit. I then noticed that none of the scarves have reviews. What's up with this? Considering the expense of these kits, I would like to know what other customers think of a kit before I purchase again and end up wasting money I don't have. It would have been very helpful to have known in advance that the silk is in a skein so I could have made an informed purchase. Thanks for your consideration with this.

Ginette Mod

4 months ago

Thanks Diana for your feedback and we will look into adding a note on the silk kits that the silks is not wound. We'll also look into why the scarf kit didn't allow reviews. Thanks again!

Diana McCoy

4 months ago

I’m thinking this is true for all of the scarf kits, not just the one I purchased, since no one has left any reviews whatsoever, which seems odd.

Diana McCoy

4 months ago

Actually, having visited your web site again, I don't see a single review for ANY of the kits you sell! It seems no one is able to leave a review, not just me. I am definitely going to think twice before I order another kit.

I appreciate your willingness to consider be more descriptive about the contents of the kits. It seems a simple matter to add "skeins of 20/2 Bombyx silk" rather than just "20/2 Bombyx silk."

Ginette Mod

4 months ago

Good morning Diana,

I'm not sure why you are not able to see some of the reviews, but again, we will have our tech guru look into this as soon as possible as to why you can't leave a review. We are hoping it'll be a quick fix. Stay tuned!

Diana McCoy

4 months ago

I looked at about 15+ different kits in different categories. They all indicated zero reviews.

Margaret Cook

4 months ago

Diana, often I put the skein on the chair. I then wind a ball by hand. It could also go on the legs. Another use for the warp board is to hook the skein on two pegs and wind it off the board. Sometimes having those extras is fine but most times it is unnecessary. Best wisehs

Diana McCoy

4 months ago

Thanks. I’m really not up to attempting this at this point in my weaving when it involves silk. Maybe next year, after another year of weaving under my belt. Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll keep it in mind. My main issue is that it would have been helpful to know that the silk came in skeins before purchasing the kit for the faint hearted among us, like me.

shulabernard

4 months ago

This is currently on my Louet SpringI loom and I am having a devil of a time with the warp - the 40/2 linen warp is breaking - especially but not exclusively at the selvidges. I’ve loosened the tension, I’ve sprayed the linen but continue to weave no ,ore than a few inches when another breakage occurs. I did not experience this with the 30/2 euroflax and I doubt that I will be motivated to try the 40/2 linen again. It’s really frustrating - would love one of Jane’s future episodes to focus on linen, and in particular, the linen JST sells. Having said that - the sample is gorgeous, just enormously frustrating.
Shula

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Cheryl Schwarz

4 months ago

It's interesting how weavers have different experiences / challenges with the same fibers...I wove a set of 6 napkins using 3 colors of the 40/2 JST linen and had zero breakage...I did nothing special to the warp yarns or weft while weaving. In fact, it's on my to-do list to weave yardage for a top using the 40/2 linen..I LOVE it so much.

A weaving friend here had breakage using the JST alpaca on the DDW scarves, I did not have any breakage doing the same project.

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