My Inkle Loom: Woodworker Episode
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 พ.ย. 2020
- Another quickie episode, this time on how my loom was made--measurements, pros and cons, how I would build it differently or make changes. Disclaimer: I am not a woodworker and haven't taken any drafting classes since middle school, so your mileage may vary.
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Tablet Weaving Pattern Generator:
* jamesba.github.io/tabletweave/
Yarns:
* Maysville Carpet Warp, which can be found at several different weaving supply places (I often use WEBS at www.yarn.com). It comes in more than 70 colors on an 800 yard spool for about $9, so it can be used in a number of projects and the price is very reasonable.
* 20/2 silk from Eowyn de Weaver on Etsy. Each cone is $30 and comes in 18 different colors. There are also small 100 yard spools that run $5 each and comes in more than 2 dozen colors.
* Pearl cotton, size 8, which can be found is most craft stores in a bunch of colors.
Cards:
* 2 1/2" wide (63 mm) made on a 3D printer, a pattern designed by my husband. Free downloadable patterns of other tablets are available on Thingiverse (not my pattern--we are still working the kinks out of the design--www.thingiverse.com/thing:180...)
* 3 1/4" from Robin & Russ Handweavers (which are, unfortunately, out of business) or from Schacht Spindle Company, which run $8 for 25 cards. I love these because they are colored on the edges and they are thin but very durable. Similar cards by Lacis are available on Amazon.
Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
Opening credits created by HL Aenor de Pessac / Rebekkah Shafer-Ross, 2020.
Opening Music by Jon Sayles; additional music: Aakash Gandhi - Shattered Paths • Aakash Gandhi - Shatte... - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
So, I went from having never heard of this craft on Friday (two Fridays ago) to spending all that day attempting to weave with cards made of microwave food boxes fished back out of my recycling and the warp threads tied to a chair and scrap yarn from crocheting... to spending all of the next day with my friend who is much more experienced with woodworking... and CAD stuff... making a loom! And now I've finished my first woven band (that pattern in your For Absolute Beginners video!) and am a good third through my second! Thank you so much for your videos, and for THIS specific video, and the helpful blog post that goes with it!!! I need lots more crochet thread, now :D (and I keep making more cards...)
The paddle tensioner very often will bend the bolt, too. I made mine from cherry, with oak pegs. Somehow it ended up being a left-handed one, but it's never bothered me--in fact I didn't even realise it until someone pointed it out LOL
My first Inkle loom is left-handed, but I think I may convert it to right-handed. It has both the paddle and the dowel tensioning and the uprights are straight 90 degrees upright. My first project was heddled, and I look forward to doing the tablet weaving as you teach me how. You are a WONDERFUL teacher. Thank you for putting this up on the internet.
I LOVE you….. thanks you for these instructions. Very kind of you
This is brilliant, the looms are quite expensive to buy and i have a friend that makes things out of wood, so I'll show them this x
I have given my husband the plans. We have the oak on hand but will need to purchase the dowels this week. He has the plans drawn up in Fusion 360 so the holes for the dowels and the slot for the tension bar can be cut on his CNC machine. We are so thankful for the plans you provided! My husband has been able to use them and make the adjustments you suggested in the video. I will keep you updated.
Fantastic! I read this to my husband who was a little jealous of the CNC machine...
Hubby made me one off this pattern for my birthday around Thanksgiving. It wasn't until I started trying to do the first weave along with you that I realized it was left handed instead of right. It's a good thing that I was left handed for the first few years of my life until I broke my left arm and my teacher told me I had another arm I could use to write with. I'm not ambidextrous but I am duel handed I think its called. I do some things with my right and some things with my left. I did ask about flipping the pegs to the right side. He just laughed and said "Darlin' I can do that for ya but I would risk destroying the loom. I would have to cut off the pegs and drill out the holes, cause the wood will break before that glue does."
That is what I get for being married to a guy who builds cabinets for airplanes for a living. Might want to put a note on this to pay close attention to which side your putting your pegs on and to set it with the working end facing you when deciding where to stick them.
Hmmm...I did front, back, and top views...I also am married to an engineer and a woodworker. I'll have him look at the designs and see if he can suggest any improvements.
Love your videos. Very well done. Dragged out my English Breakfast tea again after seeing your large cupa. Might give the inkle loom plans an attempt. Looks pretty straightforward. Also, love the history.
Yes that teacup is a very essential accessory. Don’t weave without it!
