First a world renowned potter, then a fashionista piano teacher, and NOW the well read weaver! All of their homes and lives...full of hidden treasure! How fun!!
As a historian, I knew they were really into history when I saw their decorative objects. For instance, the chess pieces you found in the beginning are replicas of a very famous chess set in the British Museum called the Lewis Chessmen, which were made in the 12th century. I wasn't surprised when you found the immense library of history books. My kind of place!
Alex you hit a gold mine with the weaving and spinning items. The Ashford Joy 2 spinning wheel in the case upstairs is around $890. If she bought more bobbins then it is more. She would use the spinning wheel to spin wool fiber into yarn. Look in her stash to find the fiber. I would trash the wool or freeze it so that you don't spread moths in case they got into the fiber. It's a fiber artist's worse nightmare, moths. (all prices are USD) The case alone for her Ashford Joy 2 spinning wheel costs $160. The Floor loom upstairs without knowing the brand I guess new she spent between $6k to $15K, yes thousands. Those looms are in the thousands. The table loom by the book case is between $6 hundred to a few thousand new. Spinning, weaving and knitting supplies do not loose their value. I bought a spinning wheel new and sold it 5 years later for more than I bought it for. The Loom in the basement not knowing the brand I would guess she spent between $9k to $17K, more than some cars cost. All that white yarn or string in boxes is probably to warp the looms. Warping is that thread you see on the floor looms which is the base for the real weaving process. It took her weeks to warp that big loom. It's a tedious job that you thread each yarn-thread through a series of holes in the heddles which keep the threads straight when you weave. She hadn't even begun weaving. All that thread on the loom is only the warp. That box shaped wood frame with pegs on it is a warpping mill worth hundreds of dollars. With a loom so large you have to have a warpping mill to keep threads in order. In the basement when you walk in on the table is a Drum Carder. That is to blend the wool fiber. Cost new around $660-$800. The wood thing that looks like spokes on a wheel is called a yarn Swift. It's for winding yarn into a cake. Price $130 or more. On the table on the left are a few ball winders. The wood winder is around $200 and the plastic one is $50. The room where you found the Ukulele there was a spinning wheel. I don't think it is worth as much as the wheel upstairs. Maybe $400. Look in that basket that is on the bookcase. I saw some drop spindles in there. A good place to check prices is a website called The Woolery dot com and Paradise Fibers dot com. Also check on a website called Ravelry. They have groups and forums that buy and sell. You will find a huge group of weavers, spinners and knitters on Ravelry dot com. It's a good resource for prices and customers that know what you have and will help identify everything. Good luck. You got my heart racing to see this Candy Store of fiber arts supplies. I'm a spinner, weaver and knitter. Everything from weaving, spinning and knitting tools are super expensive. Think hundreds of $$$ to thousands. Happy hunting!
I think someone on here spilled the beans about who the person was. He was a well known weaver and was a member of the local guild. If this is the person i believe it is, he built those looms himself. I imagine they would be in high demand by members of the guild.
My heart was / is still racing at the sight of those! I weave (and dye) for a living and was actually watching this video while I was in my own studio! I made a comment earlier that Alex should contact the local weavers and spinners group for help. Especially with the yarn. I’m in Ontario or else I would offer to help sort that out myself. The looms don’t look homemade to me though. The one in the basement might be a 12 shaft Leclerc Colonial. The bigger of the two upstairs looks like it’s at least a 12 shaft, but it almost looks more like a 16 shaft, I don’t know the maker. All of the looms appear to be in great condition. I would be like a kid in a candy store!
I was hoping a fiber person would chime in. My eyes lit up when I saw the wheel, then the sheep, and I kept wondering where is the stash? There must be stash. Oh boy! I'm excited for The Weaver's House Adventure.
that was my thought, as well. Creative people, book lovers, who seem to have had a very full life at one time. It seems fortuitous that Alex would bring their passions back to life, while fulfilling his. Karma is good!
@@magic8ball1982 To be fair the Musician's house might as well have been called the "Fashionista's house" so we've sort of already had something in that field :)
I nearly cried over the wheels and looms. Let alone all the fiber...well over ten grand in looms and wheels alone. Ive wanted a loom like that since I was ten.
Ditto! I was gasping when I saw the tools, and bless his heart he is entranced with the airplane models. I'm watching over here wishing he would get back to the stash, the Goeblin frame that they kept walking by.
Every time I watch a video like this, I clean out my house and closets. By the time I pass, I want to travel light. I retired last Aug and ever since then I have been cleaning, donating and organizing.
Good for you, Audrey! I am also in the process of "lightening up" and donating/organizing years of accumulated "stuff". The printed sign on my fridge says it all: "Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful."
Likewise! My mom's home was relatively easy to empty when the time came. She also wanted to "travel light." But I have many friends who are in the middle of disposing of 50 years of stuff. It's overwhelming. It can take years. Expensive and stressful. I'm following yours and my mom's example ... Travel light!
There's a few youtube videos on 'Swedish death cleaning'. Very interesting concept, it's all about cleaning up so you won't burden those who survive you. It sounds grim but it's very loving in essence.
@@TiaMat99 I guess I'm at the age where this is a very relevant problem. What does a person do with 5 cases of Lladro? Or 1500 books? Or 30 model airplanes? (Real examples btw) Yet I've seen friends weeping over those exact questions. Another reason I am grateful to my mom. One of her mantras was "too much stuff!" Excellent example for her kids. She saved us a lot of effort and guilt.
Correct. I was also thinking someone might leave a mean comment about Alex "looting" such a home but thankfully we all know he is a nice person and respectful. Besides when I think about it even the hoarder houses were someone's home even if we don't identify with those.
@@Lisamakes It is very sad ! My dad passed first and my mom always said she wanted to leave the house nice, neat and clean, if she didn't come back home. I'm sure it was indeed that way, but I ( living out of state) never when in the door after she passed. My 2 brothers and sister went through it all together. Mom even keep the attic in order to make it easy and several times had someone come to haul things away that she no longer needed but thought someone else could use. My brother remodeled the house (which my dad had built) and lived there till he passed, now his wife and 2 boys live there, it's still a show place and even more so. Life goes on and memories last as long as there's others to take over where we leave off.
Cool!!!! Another house exploration to watch!! I can't wait to see her fiber and yarn stash revealed!! Burn tests can help reveal some of the fiber content on the fiber if unmarked. Maybe the car can be sold Stephen?
Nope. As I mentioned to Alex, there aren't many weavers and they probably already own a large loom. Not many people have the space to keep a large loom. The small looms are only worth $100 or $200 each. Again, the weaving community is small. Demand and supply.
@@TH0ltz Western Canada has a massive fibrearts community, I know because I was part of it. The looms and spinning wheel as well as books have great resale value, you just need to approach the right people. Olds College runs Master spinning and weaving courses and guilds are everywhere. Alex should sell through them x
Me too till I get started, then I can’t carry on it’s too much hard work for my old arthritic body, just tearing up some boxes and a king a couple and I got dizzy and nauseous, I had to stop, it happens every time I’ve tried.
This house really makes me want to know about the former resident. They were artistic, they read a lot about all subjects, their favorite color was red. They just seem like a cool person to talk to.
I am lucky because my three kids love old things just as much as I do. Good thing because everything I own is really old right down to the vintage cookware from the 1920s and 1930s
I've been Swedish Death Cleaning for a while now, little by little. ..."In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning “death” and städning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and invigorating process of clearing out unnecessary belongings can be undertaken at any age or life stage but should be done sooner than later, before others have to do it for you"...
