That's actually a really clever way to make a heddle. I've been trying to find a cost-effective way to build a loom at home, and my biggest challenge was the heddle because of the tiny holes/density needed for finer threads. Can't wait to finally get mine up and running!
I bet a few people copy that loom design from the video. It was good the way she laid out all the dimensions in an easy way so you can actually do it yourself.
If I had a scroll saw and a drill press I would try to make one. The hardest part about making this kind of loom is trying to get everything relatively level, square and solid. If you don't you won't get proper tension.
I've been trying to make a loom myself before this video & I have one I made that works ok for wool, but I was hoping this would give me ideas for one that would work for the linen I've grown myself & want to weave, but I cannot see how zip ties could even start to be thin enough for this! I used florists wire & twisted it to make the heddle holes & that's far too thick for cotton/linen & zip ties would be thicker still, so think I'm going to stick with the idea I already had of using the same as my first, but spacing them & having about 5 rows of loops, so they can overlap, rather than needing to be only cotton width
John Morley funny, except she copied it from an actual small company. Schacht Spindel Company. She took the EXACT same design including the “sleigh” shaped sides from the cricket rigid heddle loom 15”. All she did was double the measurements. She even copied the reed style exactly, except she made it really badly so they all have different tensions to each other, plus they won’t stand any tension against the fiber.
@@Amanda-mt2hx You are probably correct, however nobody said that she designed the loom herself. Also the company didn't invent the loom, you know that, right?
Annalise seems like a really pawsome person. They're clearly furry talented and infurrigent, I hope we can see more of their bark in the future! Edited for furry eyes.
Tip for the next loom: instead of running that tedious series of loops, place one bobbin of thread per eye and gap, then install a simple friction brake (could just be a heavy rod in contact with the bobbin ends, or a pair of them pinching the threads before they enter the heddle). Yes, that array will be larger than the loom, but you can stack them as long as the threads don’t come into contact. This also puts less of a restriction on your maximum length. Even more complex: build your heddle out of tiny blocks on the end of pivot sticks. In the block put a small hook or the eye of a needle. The other end is raised or lowered by pegs on a roller. And tada, you’ve built a jaquard loom!
sounds like someone who hasn't built this loom. it can be done in a weekend but it will take pretty much all of both days for a beginner. that first change sounds like a whole week project by itself. if you are serious enough about weaving sure, but... in that case why are you building a diy loom from a youtube video.
A comment for Annalise, hoping they see it: my nonbinary kiddo is currently weaving on the loom they got for Christmas while watching. They have the same haircut as you!
Growing up we had a field trip where we went to a museum and they taught how to make a super basic loom with a board. You just put little alternating cuts on both ends and wrap yarn or whatever around and that's your base lines. Don't know how it's relevant to doll clothes. But hey.
@@Bakers_Ville lol, just that they're much smaller than our clothes, so the looms don't take up as much room, and it can be made on a much more basic level. I'll have to see if I can look up something like what you mentioned. It may be easier to make pattern pieces that way. I also have a new metal peg board thingy that's designed for jewellery making, that I want to try and see if I can make some with it. Thanks for the tip ^-^. That sounds like such a fun time to me.
@@stickmanmageofthelordtacha4917 well she clearly thinks she's so special that her "pronouns" are they/them which is hilarious. And her hair is uh... special... too.... Yeah no don't pay it. These types are just one tantrum away from a lawsuit, would never hire one, ever.
Thank you so very much for making this video. I am from India where the materials weren't readily available.. However with a little help I could make the same exact loom to make woolen scarves. I got the heddle laser cut over acrylic. I love love love the results!!!