How strange, middle school was a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away for me also.... My last adventure on an inkle loom (borrowed) was about that long ago too. Thank you so much for sharing with us. I am interested in trying card weaving and your videos make the process seem much more attainable.
that's awesome thank you so much. I have a little inkle loom but I want to make a bigger one. I could not find a design I liked until I found your channel.
Thank you so much for breaking down the different pieces of the loom, it helps a lot!
About tension. . .
So, like your tension peg in front, the lower back peg could be made in the same way, same goes for the lower middle peg, just with less room to "wiggle" but I think, with three tension rods, it should be enough when making a long weave.
I am however totally unexperienced and I am planning to build my own loom, due to the high cost of a finished product :)
I am from Denmark, and material costs would set me back 30-40$. Purchasing an inkle loom would cost me 110$, without shipping.
So right now I'm trying to figure out, how I can make the best loom possible, giving me (and maybe others) the best chances of success and customization. ^^
I originally found you on pintrest, and sparked a lot of interest and creativity in me, with only a few of your videos.
Thank you
I have you to thank for my latest obsession! I was looking through TH-cam for some info on repairs for a little table loom I've had for years. Up pops your beginners video and I couldn't stop watching. Long story made much shorter - I warped up the beam on my table loom, used electric fence insulators for weights and made many a band. Made many a mistake. I finally bought a little Inkle loom that will allow you to make 2 1/2 yards of weaving and it does a great job, just too small. I have found that my weaving tension is much more consistent on the Inkle as opposed to weighted warp. It also frees up one end of my living room where I had yarn stretched out across furniture! Love your videos and find I have to watch them more than once to get all the info in my poor head! Thanks for your work! Have a peace filled Holiday with much love and egg nog.
Thank you Penny! I'm so happy that you have found so much joy in this hobby! I think you might need a Monster Loom.... Happy holidays! Cheers!
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Quick question about patterns. I have been looking at several that are threaded counter clockwise. Upon inspection of instructions this person weaves opposite of the way you teach. For example, she indicates forward as being toward the weaver, backward away. I don't need further confusion but she has some gorgeous patterns that I would like to try. Is there a fairly simple way of converting this convention to the "right facing, clockwise cards, forward away from weaver" or should I just ignore these patterns to save brain cells? Oh, and IF I were to get a monster loom of some type, are you able to warp it only partway if you didn't
need a bazillion feet of band? Thanks in advance!
Thank You for sharing this video. I have spent two days looking at looms and none are exactly like yours. Your discussion on what you would change is exceptionally helpful. Now I have to try and find a woodworker with the equipment to make one!
Yes Thanks. That is great information for you to share with us.
Thanks for the idea. I came across your channel being introduced to the SCA East Kingdom and had to make my clothes. All your videos are outstanding.
Excelente!!! Gracias!!!
Thank you so much. I can't wait to make this for myself!
Thank you so much for the description. This will be definelitly be of great help!
You could make the back bottom peg into a tension rod too, so you have two tension rods. 😀
Excellent idea!
After seeing your videos i am so gonna start looking after wook and build a loom myself!
Elewys I just discovered you and Im so greatful! Im a costumer jewelry designer and was invited to a Ren Faire. I have to make myself a costume and researching Viking wear and wanted to also make my trim leading me down rabbit hole of weaving and inkle weaving. Bought a loom from the Woolery and waiting on it now....so excited to try a new craft. You are a wonderful teacher and make everything so clear and understandable. Thank you for sharing your love.
Thank you for making this. I’m slowly working on building mine and this will definitely help me a lot. Mine will be slightly different due to being in risk group during pandemic which makes shopping supplies complicated. Also since I’m from Sweden it’s harder to get some materials. Almost all the wood for sale here is soft wood.
Your videos are giving me such joy, thank you so much. I am just beginning tablet weaving and have a tiny inkle loom so I hope to interest husband in building a bigger one for me. Your plans will be so useful.
I tried building a loom from an old big screen TV mount. Still some work to do before I try it out.
I've just been inkle weaving on a bard loom (I think that's the term)
And it's also not been ideal but a very rewarding learning experience
So we kind of come from contrasting approaches but I love to see it and even took notes
As I plan to diy a loom that can do both easily
Thanks for the input I truly appreciate it 💚
Thank you so much for this...going to share it with DH immediately!! 🥰🤗
Thanks for this, I'm hoping to snag hubby's help to build one for Christmas and it's always better to have one to look at. All the angles and drawings too!
