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Medieval looms. Warp-weighted looms. Inkle looms. Card weaving. Rigid Heddle looms.
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From: esp at cup.portal.com (Emily Sue Pinnell)
Date: 12 Apr 91 04:38:50 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
While I cannot document an inkle loom, I can point out a rigid
heddle loom and card weaving in the same illumination. In the
famous Codex Manesse, also called the Minnesanger ms (German,
early 1300's), there is an illumination which shows a lady working
on weaving [f. 285]. I don't think the artist had any idea how
weaving works because he has the finished belt on the back side of
the rigid heddle. There are hexagonal cards in front, and it looks
like the lady is beating (that's a weaving term!) this guy's hair
into her warp. Besides the fact that it's backwards, it does show
that there were free-standing rigid heddle looms.
[It is basically a flat board with slots cut into it, and a row
of holes across the center. The warp is threaded one thread in the
slot, next in the hole, etc. The warp threads in the slots can be
pushed up and down, while the ones in the holes are stationary.
Patterns can be created with either cards or pick-up sticks.]
While I haven't seen documentation for them, one or two hundred
years ago in early America people were using rigid heddle boards
that could be held between the knees. They used them to weave
tapes, belts, and bindings in plain weave. They make a very
portable package; the board is basically the size of a smalll bread
board or large hand-held mirror.
___________
The one in the Codex Manesse is on a stand. | |
| | | | | | |
[imagine more and | |o|o|o|o| |
smaller slots and holes] | | | | | | |
|____ ____|
| |
knees would go -> ___| |___
here if wood curved
Hope this is of some help. I too would be interested in more
information on this subject.
in service,
Amelie d'Anjou
[esp at cup.portal.com]
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From: kreyling at lds.loral.com (Ed Kreyling 6966)
Subject: Re: Weaving question
Organization: Loral Data Systems
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1993 02:16:44 GMT
Syr.Bennen.Mactire at p12.f1066.n374.z1.fidonet.org (Syr Bennen Mactire) writes:
>I am in the process of building one of those big Viking looms, you know
>the kind that lean up against the wall. I have two pictures to work from
>but need more to work out the details .
>Any ideas on books or points of reference that I can turn to?
"The Viking World" by James Graham-Campbell (Ticknor & Fields, New Haven,1980)
has a good diagram (p. 120) of a warp weighted loom. I think I have an exploded
diagram in another book but can't lay my hands on it right now. (Oh, the trials
of an SCA library). We'll send you a copy. "The Viking" published by Crescent
Books, New York (ISBN 0-51744.553-0) has drawings of all of the weaving tools
as well.
>Also, how fine a weave can be accomplished on just such a loom?
>How much tension is involved?
I assure you the limit of how fine the weave is will be my skill, not the type
of loom. Shouldn't be a problem to do 50 epi (threads per inch, Benen), which
is what the Pennsic place mats were, once I get the hang of weaving UP. I have
a photo of a scrap dug up at York that must be about 100 epi. The tension isn't
a problem since you tie bundles of threads to the loom weights. The finer the
thread, the more you tie to the weight. Of course, I will be much more
knowledgable after I've had a chance to play, swear, and weave on it for a while. Brigit
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From: hwt at bcarh11a.bnr.ca (Henry Troup)
Subject: Re: Weaving question
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa, Canada
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1993 13:52:25 GMT
> There is a book I have looked thru but do not own, "The Warp Weighted Loom" by
> Marta Hoffman. It is considered one of the best sources on warp-weighted
Available by mail order from Robin & Russ Handweavers, McMinnville, Oregon.
The exact address can be got from most weaving magazines, and the list of
publishers in the estimable Books in Print.
--
Henry Troup - H.Troup at BNR.CA (Canada)
From: jab2 at stl.stc.co.uk (Jennifer Ann Bray)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles,rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Weaving a rain cloak
Date: 2 Nov 93 10:05:44
Organization: STC Technology Ltd., London Road, Harlow, UK.
