Weaving
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please can anyone help i have searched for a long time for a simple to build weaving loom on which i can teach my eight your old daughter to weave.it needs to be idiot proof as i have more ideas than talent but i would love to be able to make some rugs about a metre wide. thank you
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Looms are pretty complex mechanical beasts....at least a lot of the one I have seen. There are however some neat ideas out there...like this one made from PVC pipe http://www.pvcloom.com/?page_id=16 The beater is often "purchased" as a unit and then incorporated into the DIY sets, some will also buy heddle sets. I hope some day to build one with some fancy hardwoods, when we visit our ranch (cabin) we often take day trips into Taos NM, there are a lot of great galleries there with weavings and looms and tons of great hand dyed wool yarns... http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/webdocs/df1_loom.pdf A Navajo style loom is a bit simpler http://creatingahome.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/loom_plans.pdf
KMS Woodworks
on Oct 04, 2013
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wow I was thinking of something much simpler that my father made for me when i was about 8 years old it was a frame about 15 inches by 25 inches and the top and bottom pieces of wood were shaped like turrets on a castle keep.the thread was wound around each turret down to the bottom round the bottom turret and back up again to the next turret.when all the vertical threads were in place and there seemed to be two rows of them he made me a long oval leaf shaped thin piece of wood very smooth with u shapes cut at each end the wool was wound onto this and then passed back and forth through the vertical threads after each row i turned a piece of wood in the centre which dropped one lot of threads and picked up the ones behind it i would repeat passing the wool through then turn the wood again until the work was the required length
Felicity Woodruffe
on Oct 04, 2013
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thank you so much
Felicity Woodruffe
on Oct 04, 2013
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I used to teach textiles in schools, the children would make their own looms with cadboard or a picture frame. Basically you take a wooden frame, or cardboard, wrap yarn from top to bottom, tie off then use yarn to eave over under each strand...draw tight at an angel, then use a fork as a beater bar! They loved it and even first graders did this. wish i were more computer saavey to show you :0( good luck
Susie Karns
on Oct 05, 2013
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http://youtu.be/mjxudP6BYXM hope this video helps!!!
Susie Karns
on Oct 05, 2013
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you can make the pieces bigger and sew together for a bag! bookmarks etc. I didn't have the children cut each row, we used long pieces of yarn and did a continued strand
Susie Karns
on Oct 05, 2013
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Check with your local weaving guild! Someone may have a simple loom you can use or buy. After practicing for a while you can decide if your ready to continue on to more advanced weavings, and looms. Good luck.
Jean DeSavage
on Oct 05, 2013
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my husband made a sort of loom it had threads going top to bottom and across and the finished work had tiny rosettes roses all over it sadly he died two years ago,he was chiilean and always loved making things especially from junk so pan pipes from plastic water piping and he turned woven ikea rush blinds into pan pipe badges with pins on the back.he used coloured embroidery threads to secure the different sized pieces together so they resembled pan pipes.he once carved a miniature village out of an avocado pear stone.he made long pulls for light switches sower cords from stones with holes and sea shells.i make xmas decorations from cut up beer cans and cola cans with a bead in the centre to fix them together and i weave carrier bags and bin bags to make wall and garden hangings wind chimes and bath and shower mats they can go in the washing machine too
Felicity Woodruffe
on Oct 07, 2013
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thank you
Felicity Woodruffe
on Oct 07, 2013
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thank you for your reply :)
Felicity Woodruffe
on Oct 07, 2013
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Many years ago as a youth instructor I found the directions for a simple, portable loom used by American Indians: A rope around a tree with a stick knotted into the two ends and a series of pegs in the ground. The warp threads tied to the pegs, wrapped under and over the upper stick and tied to a second one with the length long enough to go past the pegs. It would be harder to keep the tension right. My favorite simple loom would be a giant version of a child's pot holder loom. You could used an old frame with pegs of golf tees.
Dorothy Collett
on Aug 26, 2015
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My first weaving class started us out on cardboard. Make notches on top & bottom. These will be for your warp..........then weave your other materials on the warp. Pull the warp from the finished weaving....... Another method for a round weaving.......get round hoop............make you warp by using a sort of slip knot.........tie off..........then weave pretty yarn, fluff, ribbons, etc.
PainterNoni
on Sep 04, 2015
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