Nice! I'm currently MacGuyvering my own electric spinning wheel. I skipped the motor-building bit by just buying a sewing machine motor with a pedal speed control. Got a flyer from a lot of misc. spinning wheel bits off eBay, bobbin from an etsy maker to fit it. Wood for the structure (since my woodworking skill and access is limited to "I have a Skill Saw and sandpaper") I'm doing myself. I bought my loom, but if you don't mind it taking longer, you can build a tapestry loom (doesn't have a heddle) that uses a pick-up stick. Or you can make a rotating floating heddle that's basically a square length of wood with alternating slits cut on two sides that you turn to lift each section of warp.
I can't help but note all the ancient words in this video. Textile creation as you can guess is one of the oldest technologies known to man, and as such almost all of the technical terms associated with it are among the most ancient words in the English language.
in the factory i worked at they used to card it then comb it, drafted, then roving then to spinning, winding, starching then weaving. from the carding combing and drafting machines it came out as a sliver (like thick weak rope)
Nice work, and i really love the way you designed the loom, also you should not pull the weft thread straight befor beating, a small arc will give the weft some needed extra length and should prevent the sides from getting pulled in (hope you guys read this before making the next video ^^")
A hint I learned from an old crafts book, take the yarn and hold it with your hands six inches apart and rapidly tug it. If it breaks it's not good for warping threads and if it stands up to the abuse, it's fine for warping threads.
If you don't live near Axeman you can get that type of kit from Mendelsons' (Dayton Ohio), Tanner Electronics (Dallas Texas), American Science and Surplus (Milwaukee). I wish I knew of more stores like this.
That's an interesting beater. Don't think I've seen one like that before. The looms I've seen have a toothed beater, similar to the heddle, so it goes between the warp threads and beat only the weave threads.
Great video, very fun to see the process. I do however have to say. The longer this channel goes the more it seems to disprove its original thesis that you could produce the common things you use yourself.
i decided to use this loom design. protip - don't make a heddle. buy one. but! if you do - glue the zipstrips tail to tail and put the hole where the "zip" starts near the tail end (it won't be "center" but it will be close) and that's... it. it is a slow tedious process, the zip strips will fight you every step of the way. i guess it's good practice in tedium for the main event, weaving on the home made loom.
I like that you are wanting to do it all from start to finish. You kept saying making a t-shirt. A t-shirt is a knitted cloth so it has stretch. If you use a loom you are making a woven cloth and it will have little stretch. You can still make a shirt from it but you will not be able to make a t-shirt that has enough stretch to be a pull over shirt, unless you make it really large. It would be better to make something you can button up. Or knit the yarn to give it stretch.
What is he a professor in? Im a grad student at UMN and we actually have a spinner (that we never use) and some knitting beds for knitting shape memory alloy.
His assistant has the voice of a youth and the knowledge of a sage.
Eric Jordan that’s what I was thinking 😃
This is why it was primarily women who did the weaving throughout history, they have the patience and calmness required to do it.
That's actually a really clever way to make a heddle. I've been trying to find a cost-effective way to build a loom at home, and my biggest challenge was the heddle because of the tiny holes/density needed for finer threads. Can't wait to finally get mine up and running!
I bet a few people copy that loom design from the video.
It was good the way she laid out all the dimensions in an easy way so you can actually do it yourself.
If I had a scroll saw and a drill press I would try to make one. The hardest part about making this kind of loom is trying to get everything relatively level, square and solid. If you don't you won't get proper tension.
I've been trying to make a loom myself before this video & I have one I made that works ok for wool, but I was hoping this would give me ideas for one that would work for the linen I've grown myself & want to weave, but I cannot see how zip ties could even start to be thin enough for this! I used florists wire & twisted it to make the heddle holes & that's far too thick for cotton/linen & zip ties would be thicker still, so think I'm going to stick with the idea I already had of using the same as my first, but spacing them & having about 5 rows of loops, so they can overlap, rather than needing to be only cotton width
It was so awesome I'll never be as cool as that girl lol
DiYing a freakin loom omg, she's next level
John Morley funny, except she copied it from an actual small company. Schacht Spindel Company. She took the EXACT same design including the “sleigh” shaped sides from the cricket rigid heddle loom 15”. All she did was double the measurements. She even copied the reed style exactly, except she made it really badly so they all have different tensions to each other, plus they won’t stand any tension against the fiber.