Fiacha said
"you need to be able to get to all parts at any time, this tends to
mean 3' foot clearance on all four sides"
For large floor looms, if you are willing to crawl around inside the
loom you don't need clearance outside. i have an old Andrew loom,
(floor loom with overslung batten) The loom occupies something like a
five foot cube. The left side is six inches from a wall, (which just
gives me room to draw the curtains between loom and wall) The right
side is touching a chest of drawers for the back two feet. The back of
the loom is four inches clear of the wall (which just gives room to
extract the pegs holding the warp beam in) The front of the loom
touches my bed which I sit on to weave (the bed is unusually high, so
works OK as a loom bench)
To further add to the crowding, I have fixed a shelf to the top of the
loom at the back which takes my boxes of yarn, shuttles, spare reeds,
hooks etc.
The bedroom looks very crowded, but it is perfectly possible to thread
up the loom by sitting on a stool with its legs stuck between the
treadles. If threads break I crawl underneath the warp at the back
and fix them from below. Similarly if I want to adjust the tie up I
crawl inside the loom and fix it from inside. I suspect that I would
have to climb into the loom to get at parts even if I had a mass of
space around it, though it would probably be easier being able to
crawl in one side and out the other instead of having to reverse!
From: holsten at nature.berkeley.edu (Donna Holsten)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Inkle Looms (was: Re: "a reasonable attempt"...)
Date: 9 Apr 1996 21:32:42 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
To the person who asked just *what* an inkle loom is:
It is a type of loom that allows a person to weave a thin, plain-weave
strip of fabric--like a piece of trim or a lacing. It's basically a
framework with some dowels sticking out, onto which the warp is looped.
I don't know whether inkle looms are in our period--I've certainly never
seen one portrayed. However, I *have* seen box looms portrayed--I'm
thinking specifically of the one in the tapestry I saw at the Louvre
(the name of which I can't remember, but I can look it up if anyone is
curious.) A box loom basically looks like a lap-sized rigid heddle
loom, and produces the exact same type of fabric as an inkle loom. Now,
I haven't researched the topic, so I don't know if there have been any
trim or lacings found that would have been woven in a two-shed device
like a box loom--but if there's one shown in a tapestry, that's pretty good
evidence (for me) that inkle/box loom strips are historically accurate.
Joanna
From: foxd at silver.ucs.indiana.edu (daniel fox)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Inkle Looms (was: Re: "a reasonable attempt"...)
Date: 10 Apr 1996 05:26:19 GMT
Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
Ok, the inkle loom in the form we have it is something Mary Atwater was
shown in England in the early part of this century. Since Mrs. Atwater
regarded any textile or texitle tool predating about 1890 to be "ancient"
we have no idea of the actual antiquity of the piece.
She also says in _Byways in Handweaving_ that she was told the English wove
plainweave bands on the inkle loom and embroidered them. She thought this
was boring so she devised the current methods of striped and pickup weaving
techniques for it.
HOWEVER:
The term inkle is definitely period:
Helen Bress gives two citations from the 16th century of the use of the term
spelled variously unkle and incle. It seems to have been used for tapes or
laces.
Inkle bands are simple warp-faced bands. Their weave structure is identical
to backstrap, rigid heddle and rep weaves. Backstrap is certainly in use
far earlier than SCA period, rigid heddles have been found in viking graves,
and rep weaves can be woven on most harnes looms.
The methods Atwater adapted for modern inkle bands are period, we just
don't know if they were done on a thing that looked like an inkle loom, or
in a band box, or on a rigid heddle.
Audelindis de Rheims
From: deisla at aol.com (De Isla)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Inkle Looms (was: Re: "a reasonable attempt"...)
Date: 10 Apr 1996 03:41:59 -0400
The inkle weaving technique is definitly period but wasn't introduced to
the US until the 1930's. My father is a dealer in hard to find textile
books and sells Helene Bress's book _Inkle_Weaving_ for $30.
Wm. MacDonald
From: fiddler at Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Inkle Looms (was: Re: "a reasonable at
Date: 17 Apr 1996 22:13:38 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc.
