I just was given a very wonderful floor inkle loom, which has caused friends to ask “what the heck is that??”.
Inkle looms don’t look like a traditional loom.
In fact, if you see a “naked” loom without any yarn on it, they can look downright baffling.
How on earth can you weave fabric on something that looks like this?

You can make all kinds of wonderful fabric with an inkle loom!  It doesn’t allow you to create a wide piece of fabric, but it does make long bands of fabric, quickly and easily.   I can create a strip of fabric many yards …read more

I’m starting a Wordless Wednesday series on Tangled Thread – I’ll share pieces of my studio, current projects… if it’s fiber – it’s fair game
To begin, here are two pictures of a piece of hand-weaving I recently cut off my inkle loom:

I’m sewing a new harness for my elderly Cocker spaniel and I thought it would be fun to weave my own webbing, rather than buying nylon webbing.
Besides – this feels so much nicer than nylon… and it’s fun to make!
images: © C Findlay-Harder