@@Amanda-mt2hx You are probably correct, however nobody said that she designed the loom herself. Also the company didn't invent the loom, you know that, right?
Y'all's intern, Annalise, did an awesome job! I can't wait to see what y'all do with the loom and motor system.
She Annalised the problem and found an excellent DIY sollution to it >:P
Ok I love that shop with all the used equipment. I could start so many projects that never get finished.
😂😂😂
Annalise seems like a really awesome person! They're clearly very talented and intelligent, i hope we can see more of their work in the future!
Annalise seems like a really pawsome person. They're clearly furry talented and infurrigent, I hope we can see more of their bark in the future!
Edited for furry eyes.
@@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin never do this again.
@@ellieblunden1463 I'll do it again sometime in the future, just for you
@@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin please, have mercy...
@@ellieblunden1463 No way
Damn Annalise is impressive as hell. They're so talented and smart!
* seven months later *
"So I just got back from (I forgot the name) surplus...)
Me: what, did you walk!?
From Miami to LA
If you forgot the name just go back through the video
@@xbear7473 I wasn't invested enough to do so. I do know though lol. I was just being lazy.
He got back from Axman
paranoiaprincess they probably meant minutes
I loved the coaxial joke.
Making nerdy puns about being eccentric, what a legend
Tip for the next loom: instead of running that tedious series of loops, place one bobbin of thread per eye and gap, then install a simple friction brake (could just be a heavy rod in contact with the bobbin ends, or a pair of them pinching the threads before they enter the heddle). Yes, that array will be larger than the loom, but you can stack them as long as the threads don’t come into contact. This also puts less of a restriction on your maximum length.
Even more complex: build your heddle out of tiny blocks on the end of pivot sticks. In the block put a small hook or the eye of a needle. The other end is raised or lowered by pegs on a roller. And tada, you’ve built a jaquard loom!
sounds like someone who hasn't built this loom. it can be done in a weekend but it will take pretty much all of both days for a beginner. that first change sounds like a whole week project by itself. if you are serious enough about weaving sure, but... in that case why are you building a diy loom from a youtube video.
man, annalise is just built different
I just love how you young folks are embracing this old and practical technology to make a couple articles of clothing. Makes me smile.
Making a new shirt so you can throw out the blood stained one?
What blood stained one?
@@CaylaFenton-Reeder Look at his last video
Good luck! Nothing says durable like no bearings and hot glue.
Have you seen how unstable that loom was? daaayum
Hope they fix it before disaster happens
@@Sintrael11 I don't think it's unstable or dangerous, just that it's going to wear out inconveniently.
It is just a temporary fix though... its meant to be cheap and quick..
Give Annalise a show she deserves it with competence like that
Great job to Annalise. That looked like an intricate and tedious build and setup.
A comment for Annalise, hoping they see it: my nonbinary kiddo is currently weaving on the loom they got for Christmas while watching. They have the same haircut as you!
I wish you had knitted it! t shirts are always made of stretchy, knitted fabric
Not all of them
@@PotatoesAssistant If it isn't a knit fabric, it isn't a t-shirt.
This girl is unstoppable. Such a shame she's no longer part of HTME.
I can't wait to see how you dye the final cloth. Also, kudos to Annalise for the loom design, it's awesome! How did you get into weaving?
I made myself a mini loom to make doll clothes! It's just nails on a board, in the shape of a pattern piece lol.
Growing up we had a field trip where we went to a museum and they taught how to make a super basic loom with a board. You just put little alternating cuts on both ends and wrap yarn or whatever around and that's your base lines. Don't know how it's relevant to doll clothes. But hey.