In article ht5 at newsbf02.news.aol.com, deisla at aol.com (De Isla) writes:
:The inkle weaving technique is definitly period but wasn't introduced to
:the US until the 1930's.
That may be "reintroduced".
I've been researching woven sashes in pre-Revolution North America,
and while most of the Great Lakes-Canadian samples look to have been
finger-woven, there are some that are clearly heddle-woven, plainweave,
warp-face fabric.
If they weren't inkle woven, somebody went to a lot of bother making
things harder for themselves than necessary.
Even if inkle looms in NA predate the 1930's, the don't seem to have been
very common, though.
:My father is a dealer in hard to find textile
:books and sells Helene Bress's book _Inkle_Weaving_ for $30.
A very good introduction to the inkle loom.
From: David Corliss <CORLISD at aa.wl.com>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Inkle Looms (was: Re: "a reasonable at
Date: 18 Apr 1996 13:37:29 GMT
Organization: Parke-Davis Retrospective Validation
An inkle loom is, very simply, a tool for making inkles. Inkles are
referenced in Shakespeare. Narrow-band warp-faced articles have be
produced by many diverse methods continuously for a *very* long time. The
use of the term "inkle" refering to certain articles within this broad
classification seems to have arisen in the late 1500's. The inkle loom,
as that term is used today, was not known to western culture at that
time: indeed, it seems to been eventually named the "inkle" loom because
it produced what were already known as inkles.
Beorthwine of Grafham Wood
From: brettwi at ix.netcom.com(Brett Williams)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Inkle Looms (was: Re: "a reasonable attempt"...)
Date: 10 Apr 1996 15:45:31 GMT
holsten at nature.berkeley.edu (Donna Holsten) writes:
>
>To the person who asked just *what* an inkle loom is:
>
>It is a type of loom that allows a person to weave a thin, plain-weave
>strip of fabric--like a piece of trim or a lacing. It's basically a
>framework with some dowels sticking out, onto which the warp is
>looped.
>
>I don't know whether inkle looms are in our period--I've certainly
>never seen one portrayed. However, I *have* seen box looms
>portrayed--I'm thinking specifically of the one in the tapestry I saw
>at the Louvre (the name of which I can't remember, but I can look it
>up if anyone is curious.) A box loom basically looks like a lap-sized
>rigid heddle loom, and produces the exact same type of fabric as an
>inkle loom. Now, I haven't researched the topic, so I don't know if
>there have been any trim or lacings found that would have been woven
>in a two-shed device like a box loom--but if there's one shown in a
>tapestry, that's pretty good evidence (for me) that inkle/box loom
>strips are historically accurate.
>
>Joanna
Small box looms with a rigid heddle were used to make ribbons with fine
threads, such as silk. I just came home from the library last night
with the first set of proceeds from ILL (grin) on tablet weaving, and
incidentally got a copy of Crowfoot et alia's _Medieval Finds From
Excavations in London: 4, Textiles and Clothing_, HMSO 1992, ISBN 0 11
290445 9, which, on page 25, shows a drawing of a woman using a small
box loom 'as it might have looked in the 14th century'. I find no
archeaological evidence *so far* for decorative trim with merely tabby
shed; rather more complicated designs were done with tablet/card
weaving techniques; however I haven't looked very hard yet and am
nothing what I'd term an expert. Crowfoot's work does not mention
two-shed trim at all, other than silk ribbon used where we would use a
lining/interfacing reinforcement on the business end of a garment, like
button/buttonhole closures.
Of all things, I got the last box loom of this sort from Halcyon Yarns
last week. The manufacturer no longer makes them.
For the non-cognoscenti with respect to weaving terminology, a shed is
the V-shape formed when threads split in a loom enabling a shuttle to
go through. A pick is one weft shot-- so when someone is talking about
45 picks per inch, that's 45 weft shots per inch. Tabby is the weaving
world's name for plain woven fabric. Most of the cotton-poly
broadcloths seen in garb in Caid, for example, is tabby woven.