These people seemed really interesting. I’d love to sit down & have some espresso with them & talk to them about their life. Thank you to u & your wife for being respectful & mindful of keeping the couples dignity. I appreciate your integrity. So many resellers exploiting shock value for views and sacrificing a family’s honor. Kind of went on a tangent there but was worth the mention. I would love to marry someone to do this with 🙂
not to sound to paranoid or overly hopeful but check the dimensions of the basement. I always want to hear about someone finding a hidden room behind a book case.
I am a retired visual arts teacher from Massachusetts in the USA. Weaving was not my forte but I know that those huge looms that look like the size of a queen sized bed are super expensive. They are almost equivalent to the cost of a car. I bet the books are about weaving. You will have no problem getting your investment back and more.
Looms are expensive to buy originally but sadly often not worth the money 2nd hand. I hope someone knows the value and Alex makes the money on it but I'm not holding my breath having seen many given away and thrown out over the last few years as the interest in weaving isn't there anymore
The yarn itself is valuable too as I'm sure most of it is discontinued stock. There is a really big market online for yarn that is unique or unavailable anymore in the knitting/crocheting community (which is HUGE and even bigger now after the pandemic). Hope he realises that's a gold mine
@@outoftheburrough looms definitely DO drop in value however there has been a huge resurgence in weaving in the last few years. I myself make a living at weaving babywraps. My wraps are highly sought after and sold all over the world. This interest in handwoven babywraps has made a lot of young mothers interested in weaving, PLUS the pandemic has people taking it up as a hobby, like never before. This is the PERFECT time to sell second hand looms.
The item in the bag is a spinning wheel, and brand-new these can cost upwards of $500-$600 (US) (especially with accessories). What a find! And the equipment in the basement! Not only the floor loom (that size usually starts around $1,000 US), but there's an umbrella swift (for winding yarn), a clock reel (for winding yarn), a warping board ... this person was seriously into the textile arts!
My father was a weaver. And he had a stash! Not quite as large, but 3 looms, a couple spinning wheels, tons of books, and LOTS of threads/ yarns. I got in contact with the local weaving guild and sold a large part of it to its members! You may want to try .... someone could at least help you with values. Also, that triangular thing that Mel unzipped upstairs is a spinning wheel. I think they’re called “walking wheels” because you could transport them. Dad also collected sheep and would have been mighty envious of the collection you have there!! Thanks for those memories! (He even wove the fabric for my wedding dress and jackets for himself.)
Not a walking wheel it is a portable folding wheel to easily take to spin ins and guild meetings, a walking wheel is large and you stand next to it and move the wheel to put twist on the fiber and it has a quill at the end.
@@karenmoore5278 Hey Karen, you have my maiden name. Had to do a double take. Any chance your middle initial is L? I think there are a lot of Karen Moore's around. I've known 3 personally over the years.
Weavers just love to meet up with other weavers to discuss the craft so your weaver may have been a member of the Guild of Canadian weavers and have local friends who know exactly what all those looms are all about. If you go to the Guild of Canadian Weavers website you can look up Edmonton Weavers Guild and there is a contact person for that guild listed. Also, dyes for wool are hazardous and do not let people open up jars and play with them. Protect eyes and breathing if any have been spilled. I can't wait to see more of this house.
Am I the only one that this house makes really sad? It's like they left the house one day and never came back. Time stood still. I can emotionally better handle the hoarder houses. All the looms, yarn, and books omg. 💜💜💜💜
@@centrifugedestroyer2579 Yeah, I felt almost incomfortable watching Alex and Melissa going through the stuff in the house until they went to the basement.
that tolkien box set!! all those books!! it feels so strange because i can relate so much with this stranger's library. i think we could have been friends if our paths had crossed...
There is a very active Weavers Guild in Edmonton. They would be a good resource to contact about the Spinning and Weaving items. That geometric colour block print was Mondrian. He was the father of that kind of abstract art. It was even used in fashion of the time.
The chess pieces are 12th century Lewis Chessmen replicas. You might recognise them as they were used as the pieces in "wizards chess" in Harry Potter and they were also used in The Walking Dead. They're most likely bought from the British Museum.
The Weaver living in that house was probably a member of the Edmonton Guild. You may get a great back story as well as advice and information on the wool, the dyes all of it.
Pineapple motif is symbolic of hospitality, because “back in the day,” pineapples were extremely expensive, so to show you could afford to serve your guests pineapples was way super classy yo
Not sure if anyone mentioned it already, but the blue and white creamer I think is showing a scene of the town of Avon in England. I don't think it was made by the cosmetics company lol. Cheers!
My 27 year old granddaughter would absolutely love to be the one that found the fiber and spinning wheels and looms. That is her favorite thing. She just started a you tube channel on this subject about a month ago. She could probably tell you everything about all those things you found. What a find!!!!
you have to be carefull with the yarn and inspect it very thoroughly ! If there is only one moth, it will eat up everything fibery in your house. Old yarns can be a blessing or a pest!
I believe just that large loom may have returned your money to you.....Good for you---happy to see someone being rewarded for digging in and doing the hard work that so many people can't/won't.....good honest hard work really does pay off---and your channel is proof! Hello Miss Melissa! Love seeing the two of you on adventures together! and I loved that tree wall hanging in the basement! I suppose we will be seeing yet a few more K-Auctions!!!
You need to carry a portable charger like a Halo. There are other brands. You can carry it your hand and almost any one can use it. You can also plug in a lamp or a phone to charge etc ❤❤❤
What a brilliant idea, sift out the rare and valuable and off to auction. Josh can remake the shelves for the coffee shop. I love books, I would have a whole room as a library/reading room if I had the space. No one seems to want books anymore, they are almost worthless such a terrible shame.
Awww..someone's precious humble home and items just left after the person had to leave for whatever reasons. Very sad and bittersweet their cherished home is now being emptied out.
it seems like teh person was elderly and is either at a retirement home, or has died. it is really sad, and makes you think about the transience of life, and what we value in it. the objects the person accumulated over a lifetime, with care and love, are no longer needed to them
The chess pieces are copies of the Lewis Chessmen found on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. Theyre viking in origin and the one that's second from the left is biting his shield and is a 'berserker'. Its where the modern term 'go berserk' comes from today.
I came here to say the same thing. Saw a lot of them on Lewis. Beautiful place. Very remote but gorgeous beaches and when we went in June it never gets fully dark!
I have a copy of that chess set which I bought from the Oxfam shop in Bath for £4.95. It was in a carrier bag and I don't think anybody had bothered to investigate what was inside!😊
@@juliegraham8133 I thought I had replied yday but can't find it now 🤷 Anyway I asked if you lived in Bath? If so, I'm only about six miles away. Small world 😁
@@TheAdventurours Speaking of Belgium....& Weaving (Belgian tapestry).... I know a nice story, as In one of the rooms there was a poster with English sheep (wool), which reminded me of that in the 1300s English kings invited Belgian weavers to come and live in England to weave English wool. And with them, came the game they had invented 200 years earlier in the 1100s. Weavers had a high status in society and hence a lot of free time, during which they would herd sheep, during which they played a game they had invented: met de _cric_ _ket_sen (hitting with a stick [against a ball])...and so 200 years later this was Anglicized into....cricket!