'Loom Tour' 😂💚 love this
This is amazing, thank you! I've seen card weaving at the historical museum I work at and even bought myself some cards but never got round to using them. Your videos are inspiring me to try it out! The loom looks very good and I might try and find someone to make it for me so that I can avoid any makeshift setups.
This is such a helpful video, I'm starting weaving with the small inklette for limited initial outlay but if I decide I want to get deeper in to tablet weaving definitely will be designing and building my own loom, definitely bookmarking this to using some of the thoughts here in my design process.
I built my own inkle loom quite a while ago, and I didn't have any tools that would let me cut a slot for a tension bar, so I have a paddle tensioner that has three holes it can fit into. It doesn't work very well and I ended up tensioning by holding a loop in the warp with a pen and fastening it back to a post with rubber bands. XD
That sounds like something I'd do...
I took woodworking in junior high and high school, a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away for me also. I haven't done anything with wood since. I'm beginning to question that. I love well done wood work.
I've been curious about weaving for many years, and have finally started giving it a try. There are many looms I'd love to have, but they all have price tags I wouldn't love to have. I finally gave in to temptation and invested in an Ashford inkle loom, and a Kromski rigid heddle loom. I haven't assembled the inkle loom yet. I got the rigid heddle loom assembled and warped this past weekend, and have done a little weaving on it so far. Looking at the materials and construction involved got me to thinking that even as rusty as my woodworking skills are I probably could have made them for a lot less. I've already been eyeing table and floor looms. The price tags on those are a definite deterrent, and I doubt I could successfully build one from scratch. I'll have to just dream about those for a while. But, that's okay. I have so much to learn on my inkle and rigid heddle looms that they'll keep me busy for a long while.
I've heard lots of great things about the Kromski looms...I've been wanting to get one, myself. You may be able to find some looms in the second hand market. FB marketplace has table and floor looms all the time. I've been tempted to get one, but of course, I'd need a loom room! I recall someone had instructions for weaving on a rigid heddle using two reeds, to create double-width fabric on a loom, which fascinates me. Great way to turn a 24" loom into a 48" piece of fabric!
Yes! Thank you so much! Time to dust off the ol' woodworking tools (for my hubby, mwahahha) and get busy😁
Thank you very much! I am going to ask my huseband construct me second loom. Wery useful infomation for me now!
I looked online to purchase one of these looms...rather expensive at around 120 USD.
I just priced out the lumber to make one myself. Around 30 USD (I'll have to buy everything as I don't have wood working stuff laying around) at my local Home Depot and they make all of your cuts for you! So when you get home, all you need to do is put it together!😃❤
Thanks for your inspiration!
If you have the tools and the skills, go for it! Let me know how it goes!
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 I certainly will!
I would love to send you some pictures of my finished project!
Just made a loom last weekend from two wooden shelving brackets and 4x 12" lengths of 1" dowel. Trying it with loom weights since it's a small, portable setup. I have my warp wound on wooden spools with the weights hooked on bottom, then strung through the loom and tied to the front dowel. Still seeing it up, so I'm curious if it'll ever work, but it's worth a try for a cheap setup!
Before that, I was weaving between the two arms of a chair, moving between a spare office chair and a lawn chair. Worked fine, but killed my back bending over.
I know it is not your preferred method but have you ever used a warp weighted loom? What are the benefits over an inkle loom?
I have experimented a little with warp weighting. First issue is having enough weights on each card. You need about 100g per card (about 3.5 oz), and I was struggling with finding the right amount of weight. Tried buying fishing sinkers, but that was expensive. Made little baggies of pea gravel that I scooped up from my yard--that was OK, but not ideal. For me, the biggest issue is portability. I want to be able to take the loom from home to events or meetings at friends' homes, etc. Warp weighted is just more difficult for that. If you don't plan on moving the loom, then this could work great for you. So, bottom line, it's a personal choice.
I shared your video with my son-in-law and asked him if he could make one for me, as I'd like to be able to make longer bands than my little travel inkle does. I could probably do this myself, as this video makes the construction of the loom sound as easy as you've made the weaving process, but the SIL has such awesome woodworking skills... He watched the vid, and is now very intrigued ! Thank you!
I know this video is from nearly two years ago, but do you ever do inkle weaving, or have you considered doing inkle weaving for your channel?
I started with inkle but found a real passion for tablet weaving.
This video answered a lot of questions for me! I always wondered why you had the movable post far forward now it makes perfect sense!!! I’m going thru your blog looking for the instructions- do you participate in fairs? Will you be at the Celtic faire in PA the end of June? Or is that the wrong era?