"For making tabby-woven ribbons a rigid heddle or heddle-frame was
suitable (see page 141). The frame consisted of a series of pierced
slats through which alternate ends were threaded enabling a shed and
countershed to be created when the fame was raised or depressed; it
could either be used on its own with the warp tensioned as for tablet
weaving, or fitted into a small box loom supported on the lap (figure
8). An elk antler heddle-frame from a 13th- or early 14th century
depsoit in Bergen Norway, shows that extra rows of holes for the warp
were sometimes pierced through the edge of the frame at the top and
bottom to assist with patterning."
Page 141:
"Silk ribbons in tabby weave appear in English depsoits of the 10th
and 11th centuries (Pritchard 1984, 473, 281-2, no 36, pls IVB; Walton
1989A 367-9; Crowfoot 1990, nos 1017-19, 1021, pls xxxviif, xxxvii a
and b) but they do not reappear until the late 14th century, when the6y
are generally woven from two-ply warp and weft yarn. The earlier
ribbons are not woven from plied thrown silk; instead, gre'ge
(undegummed) silk was common and the warp and/or weft yarn sometimes
had a S-twist. This indicates that the ribbons have different places of
origin, the earlier ones perhaps coming from small workshops situated
in the Levant or central Asia, the later ones being locally produced in
London from imported thread...."
I think the fringed garter on the next page (142) is too cool...
(cackle)
ciorstan
From: theducks at greenduck.com (Steve Urbach)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: New hobby- weaving
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 18:15:54 GMT
Organization: Green Duck Designs
deadpool at phoenix.net (Lord Whoever) wrote:
>I am considering learning a new skill, weaving (yes, everyone in my
>household, especially my lady, thinks I've finally lost it, but...). I
>don't plan on anything too elaborate, just some 24" wide tartan. The
>question is, where to get the loom (or plans to build it). I should be
>able to live with a simple fixed heddle loom, but if I knew I probably
>wouldn't be asking. I need to be able to do 24" by a minimum of 5
>yards. Is there a good way to learn about this stuff?
Green Duck Designs carries a "Loom Plan". I will have to find a copy
and see how wide a warp it will handle.
We will be at Estrella again this year.
Keep the Duck Green, bring money <evil G>.
Derek
>-------------------------
>Lord Gundiok Swienbrothar
>-------------------------
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>Ravensfort, Ansteorra
>deadpool at phoenix.net
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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 12:31:48 -0600 (CST)
From: "Donna Holsten" <holsten at nature.Berkeley.EDU>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: RE: inkle weaving & warp faced band weaving
> Does anyone have any evidence for inkle looms being used in period? I
> have heard both that they didn't exist and that by the 16th century (in
> Scotland?) they seem to have existed.
>From what I understand, the "inkle loom" that many people use (the one
that's basically a bunch of dowels sticking out of some boards) is 19th
Century. *However*, a "box loom" is well within our period, and just as
easy to make, and possibly even easier to use.
The term "inkle" would be appropriately used to describe a narrow band of
cloth or ribbon, no matter what type of loom was used to weave it.
For a drawing of a box loom, see the Museum of London's _Textiles and
Clothing_. (I don't have it handy, otherwise I'd give you a page number.)
It's basically just what it sounds like--a lap-sized box with a cloth beam
and warp beam, and a rigid heddle. It works just like any modern
rigid-heddle loom. The advantages of it over an "inkle loom" are that
it's more lap-sized (the "inkle-looms" I've seen people use haven't exactly
been lap-sized), you can wind on exactly as much warp as you want
(an "inkle loom" can only take a specific length of warp), and it was
used before 1600.
Now, I'm not a carpenter, so I'm afraid I can't really tell you how to make
one, although I was actually planning on finding a woodworker to help me,
some time in September.
The only actual period drawing of a box loom I've seen is in _The Book of
Tapestry_ on page 40-something. It's in a noble pastoral millefleur
tapestry from about...1400 or so (again, I don't have it with me)...from the
Louvre. (If anyone knows of any *other* period drawings of a box-loom, I'd
be forever indebted!)
