Tape loom

Below are instructions on how to make a knee tape loom out of poster board material and how to weave a tape. Also, click here for information on the tape loom in the Hyland House collection. Make y…

In the 18th Century, this type of loom was used to weave narrow bands of cloth - called "tapes." Tapes were used for straps, trim, ties, etc.

Invented by artist Lauren Puchowski, picked up by the Cooper-Hewitt

What’s included: 1 - 8epi Heddle 1 - sami sword shuttle 1 - metal apron rod 1 - Take up dowel 1 - warp dowel with apron rod pocket 2 - loom sides 1 - loom back 1 - loom bottom 2 – ratchets w/covers 2 - wood washers w/covers (other end of dowel covers) 2 - pawls w/ covers and short dowels (there will be a total of 6 Covers, only 4 are shown in the image below) Warping instructions and a few patterns to get you started What you will need: Wood Glue fine sand paper or steel wool Black sharpie…

ribbon weaving

This morning Bob and I left New Mexico and drove almost four hours to the little town of Van Horn, Texas. Van Horn is a town that has little to offer except a place to get off the road when you’re on the way to someplace else. We leave tomorrow morning for Fort Stockton, Texas. I wanted to share about my new loom that Bob made for me. On Ravelry, the inkle weaving group has been discussing Keel Looms, which are built using the plans found in the book “Small Looms in Action,” by Elizabeth…

I have been making traditional, individual, hand-carved looms. My newest design is very small, carved out of one piece of wood. Two hundred years ago, these small looms were hand carved. Each one was an individual and became a piece of folk art. With its' uneven and worn slots, chipped and softly worn by years of actual use, the old looms are appropriate for reenactors and historians. There are still many of these looms in private collections and sometimes come up for sale, but many have…

At an SCA event a couple of weekends ago, a lady was working on a really wonderful small loom: She was making this fantastic brocade-type trim, weaving a straight tabby with an overshot pattern. The results were fantastic, and small...

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I have been making traditional, individual, hand-carved looms. My newest design is very small, carved out of one piece of wood. ...