Right era, wrong part of the country. Pennsylvania is about 2500 miles away. I will be traveling in June/July, but not to PA.
Excellent overview of the loom!
Question - the angled uprights are ‘offset’ to the left (when looking at the loom from the weaver’s end...) half the width of the backbone. Is this by design - as in, does this offset give you, the weaver, an efficient advantage vs. having the upright’s right face flush with the backbone?
I am considering making one, and the rabbet/rebate of the angled uprights struck me as inefficient (from a woodworkers perspective), and was wondering if there might be a weaver’s reason to have the offset. Your response is greatly appreciated!
That's a woodworker question that's above my pay grade. If you're a woodworker and can make it stable, go for it.
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 - thanks for the response. It’s actually a weaving question 😁. Does the offset help you ? Or does it not matter when weaving?
No, I don't think it makes a difference.
i saw on one of your older blog posts you made "surf board" looms for a class you were teaching. that looks more my woodworking ability. do you have instructions for that style?.
also thank you so much for these videos!! i love the historical context and weaving instruction. working on olso right now.
Hello! My Mom's family has a bunch of Perrins in it...I wonder if we're related?
As for the surfboard loom, I could give you the measurements and dimensions for that but there were tension issues...there are ways to counter-balance those issues, but it might be easier to order a kit. I'm not a woodworker--my husband is a hobbiest woodworker, but not professional, either. I'll see if I can find one of my looms lying around so I can take measurements of what I used. It might take me a day or two.
married in... in Mi. maybe they had a ton of kids.
basic demensions would be great!!
How much finished length do you get when you use this loom?
About 3 1/2 yards.
I am going to assume that all of your pegs have a finish on them like some kind of polyurethane is that correct? Or are they raw wood?
Honestly, I don't know. I would talk to a woodworker about putting anything on the wood that might rub off on your fibers.
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 then I'm thinking raw wood 😁 you would probably know if your pegs were coated. They would be a bit shiny and slick.
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 I am actually thinking of building one of these for my 11-year-old grandson. He's a maker at heart and spending way too much time in front of a video game... I think that he would absolutely love this or completely hate me for doing this to him! 🤣
@@darleneredden6730 It should have a finish. Most wood finishes harden and cure (check the label for cure time), and they will not rub off on fibers. Unfinished wood will swell when humidity rises and the grain will become raised, which could cause snags on fiber. Polyurethane is a durable finish and shouldn't cause any problems.
@@griffox thanks! I won't finish this little starter loom because it's just to see if he likes weaving, but if I make him a more permanent one I will. Thanks again!
Are the drawing’s dimensions of the loom as it is or as you would change it? I made an Inkle loom years ago thinking my daughters might use it; I was the one who wove a bit of a band on it to see how it worked. The girls grew up twenty-plus years ago. I can’t do my lathe turning or other woodwork in the house, let alone in front of the tv where my wife does much of her crocheting and quilting. I thought the loom would be a good thing to occupy my hands and mind in the evening. My wife said when I asked about it several months ago that it was in our attic. ( couldn’t find it) I asked again last week and she said our older daughter has it. At any rate, as I remember the dowels needed some work, and I like the idea of the thick wood yours is made of. I’ll use a larger diameter screw in the tension peg, a hanger bolt (wood screw one end, bolt thread on the other) at least 5/16” diameter, or maybe a bolt all the way through - it’s easy to make a concentric bore if you have a lathe.
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Steele Hinton
I think I drew it as-is. If I were to change it, I would make the space between each dowel at least 2" so my hands could fit between them better (that 2" peg to peg, not 2" on center).
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Thank you! My birch dowel rods should arrive today. The local hardware store dowels are not very round and not very hard. I can bite one and leave toothmarks. I’ll turn the tensioner dowel on my lathe.
I love to watch your videos and how could you do install how to do that but I would like to try one of your patterns for the download for free or do you have to buy them because I guess to me it would be a good way to have one and follow you on whatever video it is that you want to learn how to do it because my husband made me an eagle loom
Sorry--I'm not sure I totally followed what you were asking here. All weaving patterns are available on my blog. The link is in the description.
Time to talk my dad into making me one. :)
When he's done with that, show him the plans for the Monster Loom....
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 that monster is truly a marvelous piece of engineering. :)
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 I just sent my dad the link to your diagrams. :) I hope to get a materials list together soon now, and then commence with making a loom!
This is neat. I wont make one myself but I've been wondering about it. Thanks for taking the time to make this and share it with us.