Joanna Melissa Ronsivalle
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 08:42:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Cynthia Virtue <cvirtue at well.com>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: RE: inkle weaving & warp faced band weaving
>For a drawing of a box loom, see the Museum of London's _Textiles and
>Clothing_. (I don't have it handy, otherwise I'd give you a page number.)
>It's basically just what it sounds like--a lap-sized box with a cloth beam
>and warp beam, and a rigid heddle.
Roy Underhill (the PBS chap who does woodworking without power tools)
showed how to make a box loom on one of his shows a few years back. It
looked just like the Museum of London's picture, although he said the
style was about 100+ years old. There's a good chance
that Mr. Underhill has books out that follow his projects -- one might be
able to find construction information for the box loom.
cv
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 12:53:43 -0700
From: Brett and Karen Williams <brettwi at ix.netcom.com>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: warp weighted loom
Mary Hysong wrote:
> Maggie.Mulvaney wrote:
> A friend of mine and I have been trying to come up with a handspun
>
> > yarn strong enough to work as warp for an upright (warp-weighted)
> > loom, yet thin enough to match period examples.
>
> *******************
> Sorry I can't help on the question, but Please tell me where you found
> info on warp wieghted looms--I'm very interested in trying them. I
> understand Scandinavian countries used them right into this century for
> blankets and they often began with a tablet woven heading, so if you
> used it for a cloak your trim is built in--info and sourced vastly
> appreciated!
> Mairi
And here I was waiting for someone else to answer this... ;)
I don't have any particular books in mine own library specifically about
warp-weighted looms, though I know that there is at least one already
out there: Marta Hoffman, _The Warp Weighted Loom_, ISBN unknown at this
writing. Professor Barber's _Prehistoric Textiles_ (a fascinating read)
is a tad on the early side for SCA folk, but has a lot of interesting
information about textiles woven on the warp-weighted loom. However,
being a snoop armed with curiosity and a good search engine...
Try a look at Master Gerekr's pages. There's a specific page i his site
with a photograph of a warp weighted loom set up and ready to go at:
http://users.aol.com/gerekr/costume.html#warp
There's also a page with two encyclopaedic-style illustrations, complete
with labels and terminology both in Icelandic and English at:
http://www.dmv.com/~iceland/vefstadur/vefstadur.html
The latter site is one of the pages in Ullarbladid (both 'd's are the
thorn-type d), a commercial site for a woman who exports Icelandic wool,
yarns and some tools to the US. She has, incidentally, a bone needle
suitable for naalbinding in her pages. I am not even a satisfied
customer, so can't make any further comment, other than providing the
reference.
I forgot to add-- Indigo Hound, the people who make a variety of wool
processing combs for worsted preparation (anything from single to five
pitch! Viking Combs is what they call 'em), also makes a warp-weighted
loom and two sizes of late-period appropriate great wheel. I have a copy
of their catalog since I was toying with the idea of ordering combs, but
neither the wheel or loom is depicted therein. They advertize in
Spin.Off regularly.
ciorstan
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 22:44:09 -0500
Subject: Re: inkle weaving & warp faced band weaving (forward)
From: tamapa at juno.com (Cynthia A Kraus)
>>From: Wendy Robertson <wcrobert at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
>>
>>Does anyone have any evidence for inkle looms being used in period? I have
>>heard both that they didn't exist and that by the 16th century (in
>>Scotland?) they seem to have existed.
My research has yielded little hard evidence of any small looms. Unless
there is a museum or archaelogist find out there that most scholars don't
know about, the majority of the evidence is in pictures. I am a believer
in using reasoning and speculating about tool evolution. The automobile
did not spring full-blown but was a series of little discoveries that led
up to putting it all together.
The 'inkle' loom as we know it cannot be dated further back than early
Victorian era though the name comes from Scandinavia. Remember that
'inkle' refers to a narrow band of cloth, not the weaving technique. It
is possible to weave anything on an inkle loom on a full size loom (you
just waste a lot of warp space).
