I built two of those looms from straight tree trunks of different diameters and I use them for several fiber techniques, such as Sprang, tablet weaving, macrame, etc. I still have a problem though with solving a major problem, when weaving like the Vikings did. How can I make the top, that is supposed to be turned together with the finished woven fabric? At the moment I just don't weave fabrics that are longer than the given height of my weighted loom and that's pretty annoying.
Hi Lisa, thanks for your comment! For the top part that turns with the completed fabric, it is really important that it be perfectly straight and of perfectly even diameter throughout. Otherwise, as you wind the finished cloth around the top beam, some warp threads will be stretched and others slackened, which will make the weaving uneven. We used a square beam that would sit snuggly into a notch without turning and unwinding while weaving, but which we could lift up, wind, and then settle back into the notch securely. If you use a round beam, you could secure it with pegs or tighten it with a screw so that it doesn't unwind while weaving. That would be a bit more complicated to build. You can see what we did in the Part II video. th-cam.com/video/z2bOpcxtD9o/w-d-xo.html
Did you know that the Vikings probably came from the tribe of Zerah as his descendants left the people called Israel shortly after the Exodus. There's a city in Spain called Zaragoza, and a river flows south out of it called Ebro; or Eber. The tribe of Zerah, being of the son Judah, were heirs to Israel's throne. Since they're royalty, they're represented by the lion. Since Zerah's hand had a red cord wrapped around it at birth, his lion is red. Since Zerah's twin was the actual Kingly line, his descendants are represented by the golden lion. Spain has the red lion, from when the sons of Zerah crossed the med, and the Scot's fly a red lion from when they were chased out of Israel in 721BC. They fled to the Scythian mountains, which they named after their ancestor Isaac; and called them the Isaacian Mountains. This became Scythian over time. The Scythian's became Saxon's as Saxon is a shortened version of Isaac's-sons. The Saxon's were the Vikings, and they became the Scot's. If you look up Bellum Gallium, it was a war that Rome fought against the Gaul's. The Gauls were the Gadites, another son of Israel, and they're depicted wearing Plaid; or as it is written about Joseph's clothes, a coat of many colors. The Kilt is the Hebrew cloak, and the Dulcimer (Dan 3:5) is the Bagpipe. It's cool that you're looking into the Viking's Ships, but they learned from the Phoenicians, whom are Israelites that lived near Tyre.
That was so interesting, I am going to enjoy watching your work on building a loom!!!
Awesome! I can't wait to see how the loom turns out!
I built two of those looms from straight tree trunks of different diameters and I use them for several fiber techniques, such as Sprang, tablet weaving, macrame, etc. I still have a problem though with solving a major problem, when weaving like the Vikings did. How can I make the top, that is supposed to be turned together with the finished woven fabric? At the moment I just don't weave fabrics that are longer than the given height of my weighted loom and that's pretty annoying.
Hi Lisa, thanks for your comment! For the top part that turns with the completed fabric, it is really important that it be perfectly straight and of perfectly even diameter throughout. Otherwise, as you wind the finished cloth around the top beam, some warp threads will be stretched and others slackened, which will make the weaving uneven. We used a square beam that would sit snuggly into a notch without turning and unwinding while weaving, but which we could lift up, wind, and then settle back into the notch securely. If you use a round beam, you could secure it with pegs or tighten it with a screw so that it doesn't unwind while weaving. That would be a bit more complicated to build. You can see what we did in the Part II video. th-cam.com/video/z2bOpcxtD9o/w-d-xo.html
Did you know that the Vikings probably came from the tribe of Zerah as his descendants left the people called Israel shortly after the Exodus. There's a city in Spain called Zaragoza, and a river flows south out of it called Ebro; or Eber. The tribe of Zerah, being of the son Judah, were heirs to Israel's throne. Since they're royalty, they're represented by the lion. Since Zerah's hand had a red cord wrapped around it at birth, his lion is red. Since Zerah's twin was the actual Kingly line, his descendants are represented by the golden lion. Spain has the red lion, from when the sons of Zerah crossed the med, and the Scot's fly a red lion from when they were chased out of Israel in 721BC. They fled to the Scythian mountains, which they named after their ancestor Isaac; and called them the Isaacian Mountains. This became Scythian over time. The Scythian's became Saxon's as Saxon is a shortened version of Isaac's-sons. The Saxon's were the Vikings, and they became the Scot's. If you look up Bellum Gallium, it was a war that Rome fought against the Gaul's. The Gauls were the Gadites, another son of Israel, and they're depicted wearing Plaid; or as it is written about Joseph's clothes, a coat of many colors. The Kilt is the Hebrew cloak, and the Dulcimer (Dan 3:5) is the Bagpipe.
It's cool that you're looking into the Viking's Ships, but they learned from the Phoenicians, whom are Israelites that lived near Tyre.