I knew immediately that the bag on the chair in the corner was a portable spinning wheel. Would LOVE to have it!!! It as all the spindles and I think it's a single peddle, double drive wheel. TOO BEAUTIFUL!!! 🤗🙌🏼
omg! Alex! those looms... you for sure made back your money on those alone... and don't throw out those slats that you tripped over, they're for the looms
Is that Stephen's new car? It's crazy to me that people keep boxes and drawers and jars of coins in their house. Man, that's a LOT of books! Looking forward to following along!
The chess pieces on the bookshelf are reproduction Isle of Lewis Chess Pieces. A good loom can be worth about a 2000 dollars Early IBM computer boxes are worth money. Please don't throw them away. There was a nice early Tolkien Lord of the Rings trilogy on the top of the bookshelf. Edit: I had to look up the Linn Tukan speakers and are worth new about 800 USD for the set.
i can understand the family selling the contents of a home of a loved one AFTER going thru it myself to gather all the meaningful personal items, photos, maybe a favorite chair my nan sat in & read me stories as a child, etc..before i sell it all to a stranger & rely on them to turn over my requested items. thats just odd.
Just a guess.. but given the date on the calender oct 2020...the last person living there likley passed away last year which means the Canadian border was somewhat closed , or at least had a 2 weeek quarantine in place, so anyone coming in would have to quarantine here 2 weeks, and likely 2 more on their return home..this may have played a very large role in making a decision to sell the contents to someone without going thru the contents, and another quess is that the woman in the family had perhaps already passed, and the male was there alone for a bit, on that case more than likely any children would have already gone through the house for specific keep sakes they knew they wanted and jewelry ...just a guess...
@@bigsteve8408 Yes, but you can hire someone to go through and retrieve valuables for you and have an auction on the things of lesser value as opposed to just selling it all like that. It's very odd.
Keep it up, Alex! FYI: Linn is a Scottish brand, makers of very musical Hi-Fi. The Tukan was Mid-priced, so pair them up with a similar, neutral-sounding setup and they sound surprisingly good.
Did you see the drum carder, swifts and wooden ball winder? She has everything. I can't wait for when they go through that craft room. I wonder if she has any beautiful supported or drop spindles. I saw some in a basket on top of a bookcase.
If my husband walked into that room of books he would not come out for the rest of his life, he is a major history buff. So excited to watch another house clearing.
It was so exciting to see what you were going to find...then as you were going from room to room my excitement was fading....before long it had turned into sadness 🥺 I realized that a family's entire house has ended up left behind for strangers to riffle thru looking personal items wondering the value . Back to reality I understand it's a business for you..I'm not upset...not one bit towards you!!! I know it's better for someone like yourself to see value in items and get it back out in circulation instead of throwing out in the landfill!!! Not everyone has family that would take responsibility to see everything was cleaned up and out. Thanks for sharing the video...Thanks for being respectful and kind..Good luck and may you have much success...🙂
I giggled in my head... He said "look at all of the books!" In the living room, and then when he got downstairs, the upstairs amount of books was hardly a fraction compared to the basement 🤣
Your son is very lucky. I think he just found his car, until he will be able to buy his dream car. Good job Alex. Looking forward for the next upload. Keep up.
@@S_H9260 Yep. I understand. My grandmother always made her own curtains so she could hide cash in the hems. Also, cookie jars, fake baseboards, cash envelopes taped to the backs of furniture or on the underside of rugs...
As a person who has been looking at getting into spinning and weaving, you easily have over $4000USD just in fiber working materials. Holy crap, this is exciting.
Yes! And those looms are worth many more thousands each! I saw that first loom in the upstairs bedroom and thought ~ well, Alex, you just made your money back, right there!
I've moved so many times so just walking through the house and knowing all the sorting and packing you have to do = nightmare for me. I'm glad there are personalities like yours that sees this as a fun (and profitable) challenge. I will make a note to my executor that maybe selling the contents of my house (which is not nearly so packed as this one) as a single lot would be so much easier than trying to sort through it himself for yard sale.
My dad hides his money inside the kitchen tissue roll. He has to swap it to the new roll each time the kitchen roll tissue runs out. Most people would never think to look inside tissue boxes and kitchen roll tubes. I loved the globe in this video. The owner/owners seemed like they would have been super fun to talk to. Cool buy guys.
@28:53 - lol'd at the Mondrian, Alex said it's a Calder, flipped it over, and waved his finger back and forth over the name Piet Mondrian, looking for the name Calder :-D
I immediately spotted the mid-century dining set which is wonderful. Looks like you might have some good stuff and a pretty nice vehicle. Thanks for purchasing this adventure!
I attempted to find if indeed i could google as you stated in another comment thread that you googled the area and master weaver and it popped up. The only one that seems to match what you are thinking to be this person was Ilya Oratovsky and his wife Maria. However the only article that came up was from 2016 mentioned marias passing. I didn't see ANYTHING recently to make me believe this was indeed these weavers. I suppose it could be but there's No way to know for sure.
Spinning wheel in a bag. You spin fiber into yarn. Very nice. Love the small looms! Oh my! I am in heaven! All that spun yarn, loom, wheels,! I have done all that stuff!!!.. wonderful Books and spinning! My kind of family!
My friend hides money in the bottom of Kleenex tissue boxes by putting the money under the tissues. Her house was broke into while on vacation and the thieves left the tissue boxes with the money. I was reminded of this when I saw the tissue box sitting above some money you found.
Western Canada has a massive fibrearts community, I know because I was part of it. I travelled from Vancouver to Alberta for good kit before. The looms and spinning wheel as well as books have great resale value, you just need to approach the right people. Don’t underestimate the books. Olds College runs Master spinning and weaving courses and guilds are everywhere. Alex should sell through them x EDIT: Holy cow! Just saw the basement!!! That’s a fibre artist’s dream!!!
I have the same Celtic chess piece figures. I bought mine in Sterling, Scotland. They are exactly the same. They're called Uig or Lewis chessmen, from the Island of Lewis, replicas of a set discovered in 1831. They are a real find!!
I stopped the video when Alex was looking at the back of the "custom" speakers. It said, made in Scotland. Could be this homeowner was from Scotland originally.
@@itsjustournature8045 I thought so, too. Speakers from Scotland are certainly unusual. This house is so different from the others. The upstairs is kind of ordinary; it's like the soul is all hidden away downstairs.
@@itsjustournature8045 Maybe that could be true of of Scottish decent. As the people of the Highlands and Islands had a whole cottage industry that grew into making the best wool cloth in the World. Hence the little sheep on her shelves in one of the upstairs room they looked like Scottish sheep to me.
They also used those in the First Harry Potter Movie. When Harry and Ron were playing chess in the great hall around Christmas time. Got so excited when I saw them!
*Finds shelves full of books My reaction is pretty much Belle when she receives a whole library from the Beast. I would definitely have a blast going through everything in that house especially the crafts and the books!
@@user-zh6mh2zk4h Museum prints are very good quality and worth more than a poster would be. I would love to own it! Won't be able to buy it, but I would love to!
My uncle used to work in the state museum in Den Haag (The Hague). He took me to the basement when I visited in 1999 where they stored dozens upon dozens of Mondrians.
Goodness so would I. I have the Ashford Joy 2 wheel & it's a dream to spin on. Second hand in the UK they are worth around £400. Alex could do with contacting a local Guild .
In the Yukon, Yukon Parkas are still worn and the vintage parkas are almost a status symbol. Depending on the state that parka is in, you could easily make $300-500 on it up North. Bigger sizes are popular, as they are more rare.