@@Bakers_Ville lol, just that they're much smaller than our clothes, so the looms don't take up as much room, and it can be made on a much more basic level. I'll have to see if I can look up something like what you mentioned. It may be easier to make pattern pieces that way. I also have a new metal peg board thingy that's designed for jewellery making, that I want to try and see if I can make some with it.
Thanks for the tip ^-^. That sounds like such a fun time to me.
Omg, I love that Ax-mens. I used to stop there after class to plan random projects.
That intern needs to be paid
Nah
Talha Tariq why is she so special none of them are paid so why should she be
@@stickmanmageofthelordtacha4917 well she clearly thinks she's so special that her "pronouns" are they/them which is hilarious. And her hair is uh... special... too.... Yeah no don't pay it. These types are just one tantrum away from a lawsuit, would never hire one, ever.
Annalise you designed and built a loom. You f*cking rock.
Congrates on 1 mil! Also this is basically what I wanted amazing vid keep it up!
Thank you so very much for making this video. I am from India where the materials weren't readily available.. However with a little help I could make the same exact loom to make woolen scarves. I got the heddle laser cut over acrylic. I love love love the results!!!
Nice! I'm currently MacGuyvering my own electric spinning wheel. I skipped the motor-building bit by just buying a sewing machine motor with a pedal speed control. Got a flyer from a lot of misc. spinning wheel bits off eBay, bobbin from an etsy maker to fit it. Wood for the structure (since my woodworking skill and access is limited to "I have a Skill Saw and sandpaper") I'm doing myself. I bought my loom, but if you don't mind it taking longer, you can build a tapestry loom (doesn't have a heddle) that uses a pick-up stick. Or you can make a rotating floating heddle that's basically a square length of wood with alternating slits cut on two sides that you turn to lift each section of warp.
Awesome! I've been looking for a tutorial on how to make a loom for the longest time! Thank you Annalise:)
I LOVE shopping at Axman! Haven't been there since i was a teen and haven't lived in Minnesota for 25 years! This brought back some great memories!
I love going to Ax Man..they have some...interesting things, lol.
I have a double sided bowl-shaped mirror that I got who knows how long ago sitting on my dresser.
Annalise has an AMAZING voice.
I feel SO freaking smart 'cause I understood almost every single thing that the man from the Minnesota's University said
I can't help but note all the ancient words in this video. Textile creation as you can guess is one of the oldest technologies known to man, and as such almost all of the technical terms associated with it are among the most ancient words in the English language.
in the factory i worked at they used to card it then comb it, drafted, then roving then to spinning, winding, starching then weaving. from the carding combing and drafting machines it came out as a sliver (like thick weak rope)
I think Annalise is my new favorite person :D
This video was awesome, all the assistant's were very talented!
this hettle idea is genius! gonna trawl through your archive now to see it in action, brb
Axman Surplus is like 5min away from my grandparents! Made me pretty homesick seeing it on your channel 😭 #MinnesotaBoy
that was some hardcore DIY.
Seven months later
"I just came from axeman"
Hahaha
Your intern is a legit wizard.
What a brilliant shop you visited.
Nice work, and i really love the way you designed the loom, also you should not pull the weft thread straight befor beating, a small arc will give the weft some needed extra length and should prevent the sides from getting pulled in (hope you guys read this before making the next video ^^")
Oh hell yeah, that was my rookie mistake
A hint I learned from an old crafts book, take the yarn and hold it with your hands six inches apart and rapidly tug it. If it breaks it's not good for warping threads and if it stands up to the abuse, it's fine for warping threads.
Love Annalise! Congrats on 1M!
Thank you for releasing the plans for the loom!
I hope annalise got a raise after this
Annalis Rocks
they’re so talented!! i’m so glad annalise is part of the team 😊💗
Pete should have his own channel, he’s great
I like the indepth explanation process for making the loom very nice.
Really enjoyed seeing the build process
Omg that girl is my new hero
How is she so cool??
1:40 is that an iron lung?
I've only been there a few times but that Ax man is a weird place.