If you look at the design of an inkle loom, you will notice that it is
essentially a warping board with an adjustable peg. The key design
element to modernly label a loom as an inkle loom is that adjustable peg
- it is also present on the floor models. When you remove the adjustable
peg, you simple have a warping board which are period.
Now the question is - were warping boards used to weave on or were they
strictly for measuring the warp? If you are planning on tranferring your
warp to a full-size loom, you will need to actually thread up the
'shafts' - either rigid heddles, string loops, tablets, etc. Alll of
these techniques were used to weave wider fabrics than are generally
available on a inkle loom - yes, even tablet weaving could use over 200
cards - in fine silk this weaves about 3" wide but you need the wider
loom to handle the thickness of your card and to give more space for
multiple 'packs'.
It does seem to be a more common practice to weave wider pieces on the
wider loom and we know it is possible to weave the narrower pieces
'back-strap' which is also a loom but with a more sensitive tensioning
mechanism. The argument against back-strap is generally that the
medieval woman could not afford to be 'tied' to her work. I disagree
since in general it is as easy to 'untie' yourself as it is to get up
from a standard loom. The worry about tangling your warp is not really
an issue - if you are routinely interrupted, you develop techniques to
putting down your weaving for a temporary break and different techniques
for a longer break. I do not see a medieval woman spending 30 min per
task each day, but rather more the old farm way of a day for laundry, a
day for cleaning, a day for weaving. Yes, you will get interrupted for
such things as meals and children, but on the day's (or morning's) chore,
you would typically get several hours of work done.
The next question to ask is - what is the real advantage of changing the
existing method for a miniature loom. Under the feudal system, the
landowner actually owned the looms and the serfs did the weaving. What
is the landowner's investment in a miniature loom worth? Does he want
many special purpose looms that may be idle or general-purpose looms that
can be used for any need at hand? The average serf would not have a loom
in their home so back-strap is the only option available for what little
time they could call their own. They would probably not be able to
afford the extra wood needed for a loom and it is vulnerable during a
harsh winter to becoming firewood - better the loom than the table.
Besides, the cloth woven at the landowner's demand would be shared among
all the serfs.
As we move forward in time, professional weaving guilds appear. Did they
spend time on bandweaving? Probably or we wouldn't have some the
spectacular tabletwoven stoles like St. Cuthbert's. Did they use a
special loom? Who knows. Medieval guilds are a secretive group - your
wealth and status is dependant on keeping ahead of the competition so
there were often rules against sharing 'trade secrets' outside the guild
- there is not documentation for the European draw-loom which must have
existing prior to the 18th century but this is when it's documented. The
loom itself determines what can be woven - if your loom can't, you can't.
The same arguements apply to the guild as to the landowner - will the
investment pay off? The answer depends on the specific guild. Each
guild will often have a 'specialty' - if that specialty benefits from a
specialized loom, it is probably worth the investment. It is easy to
imagine a medieval weaver figuring out that you can combine measuring
your warp with threading your warp into one step. Besides, warping
boards take less space and less wood so you can put more weavers to work
in less space. Did they add the adjustable peg? Possibly not - this is
a convenience, not a necessity. While we think it seems obvious, it has
already been done - hindsight is 20/20.
I personally use an inkle loom because I'm a recreationist and have only
small blocks of time to devote to my weaving - just like a costumer uses
the sewing machine. I understand the history of the tool I use and do
not try to justify it's use. If someone asks, I pretty much tell the
what I've written.
Tamara Tysjachyolosova
Spinning Winds, Calontir
From: shansu at xmission.com (shansu)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Card weaving
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 19:25:38 GMT
Organization: Silverwood
On 1 Sep 97 10:25:05 GMT, tierna at agora.rdrop.com (Britt ) wrote:
>I've just taken up card weaving, ummm, about three hours ago. Well, the
>weaving part, that is. In the past week I've read a couple of books and
>made my own cards thus far, and am now two and a half feet into a simple
>(4 forward, 4 back) practice band in acrylic yarn. I've made eight
>different kinds of mistakes, fixed most of them (my first 4 inches are
>*awful, I'll unweave 'em when I'm done and fringe it), found my stride
>and finally gotten my edges even. This looks hopeful.