Weavers are a serious bunch!! And looms are not cheap! Great finds so far. I love unspun fibers and yarns. You will be inundated with interest. Love this Creative people series! ❤️👏 Looms and spinning wheels you found are found between $450 to easily $4000 plus. All the accessories are going to add up in profits. Separate out the crafts books, sometimes they are still very relevant.
Fridge hack: put an open sandwich bag or brown lunch bag with coffee grounds in the freezer and fridge parts of a refrigerator and it will not get smelly or moldy and you can close it up. When I moved states my house was not ready, my fridge was I. Storage for about 2 months.. when I opened the fridge it just smelled like coffee 👍
The chess pieces are replica of the Lewis chessmen, a 12th century set originally carved from walrus tusks and whale teeth and can be found in the British Museum and the National Museum of Scotland.
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Best line of the episode. Melissa to Alex. “ I appreciate that you thought I knew”. I love her!
Love 💘 Melissa..
Don't forget going to the garage: "I'm not going to hug anything in there!"😁
She also said “Hey Archbold!” 😂
yes well said
Alex and Melissa 🥰
First a world renowned potter, then a fashionista piano teacher, and NOW the well read weaver! All of their homes and lives...full of hidden treasure! How fun!!
we just said that ourselves!
The well-read weaver - !!! That's great!
You're right! And I thought Montreal had all the interesting people - maybe I should join my uncle in Edmonton... ;-)
@@jills9547 thanks!
The perfect title for the series!!
As a historian, I knew they were really into history when I saw their decorative objects. For instance, the chess pieces you found in the beginning are replicas of a very famous chess set in the British Museum called the Lewis Chessmen, which were made in the 12th century. I wasn't surprised when you found the immense library of history books. My kind of place!
the model planes also
That sprang to mind when I saw the chess men. I wonder if any connection.
Same. Give me 12 hours with the books!!!
Alex you hit a gold mine with the weaving and spinning items. The Ashford Joy 2 spinning wheel in the case upstairs is around $890. If she bought more bobbins then it is more. She would use the spinning wheel to spin wool fiber into yarn. Look in her stash to find the fiber. I would trash the wool or freeze it so that you don't spread moths in case they got into the fiber. It's a fiber artist's worse nightmare, moths. (all prices are USD)
The case alone for her Ashford Joy 2 spinning wheel costs $160.
The Floor loom upstairs without knowing the brand I guess new she spent between $6k to $15K, yes thousands. Those looms are in the thousands. The table loom by the book case is between $6 hundred to a few thousand new. Spinning, weaving and knitting supplies do not loose their value. I bought a spinning wheel new and sold it 5 years later for more than I bought it for.
The Loom in the basement not knowing the brand I would guess she spent between $9k to $17K, more than some cars cost. All that white yarn or string in boxes is probably to warp the looms. Warping is that thread you see on the floor looms which is the base for the real weaving process. It took her weeks to warp that big loom. It's a tedious job that you thread each yarn-thread through a series of holes in the heddles which keep the threads straight when you weave. She hadn't even begun weaving. All that thread on the loom is only the warp. That box shaped wood frame with pegs on it is a warpping mill worth hundreds of dollars. With a loom so large you have to have a warpping mill to keep threads in order.
In the basement when you walk in on the table is a Drum Carder. That is to blend the wool fiber. Cost new around $660-$800.
The wood thing that looks like spokes on a wheel is called a yarn Swift. It's for winding yarn into a cake. Price $130 or more.
On the table on the left are a few ball winders. The wood winder is around $200 and the plastic one is $50.
The room where you found the Ukulele there was a spinning wheel. I don't think it is worth as much as the wheel upstairs. Maybe $400.
Look in that basket that is on the bookcase. I saw some drop spindles in there. A good place to check prices is a website called The Woolery dot com and Paradise Fibers dot com. Also check on a website called Ravelry. They have groups and forums that buy and sell. You will find a huge group of weavers, spinners and knitters on Ravelry dot com. It's a good resource for prices and customers that know what you have and will help identify everything. Good luck. You got my heart racing to see this Candy Store of fiber arts supplies. I'm a spinner, weaver and knitter. Everything from weaving, spinning and knitting tools are super expensive. Think hundreds of $$$ to thousands. Happy hunting!
@Mu*Shu TeeVee Thank you. 😁
I hadn't even thought about the yarn until you mentioned it, but I know so many people with massive yarn addictions!!
I think someone on here spilled the beans about who the person was. He was a well known weaver and was a member of the local guild. If this is the person i believe it is, he built those looms himself. I imagine they would be in high demand by members of the guild.
My heart was / is still racing at the sight of those! I weave (and dye) for a living and was actually watching this video while I was in my own studio! I made a comment earlier that Alex should contact the local weavers and spinners group for help. Especially with the yarn. I’m in Ontario or else I would offer to help sort that out myself.
The looms don’t look homemade to me though. The one in the basement might be a 12 shaft Leclerc Colonial. The bigger of the two upstairs looks like it’s at least a 12 shaft, but it almost looks more like a 16 shaft, I don’t know the maker. All of the looms appear to be in great condition. I would be like a kid in a candy store!
I was hoping a fiber person would chime in. My eyes lit up when I saw the wheel, then the sheep, and I kept wondering where is the stash? There must be stash. Oh boy! I'm excited for The Weaver's House Adventure.
Alas Alex, another artist. They seem to find you. The Potter, the Musician, and now the Weaver.
It really does have a ring to it!
That’s a perfect name fore the cafe
@@belindawest3558 I love it!
that was my thought, as well. Creative people, book lovers, who seem to have had a very full life at one time. It seems fortuitous that Alex would bring their passions back to life, while fulfilling his. Karma is good!
It’s either the beginning of a joke or a great book!👏👏
These books... sorting through this many books is my actual dream, if I were in Canada I would genuinely pay y’all to let me help on this house 😂
So did this person die or sent to a nursing home?
Wow! First there was the Potter's House, then the Musician's House, and now "The Weaver's House". Alex is some freaky kind of art magnet.
Next it will be a fashion designer or make-up artist lol
@@magic8ball1982 To be fair the Musician's house might as well have been called the "Fashionista's house" so we've sort of already had something in that field :)
That little pitcher was Royal Worcester, "Avon Scenes Palissy" made in England. It doesn't have anything to do with the Avon company of today.
Yes, worth probably 60 to 80 $ CAD depending on the wear.
Good to know!
It was lovely!
And the china was Royal Doulton, mine is worth a lot.
Is it not Avon as in the River? Therefore scenes of the Avon river
As a fiber artist, spinner and weaver I would say you made your money back. Insanely jealous.
oh same. I actually gasped when I saw the traveling spinning wheel. I want one so bad.
I nearly cried over the wheels and looms. Let alone all the fiber...well over ten grand in looms and wheels alone. Ive wanted a loom like that since I was ten.
Ditto! I was gasping when I saw the tools, and bless his heart he is entranced with the airplane models. I'm watching over here wishing he would get back to the stash, the Goeblin frame that they kept walking by.
Every time I watch a video like this, I clean out my house and closets. By the time I pass, I want to travel light. I retired last Aug and ever since then I have been cleaning, donating and organizing.
Good for you, Audrey! I am also in the process of "lightening up" and donating/organizing years of accumulated "stuff". The printed sign on my fridge says it all: "Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful."
Funny me too..I don't want to leave a mess
Likewise! My mom's home was relatively easy to empty when the time came. She also wanted to "travel light."
