Small looms I love- Looms from the recycling bin
January 23, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crafts, small loom weaving, weaving and handweaving and looms
My dear friend, Terri Bibby, teaches people how to weave with Saori looms, & with these little hand made looms About a dozen years or so ago, there was a guy who lived just down the road. He reclaimed scrap materials that were being tossed on building sites and sold them for reasonable prices. I bought some acrylic, and made neat little ‘invisible’ frame looms:
They’re very nice little looms to weave on, but I’ll never make more of them! The acrylic was just murder to work with! I’ll stick with wood and metal!
But, it was still a successful recycling/reclaiming/weaving project, even …read more
Small looms I love- Peg loom
January 21, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under small loom weaving, weaving and handweaving and looms
There are all kinds of peg looms out there.
People often think of them as being just for children to learn weaving on.
Not so.. you can weave all kinds of neat things with them. I used a Harrisville peg loom to weave wonderful dolls and doll clothes in my book: Soul Mate Dolls: Dollmaking as a Healing Art.
Harrisville Looms has several really pleasing peg looms
Even though the peg loom is 5 epi (ends per inch), you can double up the warp strands to weave a finer fabric.
When you buy a peg loom, make sure it’s sturdy and that the pegs won’t …read more