>I plan on making custom trim for my household if I can get the hang of
>it all. Would there possibly be an email list applicable to the craft?
>Would anyone be willing to offer tips/threading patterns/advice?
>I plan on making my own period equipment soon, so I can weave at events.
>(Anyone know where I can purchase a pair of iron shears?)
>
>And yes, I've been through Stephen's Florilegium files, thanks. :)
Something my lord build for me (so I wouldn't have to tie myself to a
doorknob) was a cardweaving "loom." It consists of a 1x6 about 3 feet
long, with pieces of the same board fixed upright at both ends. One
of these has a notch cut in it, about 1/4 inch deep and all the way
across the board, except for 1/2 inch at either side. The other end
has two pieces of 1/4 square stock with holes drilled in both ends-
run a long, stiff wire through the hole at one end, across the board,
and thrrough the other hoile. Stack the other bar on top. Bend the
ends over and attach to the non-notched end board with screw eyes.
This is a tensioning device- your finished work goes over both bars,
then under the bar furthest from you and up between the two bars.
Then it goes over the bar closest to you and hangs down.
Sound complicated enough? (grin) It's really quite simple, but hard
to describe. He got the idea from a book on card weaving that I have
in the basement somewhere. It is a very useful book- I can find the
author and title for you if you'd like. I can even send you the
instructions/plans for the "loom."
You need an empty cardboard tube and some string to wind your unwoven
yarn on.
This device might not be strictly period- but then again, who knows?
I haven't researched it- but it stands to reason that anyone that did
this type of weaving would have some way to make it more portable than
having to literally "tie" themselves down!
You can also use an inkle loom to hold your cardweaving- but this
limits your width.
I also have some really good patterns for cardweaving, and
instructions for making a two-color reversible band. In fact, I made
a pair for my Queen (Corisande) to wear as tippetts when she stepped
down. Done in her colors, with her device. Lots of work, but worth
it.
Yours in service,
Shansu
shansu at xmission.com
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 22:17:36 +0000 (GMT)
From: mmy at fp.co.nz (Maggie.Mulvaney)
To: SCA-ARTS at UKANS.EDU
Subject: the quest for a warp on a warpweighted loom - update
Greetings to all who have graciously expressed interest in and
suggestions for the project to weave an authentic cloth on the
warp-weighted loom!
The latest news is good, we've indeed managed to spin a single-ply
warp thread to correct thinness and warp a test piece. I've updated
the webpage about the project at:
http://www.fpnet.co.nz/users/m/maggiem/costume/warp.htm
thanks to all who have been helpful!
/mmy
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* MMY * Maggie.Mulvaney at fp.co.nz *=20
* Maggie Mulvaney * http://www.fpnet.co.nz/users/m/maggiem *
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Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 09:39:07 -0500 (EST)
From: "Charles J. Cohen" <charles at eecs.umich.edu>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: Inkle Look Question
[Posted for a friend, sorry about the delay - Midair]
From: TLBougher at aol.com
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 13:49:05 -0400 (EDT)
<<I'm begging my very-handy-with-wood mother for an inkle loom for Christmas.
I'm not particularly worried about it being period in design, so long as I
can weave on it.>>
First things first. The *inkle loom* is NOT period. The style of weaving IS
period. The loom is not. The *inkle loom* was developed in the mid 1800's. We
use it in the SCA because it is portable. People in the SCA use it for
weaving narrow strips of warp-faced cloth, either by employing the use of
heddles (as in "inkle weaving") or tablets (as in "tablet weaving"). Inkle
weaving (narrow strips of warp-faced weaving employing the use of heddles)
has been found as early as 2500BC.
<<What would be the longest feasable length for unsupported, hardwood pegs?>>
The longest pegs I have seen have been about six (6) inches long.