But I have many friends who are in the middle of disposing of 50 years of stuff. It's overwhelming. It can take years. Expensive and stressful.
I'm following yours and my mom's example ... Travel light!
There's a few youtube videos on 'Swedish death cleaning'. Very interesting concept, it's all about cleaning up so you won't burden those who survive you. It sounds grim but it's very loving in essence.
@@TiaMat99 I guess I'm at the age where this is a very relevant problem. What does a person do with 5 cases of Lladro? Or 1500 books? Or 30 model airplanes? (Real examples btw) Yet I've seen friends weeping over those exact questions.
Another reason I am grateful to my mom. One of her mantras was "too much stuff!" Excellent example for her kids. She saved us a lot of effort and guilt.
Is it me, or does this one feel more sad? It feels like someone lived in that home just yesterday, and had their life set up just so.
Correct. I was also thinking someone might leave a mean comment about Alex "looting" such a home but thankfully we all know he is a nice person and respectful. Besides when I think about it even the hoarder houses were someone's home even if we don't identify with those.
I felt the same way watching this..... A lifetime of memories and possessions left behind. Brings home our fragile mortality.
@@Nickos1b Yes, but the hoarder homes felt more like time capsules. This just feels like the lady went out for groceries and never came back. :(
@@Lisamakes It is very sad ! My dad passed first and my mom always said she wanted to leave the house nice, neat and clean, if she didn't come back home. I'm sure it was indeed that way, but I ( living out of state) never when in the door after she passed. My 2 brothers and sister went through it all together. Mom even keep the attic in order to make it easy and several times had someone come to haul things away that she no longer needed but thought someone else could use. My brother remodeled the house (which my dad had built) and lived there till he passed, now his wife and 2 boys live there, it's still a show place and even more so. Life goes on and memories last as long as there's others to take over where we leave off.
Cool!!!! Another house exploration to watch!! I can't wait to see her fiber and yarn stash revealed!! Burn tests can help reveal some of the fiber content on the fiber if unmarked. Maybe the car can be sold Stephen?
I could move into this house and be happy for the rest of my days. Makers are magical people.
My grandmother had a loom like the one in the basement. It alone is worth what you paid for the whole place.
Really? I had no idea. I thought maybe 1500. Usd. Will be learning from this video too.
Nope. As I mentioned to Alex, there aren't many weavers and they probably already own a large loom. Not many people have the space to keep a large loom. The small looms are only worth $100 or $200 each. Again, the weaving community is small. Demand and supply.
@@TH0ltz Western Canada has a massive fibrearts community, I know because I was part of it.
The looms and spinning wheel as well as books have great resale value, you just need to approach the right people.
Olds College runs Master spinning and weaving courses and guilds are everywhere. Alex should sell through them x
Yes, worth a lot to the right person! I’d lose my mind over it! Especially as it looks like it’s in good working condition.
That room is my dream!!!!
@@cathifamjourney469 Maybe not literally. But her loom was quite valuable in the late 80s when she gave it to my sister.
Who you going to Call? GhostBu... No, Hans, Zinovia, Josh & Rock n Roll Paul !!!!
Funny!!! 😜
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Yeeaaahhhh💫😁
maybe they are the "dustbusters"? ?
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Watching stuff like this gives me motivation in my de-cluttering journey.
Me too till I get started, then I can’t carry on it’s too much hard work for my old arthritic body, just tearing up some boxes and a king a couple and I got dizzy and nauseous, I had to stop, it happens every time I’ve tried.
This house really makes me want to know about the former resident. They were artistic, they read a lot about all subjects, their favorite color was red. They just seem like a cool person to talk to.
I bet this person was a real thinker, and creative too. A passion for books, I luv books too.
Watching these gives me the push I need to down size my house now. Because if I don’t, someone will be going thru my house like this when I die.
I'm already doing that after the other houses. .and I have no family to pass all of my stuff onto.
I am lucky because my three kids love old things just as much as I do. Good thing because everything I own is really old right down to the vintage cookware from the 1920s and 1930s
We sold our house 20 years ago and bought a small condo near Chicago. I keep giving things away. Tina
I've been Swedish Death Cleaning for a while now, little by little.
..."In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning “death” and städning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and invigorating process of clearing out unnecessary belongings can be undertaken at any age or life stage but should be done sooner than later, before others have to do it for you"...
Read the "The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning." It will kick your cleaning out into high gear 👍
These people seemed really interesting. I’d love to sit down & have some espresso with them & talk to them about their life. Thank you to u & your wife for being respectful & mindful of keeping the couples dignity.
I appreciate your integrity. So many resellers exploiting shock value for views and sacrificing a family’s honor.
Kind of went on a tangent there but was worth the mention. I would love to marry someone to do this with 🙂
not to sound to paranoid or overly hopeful but check the dimensions of the basement. I always want to hear about someone finding a hidden room behind a book case.
I can't wait to see what's in the blue steamer trunks, they went way back.
And there is always the attic...
I am a retired visual arts teacher from Massachusetts in the USA. Weaving was not my forte but I know that those huge looms that look like the size of a queen sized bed are super expensive. They are almost equivalent to the cost of a car. I bet the books are about weaving. You will have no problem getting your investment back and more.
Looms are expensive to buy originally but sadly often not worth the money 2nd hand. I hope someone knows the value and Alex makes the money on it but I'm not holding my breath having seen many given away and thrown out over the last few years as the interest in weaving isn't there anymore
The yarn itself is valuable too as I'm sure most of it is discontinued stock. There is a really big market online for yarn that is unique or unavailable anymore in the knitting/crocheting community (which is HUGE and even bigger now after the pandemic). Hope he realises that's a gold mine
@@outoftheburrough looms definitely DO drop in value however there has been a huge resurgence in weaving in the last few years. I myself make a living at weaving babywraps. My wraps are highly sought after and sold all over the world. This interest in handwoven babywraps has made a lot of young mothers interested in weaving, PLUS the pandemic has people taking it up as a hobby, like never before. This is the PERFECT time to sell second hand looms.
This makes me think I need to stop buying craft supplies. My family will not want to deal with it later.
I loved how you called American money foreign money!😆
I felt foreign for a minute!
Well in Canada US dollars IS foreign money.
@@jrand2631 I know. I was just teasing😆
@@shannjewett2118 love it! 😂
LOL Me too.
It is to us Canadians.
Watching them finish looking upstairs, I was thinking they got hosed. Then the basement happened. 😂
My thoughts exactly
The item in the bag is a spinning wheel, and brand-new these can cost upwards of $500-$600 (US) (especially with accessories). What a find! And the equipment in the basement! Not only the floor loom (that size usually starts around $1,000 US), but there's an umbrella swift (for winding yarn), a clock reel (for winding yarn), a warping board ... this person was seriously into the textile arts!
My father was a weaver. And he had a stash! Not quite as large, but 3 looms, a couple spinning wheels, tons of books, and LOTS of threads/ yarns. I got in contact with the local weaving guild and sold a large part of it to its members! You may want to try .... someone could at least help you with values.
Also, that triangular thing that Mel unzipped upstairs is a spinning wheel. I think they’re called “walking wheels” because you could transport them. Dad also collected sheep and would have been mighty envious of the collection you have there!! Thanks for those memories! (He even wove the fabric for my wedding dress and jackets for himself.)
Not a walking wheel it is a portable folding wheel to easily take to spin ins and guild meetings, a walking wheel is large and you stand next to it and move the wheel to put twist on the fiber and it has a quill at the end.