Yes maybe
Yes it is. on a side not many of them where turned into full body bariatric chambers for wound cair patians in the 60s and 70s
Yep, with the antivax movement Iron Lungs are now back in demand!
looked like it to me :)
The zip tie rigid heddle was an elegant solution! I probably would have just kludged together two heddle bars with loops of thread and dowels.
If you don't live near Axeman you can get that type of kit from Mendelsons' (Dayton Ohio), Tanner Electronics (Dallas Texas), American Science and Surplus (Milwaukee).
I wish I knew of more stores like this.
Great work,Andy and team
Forget 'How to make everything', I want to see more of Analise's work. Jk you're all great.
That's an interesting beater. Don't think I've seen one like that before.
The looms I've seen have a toothed beater, similar to the heddle, so it goes between the warp threads and beat only the weave threads.
I like this new modern era where the women put together the hardware and the men weave clothing
Annalise is an intern? that girl is amazing, don't ever let her go, she's pure gold! plus she has a very nice voice
Thank you so much for the loom instructions! I have always wanted a loom but could never afford one!
My favorite store ever
I didn't understand any of that loom, but it's still interesting.
That was an abrupt ending
Great video, very fun to see the process.
I do however have to say. The longer this channel goes the more it seems to disprove its original thesis that you could produce the common things you use yourself.
this is high quality stuff keep up the good work and kudos to your team as well
I was just at that Ax-Man store the other day! I can spend HOURS in there.
This is something I've always (WANTED)
That was super cool!
The lady is a genius
i decided to use this loom design.
protip - don't make a heddle. buy one. but! if you do - glue the zipstrips tail to tail and put the hole where the "zip" starts near the tail end (it won't be "center" but it will be close)
and that's... it. it is a slow tedious process, the zip strips will fight you every step of the way. i guess it's good practice in tedium for the main event, weaving on the home made loom.
I like that you are wanting to do it all from start to finish. You kept saying making a t-shirt. A t-shirt is a knitted cloth so it has stretch. If you use a loom you are making a woven cloth and it will have little stretch. You can still make a shirt from it but you will not be able to make a t-shirt that has enough stretch to be a pull over shirt, unless you make it really large. It would be better to make something you can button up. Or knit the yarn to give it stretch.
I almost want to make a loom now :)
I am so glad I can just buy my shirts.
AX MAN! That place is great!
I live down the street from axe man, great and cool shop.
" A world without string, is chaos." - Lars Smuntz.
Omg wow... So much talent and still XD I feel like my diy skills are in need of a lot of work XD
Its like you were reading my mind. Ive been trying to make my own loom to make a mat
that's a nice design
What is he a professor in? Im a grad student at UMN and we actually have a spinner (that we never use) and some knitting beds for knitting shape memory alloy.
Knitting with Nitinol?
I was going to make some joke, but then I realized that sounds like a great name for a series or a podcast or something!
@@micahphilson Or a *metal* band
That perfectly coaxial line made me laugh
Also, great video, loved every minute, as always
I was at axe man a few weeks ago. Go ez on jeezy
How to Make Everything: pay someone else to do it 😂
Some people say I'm eccentric but I'm perfectly co-axial. Lmfao. I like that dude! Also, I'm like that dude lol. ;)
I really think you should try a project where all the tools you use have to be made e.g. a rock as a hammer or a homemade saw with materials you found
Great Video dude. Keep it up!
Love this Chanel ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
You should learn how to make a violin, its a complex but beautiful process
You have to try this! How to make a latex monster mask from scratch.💀👹👽
This is so cool.
I love Ax-Man.
I think you’re perfectly coaxial too! Lol
How’s the house coming along?
Why doesn't my city have a store like that?
That place looks amazing.
It's funny because I have a loom which I've recently begun working on again, to make an HTME logo so I could hopefully send it to you! ; )
You should try and make bamboo thread for a shirt in the future.
This guy seems like he would be perfect on the element 14 channel. Previously called the Ben Heck Show.