How To Make A Floor Inkle Loom

A good inkle loom.

How to make a floor inkle loom.

A checkered pattern is one of the easiest design to learn. Weaving yarn of your favorite colors. Ashford makes two sizes the inkle loom and the inklette. So if you are a beginner this will be a great pattern to start with.

An inkle loom is a special type of loom that is specialized in making braided tapes. This design give a basic but pretty design that you can pull off even if you only have 2 different colors of yarn available. From the types of yarn to the components of an inkle loom to how to warp up and start wea. Then i came across a wonderful and traditional solution the inkle loom.

Warps can be up to 4 5 wide and 8 5 long. These tapes are normally extremely durable and can be used for a variety of different purposes such as belts guitar straps weaving necklaces handbag straps etc. I show you everything you need to know to start using a inkle loom. Each dowel was cut a bit long and glued into place.

This loom is relatively easy to build costs under 30 to purchase all of the supplies. It has one open side for easy warping. 6 inch square and 6 inch triangle looms spriggscreations. Schacht s belt shuttle is included with the inkle loom.

The tension bar has a knob that adjusts warp tension. The inkle loom is made of hard maple and left unfinished. In this video i show my method for making heddles and warping an inkle loom. Our inkle loom is built with years of heavy use in mind.

More information can be found on my blog at http www aspinnerweaver blogspot c. Inkle looms are simple devices that won t take up much space and won t break the bank either. After the glue dried the back of the loom was sanded through the grits to 220 making the dowels flush with the board. If you re an absolute beginner weaver an inkle loom is the perfect way to test the waters without making a big investment.

Favourite add to vintage handmade wooden inkle loom worthfixingprecious. Sold request a custom product see item details. I love the way woven straps look but the idea of warping my floor loom just to make something as narrow as a strap for my bike messenger bag seemed like overkill.