@@karenmoore5278 okie dokie- I stand corrected. It was so long ago!
@@karenmoore5278 Hey Karen, you have my maiden name. Had to do a double take. Any chance your middle initial is L? I think there are a lot of Karen Moore's around. I've known 3 personally over the years.
@@karengates3946 Hello, and yes my middle name is Lind which was my grandmother's maiden name, happy to meet you!
yeah, I knew people who rescued rabbits and the woman spun the Angora rabbit's fur into yarn
Weavers just love to meet up with other weavers to discuss the craft so your weaver may have been a member of the Guild of Canadian weavers and have local friends who know exactly what all those looms are all about. If you go to the Guild of Canadian Weavers website you can look up Edmonton Weavers Guild and there is a contact person for that guild listed. Also, dyes for wool are hazardous and do not let people open up jars and play with them. Protect eyes and breathing if any have been spilled. I can't wait to see more of this house.
Nnooooo! You never separate when you hear footsteps in an empty house ! Aaaaahhhhh!!! It’s like watching a horror flick! Eeeeeeee
Am I the only one that this house makes really sad? It's like they left the house one day and never came back. Time stood still. I can emotionally better handle the hoarder houses. All the looms, yarn, and books omg. 💜💜💜💜
I think it's because it's not just a huge pile of stuff. It still looks and feels like someone's home. What an eery feeling...
@@centrifugedestroyer2579 Yeah, I felt almost incomfortable watching Alex and Melissa going through the stuff in the house until they went to the basement.
It made me really sad.
Like they just woke up and threw off the sheet and walked away forever ❤️
@@HannahMattox or didn't wake up and threw a sheet on and went off to eternity
Its like my favorite band is getting back together! Hanz, zenovia, Josh, rock n roll paul...let's do this! Lol
that tolkien box set!! all those books!! it feels so strange because i can relate so much with this stranger's library. i think we could have been friends if our paths had crossed...
Ditto!
There is a very active Weavers Guild in Edmonton. They would be a good resource to contact about the Spinning and Weaving items.
That geometric colour block print was Mondrian. He was the father of that kind of abstract art. It was even used in fashion of the time.
My thoughts exactly. She may have even been a member.
I remember the handbags featuring that design.
Cool! I like that he shows his finds online and people can help him identify things (like you just did!).
I would bet that they knew the owner.
As a weaver myself - You’ve found my ideal stash! You should get your money back on those looms alone. Ashford is a top brand, they’re beautiful!
As a granddaughter of a classy weaver, I was also geeking out. Makes my tiny lil loom feel miniscule. ;-D
I definitely geeked a bit when I saw the Ashford name. The amateur spinner in me likes the stash!
This video is literally a dream come true for me. I’d probably cry just going through and feeling all the history and personality of it.
LOL. "Alex, don't wear your nice coat, it is probably dirty in there" Melissa "I'm not going to hug everything". 😃😃😃
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@@albertinadebeer4309 😀
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That’s a beautiful white “Goose” parka. I can see why you wouldn’t be hugging everything while wearing it.
Oh my gosh, that weaving loom made me gasp! It’s a compu-dobby loom I believe, big bucks for sure!
The chess pieces are 12th century Lewis Chessmen replicas. You might recognise them as they were used as the pieces in "wizards chess" in Harry Potter and they were also used in The Walking Dead. They're most likely bought from the British Museum.
Could be replicas museums don’t really sell stuff they collect it.
How many just wanted to be left in the book rooms and go thru each one!!! A reader's haven! 📚 💜
Me
Exactly!
Me too!
Please add me to the readers club we are making here!
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The Weaver living in that house was probably a member of the Edmonton Guild. You may get a great back story as well as advice and information on the wool, the dyes all of it.
What a great suggestion! I love that.
Oooh! This is an AWESOME idea!
agreed, someone that serious was probably apart of a guild.
I always love how respectful Melissa and Alex are to the belongings of others!
I love that too
Their stuff meant the world to them.
At least it appears clean-ish & not hoarded. AND.... There's Steven's new car....
That is what I was thinking!!
Another adventure with Alex! I know I'm not the only one, who's gonna be on pins and needles just waiting for the story to unfold!
Pineapple motif is symbolic of hospitality, because “back in the day,” pineapples were extremely expensive, so to show you could afford to serve your guests pineapples was way super classy yo
Not sure if anyone mentioned it already, but the blue and white creamer I think is showing a scene of the town of Avon in England. I don't think it was made by the cosmetics company lol. Cheers!
My 27 year old granddaughter would absolutely love to be the one that found the fiber and spinning wheels and looms. That is her favorite thing. She just started a you tube channel on this subject about a month ago. She could probably tell you everything about all those things you found. What a find!!!!
My oldest granddaughter is 26 years old! But I am the one who wants to start to weave.
You should post her TH-cam channel to share
Arlene and Bill...
Would love to know her TH-cam channel ❣️
Crossover episode ftw!
you have to be carefull with the yarn and inspect it very thoroughly ! If there is only one moth, it will eat up everything fibery in your house. Old yarns can be a blessing or a pest!
I believe just that large loom may have returned your money to you.....Good for you---happy to see someone being rewarded for digging in and doing the hard work that so many people can't/won't.....good honest hard work really does pay off---and your channel is proof! Hello Miss Melissa! Love seeing the two of you on adventures together! and I loved that tree wall hanging in the basement! I suppose we will be seeing yet a few more K-Auctions!!!
You need to carry a portable charger like a Halo. There are other brands. You can carry it your hand and almost any one can use it. You can also plug in a lamp or a phone to charge etc ❤❤❤
It looks like the home of interesting lives well-lived. Treat it with kindness.
I kept thinking that also-- these people were very artistic and Interesting!!
He is always respectful and kind when dealing with theses houses 🏠
They always do. Dignity and respect are Alex your and Melissa’s way.
You could line the new coffee/ ice cream building with books for sale.
Lots of coffee shops in the US have walls of books to read and or for sale. This would be a good thing for their new building.
What a brilliant idea, sift out the rare and valuable and off to auction. Josh can remake the shelves for the coffee shop. I love books, I would have a whole room as a library/reading room if I had the space. No one seems to want books anymore, they are almost worthless such a terrible shame.
Or host a little free "library". It'll be hard to move a lot of those sadly, even for donation...
Good Idea
That's a great idea. One way to sell the books. 🙂
Awww..someone's precious humble home and items just left after the person had to leave for whatever reasons. Very sad and bittersweet their cherished home is now being emptied out.
it seems like teh person was elderly and is either at a retirement home, or has died. it is really sad, and makes you think about the transience of life, and what we value in it. the objects the person accumulated over a lifetime, with care and love, are no longer needed to them
Steven needs the car, it would be a great starter car for him
A car in Half decent shape? That car was in awesome shape. You have probably doubled your money in one day already. Good on you.
Plus, there are quite a few people who are now looking for cars that aren't full of that digital stuff. Someone will want that nice car for sure.
@@phangirlable Probably Stephen?!
The Potter's House ! The Musician's House ! The Weaver's House ! Brilliant ! Love these 'We Bought The Contents' Series.
The chess pieces are copies of the Lewis Chessmen found on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland. Theyre viking in origin and the one that's second from the left is biting his shield and is a 'berserker'. Its where the modern term 'go berserk' comes from today.
Good info, thanks.
I came here to say the same thing. Saw a lot of them on Lewis. Beautiful place. Very remote but gorgeous beaches and when we went in June it never gets fully dark!
I have a copy of that chess set which I bought from the Oxfam shop in Bath for £4.95. It was in a carrier bag and I don't think anybody had bothered to investigate what was inside!😊
@@juliegraham8133 I thought I had replied yday but can't find it now 🤷 Anyway I asked if you lived in Bath? If so, I'm only about six miles away. Small world 😁
The book collection is huge! Even if you sold each of the books for a dollar, you will make money.
Here in Belgium it is often 1 kilogram of books for 1 euro.
@@TheAdventurours Speaking of Belgium....& Weaving (Belgian tapestry).... I know a nice story, as In one of the rooms there was a poster with English sheep (wool), which reminded me of that in the 1300s English kings invited Belgian weavers to come and live in England to weave English wool. And with them, came the game they had invented 200 years earlier in the 1100s. Weavers had a high status in society and hence a lot of free time, during which they would herd sheep, during which they played a game they had invented: met de _cric_ _ket_sen (hitting with a stick [against a ball])...and so 200 years later this was Anglicized into....cricket!
@@galaxia4709 Wow, interesting!! Didn't know that! 'Kaatsen' I know, but 'cric_ketsen', I had never heard of. Thanks! 😎
I knew immediately that the bag on the chair in the corner was a portable spinning wheel. Would LOVE to have it!!! It as all the spindles and I think it's a single peddle, double drive wheel. TOO BEAUTIFUL!!! 🤗🙌🏼
omg! Alex! those looms... you for sure made back your money on those alone... and don't throw out those slats that you tripped over, they're for the looms
Gosh! The comments section for this video is a virtual trove of information for Alex and Melissa! I'm glad they do read them.
Is that Stephen's new car? It's crazy to me that people keep boxes and drawers and jars of coins in their house. Man, that's a LOT of books! Looking forward to following along!
That was my thought also.
Yes! I thought that too!
I thought so too, Stephen is probably of the age where he is starting to drive.
solid starter car too!
"It's getting borderline hoardy........HEY LOOK, a guitar!" Lol
Here in American those sizes of weaver looms can go up to $10,000. Depending on size it looks like you made it congratulations!!!
The chess pieces on the bookshelf are reproduction Isle of Lewis Chess Pieces.
A good loom can be worth about a 2000 dollars
Early IBM computer boxes are worth money. Please don't throw them away.
There was a nice early Tolkien Lord of the Rings trilogy on the top of the bookshelf.
Edit: I had to look up the Linn Tukan speakers and are worth new about 800 USD for the set.
The chess pieces are definitely replicas of the Lewis Chessmen they could be around USD100 depending on who made them.
i can understand the family selling the contents of a home of a loved one AFTER going thru it myself to gather all the meaningful personal items, photos, maybe a favorite chair my nan sat in & read me stories as a child, etc..before i sell it all to a stranger & rely on them to turn over my requested items. thats just odd.
Just a guess.. but given the date on the calender oct 2020...the last person living there likley passed away last year which means the Canadian border was somewhat closed , or at least had a 2 weeek quarantine in place, so anyone coming in would have to quarantine here 2 weeks, and likely 2 more on their return home..this may have played a very large role in making a decision to sell the contents to someone without going thru the contents, and another quess is that the woman in the family had perhaps already passed, and the male was there alone for a bit, on that case more than likely any children would have already gone through the house for specific keep sakes they knew they wanted and jewelry ...just a guess...
Also sometimes it is just too painful for some people, and they have a difficult time with this.
He said the current owner lives out of the country. Pretty expensive to ship things out, and a ton of work.
@@bigsteve8408 Yes, but you can hire someone to go through and retrieve valuables for you and have an auction on the things of lesser value as opposed to just selling it all like that. It's very odd.
Spinning wheel, looms, yarn, puzzles, books... I think you have found the home of my spirit twin. ❤️
Also, you have more than made your money back with the wheel and the looms!
I was like, I would love to just but this house and move straight in as is. It is 99% everything I love!
I also appreciate Melissa going back and forth between being terrified of the squirrel and declaring "Im gonna call it! :-)"
Keep it up, Alex! FYI: Linn is a Scottish brand, makers of very musical Hi-Fi. The Tukan was Mid-priced, so pair them up with a similar, neutral-sounding setup and they sound surprisingly good.
What a great find with that Ashford Joy spinning wheel! I’m a spinner of over 20 years, and that’ll sell quick!
I wish I could buy it! I've wanted one for ages! I kept wanting to yell at him to slow down and show things closer up haha!
Did you see the drum carder, swifts and wooden ball winder? She has everything. I can't wait for when they go through that craft room. I wonder if she has any beautiful supported or drop spindles. I saw some in a basket on top of a bookcase.
@@carolhoover-whippy2580 I hope they show everything in more detail!
If my husband walked into that room of books he would not come out for the rest of his life, he is a major history buff.
So excited to watch another house clearing.
bury me with my books
Neither would I!!!
We kept pausing the video because my husband the historian kept recognizing books from their spines and we'd have to figure out where his copy is.
Me too!
I would have to but the house with the book just so I could just keep on reading.
It was so exciting to see what you were going to find...then as you were going from room to room my excitement was fading....before long it had turned into sadness 🥺
I realized that a family's entire house has ended up left behind for strangers to riffle thru looking personal items wondering the value .
Back to reality I understand it's a business for you..I'm not upset...not one bit towards you!!!
I know it's better for someone like yourself to see value in items and get it back out in circulation instead of throwing out in the landfill!!!
Not everyone has family that would take responsibility to see everything was cleaned up and out.
Thanks for sharing the video...Thanks for being respectful and kind..Good luck and may you have much success...🙂
I don,t know about you but I audibly gasp when he walked into the main room in the basement. This is definitely an adventure!
Same! lol Also when Alex pulled out those two boxes full of change from under the table.
I giggled in my head... He said "look at all of the books!" In the living room, and then when he got downstairs, the upstairs amount of books was hardly a fraction compared to the basement 🤣
It made me want to do another books purge immediately!
Yes, that loom is awesome.
Your son is very lucky. I think he just found his car, until he will be able to buy his dream car. Good job Alex. Looking forward for the next upload. Keep up.
When I saw the car I said to myself "there's Stephen's first car.
More?? This is amazing. I love this type of series!
What a surprise to see a clean/tidy lovely home. Someone took pride in their house and belongings.
My parents also had coins - lots and lots of them (Well over $1,000 US). Shake the books. We found many bills in them. Also, $500 in the freezer.
20:24, red dresser, I thought 2nd drawer had coins in there?
Yep, check everywhere. My grandpa hid money in books, above ceiling tiles, dressers, etc
@@S_H9260 Yep. I understand. My grandmother always made her own curtains so she could hide cash in the hems. Also, cookie jars, fake baseboards, cash envelopes taped to the backs of furniture or on the underside of rugs...
As a person who has been looking at getting into spinning and weaving, you easily have over $4000USD just in fiber working materials. Holy crap, this is exciting.
My thoughrs exactly!
That‘s right up my alley too !
Yes! And those looms are worth many more thousands each! I saw that first loom in the upstairs bedroom and thought ~ well, Alex, you just made your money back, right there!
The Ashford traveling wheel is worth at least $500. The 8 Heddle loom is probably 2-3k alone.
Yes! Such a score! He doesn’t even know how expensive these hobbies are.
I've moved so many times so just walking through the house and knowing all the sorting and packing you have to do = nightmare for me. I'm glad there are personalities like yours that sees this as a fun (and profitable) challenge. I will make a note to my executor that maybe selling the contents of my house (which is not nearly so packed as this one) as a single lot would be so much easier than trying to sort through it himself for yard sale.
Treasure hunting with Alex again, hold on here we go......
There's your sons new car. Reliable as all get out and good on gas.
My dad hides his money inside the kitchen tissue roll. He has to swap it to the new roll each time the kitchen roll tissue runs out. Most people would never think to look inside tissue boxes and kitchen roll tubes. I loved the globe in this video. The owner/owners seemed like they would have been super fun to talk to. Cool buy guys.
You made your money back in the loom room, that stuff is expensive
Definitely! I've wanted one of those spinning wheels for a long time but they're pricey.
I hope you share what you find out about the looms! That would be SO interesting 🤔 I agree with the others..you have found another artist. 🎨
Expensive to buy new. Hard to sell for anything.
@@danliebster9894 not true, since the pandemic you can't find any at a reasonable price. There are at least 2 fb groups dedicated to them
Holey moley, that looks like an 8-harness jack loom in the basement studio. For serious, bigtime weaving!
@28:53 - lol'd at the Mondrian, Alex said it's a Calder, flipped it over, and waved his finger back and forth over the name Piet Mondrian, looking for the name Calder :-D
Yep I noticed the same, but live and learn!
You guys have the best hobbies in the world,thank you for showing us around.
You need to call this “The Weaver’s House”!!
Melissa is the best.
“I appreciate that you think I know.”
Love it!!!
I love when she said we both know I’d win!
I immediately spotted the mid-century dining set which is wonderful. Looks like you might have some good stuff and a pretty nice vehicle. Thanks for purchasing this adventure!
I found the weaver. It wasn't hard. Several articles and even TH-cam videos. He and his wife were amazing and inspiring people. 💜💜💜💔
Also a hashtag dedicated to him on Instagram
What's the name ?
I attempted to find if indeed i could google as you stated in another comment thread that you googled the area and master weaver and it popped up. The only one that seems to match what you are thinking to be this person was Ilya Oratovsky and his wife Maria. However the only article that came up was from 2016 mentioned marias passing. I didn't see ANYTHING recently to make me believe this was indeed these weavers. I suppose it could be but there's No way to know for sure.
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Well the car would have registered name?.
Spinning wheel in a bag. You spin fiber into yarn. Very nice. Love the small looms!
Oh my! I am in heaven! All that spun yarn, loom, wheels,! I have done all that stuff!!!.. wonderful
Books and spinning! My kind of family!
My friend hides money in the bottom of Kleenex tissue boxes by putting the money under the tissues. Her house was broke into while on vacation and the thieves left the tissue boxes with the money. I was reminded of this when I saw the tissue box sitting above some money you found.
I love it when Melissa comes with you!
Western Canada has a massive fibrearts community, I know because I was part of it. I travelled from Vancouver to Alberta for good kit before.
The looms and spinning wheel as well as books have great resale value, you just need to approach the right people. Don’t underestimate the books.
Olds College runs Master spinning and weaving courses and guilds are everywhere. Alex should sell through them x
EDIT: Holy cow! Just saw the basement!!! That’s a fibre artist’s dream!!!
The artist, the musician, and now the weaver... so excited for this series!!!!
Yeah. That’s thousands of dollars in the looms and wool carding machines and the wool as well.
Yes! The wool itself IS worth quite a lot.
I have the same Celtic chess piece figures. I bought mine in Sterling, Scotland. They are exactly the same. They're called Uig or Lewis chessmen, from the Island of Lewis, replicas of a set discovered in 1831. They are a real find!!
I stopped the video when Alex was looking at the back of the "custom" speakers. It said, made in Scotland. Could be this homeowner was from Scotland originally.
@@itsjustournature8045 I thought so, too. Speakers from Scotland are certainly unusual. This house is so different from the others. The upstairs is kind of ordinary; it's like the soul is all hidden away downstairs.
@@itsjustournature8045 Maybe that could be true of of Scottish decent. As the people of the Highlands and Islands had a whole cottage industry that grew into making the best wool cloth in the World. Hence the little sheep on her shelves in one of the upstairs room they looked like Scottish sheep to me.
They also used those in the First Harry Potter Movie. When Harry and Ron were playing chess in the great hall around Christmas time. Got so excited when I saw them!
@@itsjustournature8045 They are actually from Ukraine.
*Finds shelves full of books
My reaction is pretty much Belle when she receives a whole library from the Beast.
I would definitely have a blast going through everything in that house especially the crafts and the books!
For sure! I'm the same!
No, no, me first! I actually saw a few books I'm looking for. I kept pausing so I could read the titles.
Piet Mondrian is the artist who does the blocks of basic color. You have a museum print of his work on the small bed. Now you know.
I was going to say a Mondrian. I also saw a copy of Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' under some stuff.
@@user-zh6mh2zk4h Museum prints are very good quality and worth more than a poster would be. I would love to own it! Won't be able to buy it, but I would love to!
I was going to say I think the owners had some Dutch heritage. Thought I saw a Netherlands flag.
My uncle used to work in the state museum in Den Haag (The Hague). He took me to the basement when I visited in 1999 where they stored dozens upon dozens of Mondrians.
You could see Mondrian on the back. I was surprised Alexander didn't see it and/or recognize it.
You made your money back in looms and weaving accessories alone, not even counting the yarns. Oh I'd love to got through her weaving studio!
Goodness so would I. I have the Ashford Joy 2 wheel & it's a dream to spin on. Second hand in the UK they are worth around £400. Alex could do with contacting a local Guild .
Me too!
Its a he.
@@karenkoe7096 Do you know him? Tell us about him!
So fun. You and Mellisa are so cute together, adorable. Hoping for good finds In your adventure👍💖👍
Woohoo!!!! Let the fun begin! And the work- wow! Actually it doesn’t look too bad! * As soon as I saw the car, I thought ... Stephen?
It does look like a good first car
I thought the same!!
Yep! My first thought too!
keep the car for your son when he gets his drivers license !
I thought the same. Better than him on a motorcycle. I would hate to have something bad happen while he's gaining driving experience.
My thoughts exactly!
Great minds think alike. My first thought was a car for Steven !
But make him buy it! Seems like a great, dependable car that will give the family alot of miles!
Great minds think alike.
In the Yukon, Yukon Parkas are still worn and the vintage parkas are almost a status symbol. Depending on the state that parka is in, you could easily make $300-500 on it up North. Bigger sizes are popular, as they are more rare.
Put that box of vintage Chiclets up on eBay auction. You may be surprised what it might sell for
That’s what I thought!
Weavers are a serious bunch!! And looms are not cheap! Great finds so far. I love unspun fibers and yarns. You will be inundated with interest. Love this Creative people series! ❤️👏
Looms and spinning wheels you found are found between $450 to easily $4000 plus.
All the accessories are going to add up in profits. Separate out the crafts books, sometimes they are still very relevant.
Fridge hack: put an open sandwich bag or brown lunch bag with coffee grounds in the freezer and fridge parts of a refrigerator and it will not get smelly or moldy and you can close it up. When I moved states my house was not ready, my fridge was I. Storage for about 2 months.. when I opened the fridge it just smelled like coffee 👍
The chess pieces are replica of the Lewis chessmen, a 12th century set originally carved from walrus tusks and whale teeth and can be found in the British Museum and the National Museum of Scotland.
They sell those at the gift shop in the British Museum, I recognized them instantly!