<<For supported (ie the loom is two sides and pegs between, one side possibly
removable for ease
of winding-on and removing)?>>
You could make an inkle loom of this design just about any width. However,
this design is a Royal PITA (Pain In The A**) to warp.
<< Since I'd like to make as long bands as possible at once, or have the
option to, at least.>>
The length of the band has nothing to do with the length of the pegs. The
length of the pegs would only effect the *width* of the band. The length of
the band is determined by the number of pegs that are used.
<< Also, what's a 'tensioning wheel?>>
The tension bar is there to adjust the tension of the warp and is treated as
one of the warping pegs. As you weave, the overall length of the band
shrinks. This is because, when you first warp the loom, all the warp is in a
straight line. As you weave, the warp is now traveling over and under the
weft. This effectively shrinks the length occupied by the warp. When warping
the loom, the tension bar is at its fully extended position. As you weave,
you loosen the tension so that you may advance the warp. When you tighten it
again, you will eventually find that you can't get it all the way back to its
original fully extended position.
<<I'm trying to give them drawings or diagrams of as many different methods
of doing *everything*, so as to give them ideas.>>
Go to the library and look for books on weaving. Many of them will have a
chapter on inkle weaving and include photos of inkle looms. Some even have
diagrams and plans for making your own. I know that the book titled
_Inkle_Weaving_ by Helene Bress has plans for two different inkle looms. One
is a table top sized loom (like most of us use) that produces between 8 and
10 feet of finished length. The other is a floor sized loom (like only a few
of us own) that can produce many more feet of length. A friend of mine built
me a floor inkle loom that produces 19-1/3 *yards* of finished length.
<<What are the pros and cons of a sliding peg, a pointed-oval-board that
swivels, a tensioning wheel, other methods? >>
Having a tensioning bar that has a cross section that is not round is better.
My favorite inkle loom (I own three of them) has a tensioning bar that has a
cross section that is basically triangular (with rounded edges, of course).
This allows me to have small minor tension adjustments when necessary.
I hope this helps answer your questions. Good luck in getting a loom for the
holidays <g.
Lady Anne Marie de Garmeaulx
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 22:18:42 -0800
From: Brett and Karen Williams <brettwi at ix.netcom.com>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: Inkle Loom Question
John or Fraya Davis wrote:
> Can anyone send me diagrams of an inkle loom and the way it is used? We
> don't have anyone nearby that I know of to teach us, and there are many
> people here who would love to learn.
Heehee-- ask and ye shall receive. I wrote this for another list, but
it's pertinent here.
*begin quotation*
It's hard to tell someone how to use a specific object without resorting
to visual aids. I will try, nonetheless. (trots off to get hers)
My inkle loom is a Howell-- it has that little spread-eagled man burnt
into the wood. Each manufacturer has a slightly different arrangement
for a tensioning device-- which is immaterial to the lecture at hand,
for the nonce. The loom is basically shaped like this (yes, out of
proportion due to limitations of ascii art:
_ _
1 * * 2
3 | *---|
| |
____________4__|* *___ 5
*_______________*_______*_|
6 7 8
I've indicated each peg with the * symbol and assigned a number.
So, the idea, all considerations of multi-colored warps aside for the
nonce, is to make a continuous warp by starting at peg 6. Go straight
back from 6 to 2, down and across to 3, ignore 4, go to 5, back to 7,
then down and back to 8 and under the entire loom's length to 6 again.
Ah, you say, what's number 1 and 4 for?
String heddles. On your second pass of warp threading, instead of
skipping peg 1, pass your warp from 6 to 1, then 2. The rest of the warp
path is the same. A string heddle is made by knotting a longish length
of string to make a firm loop around pegs 1 and 4. Attach one end of
your heddle to peg 4 by looping it over the peg, bring it around your
second warp end, then attach the other end of the heddle to peg 4 the
same way. Doubling your heddle makes for a strong one, and also means
less measuring time-- hey, winding warp is my least favorite step.
Continue this technique until the desired number of warp ends have been
achieved, alternating heddle pass and non-heddle pass.
An inkle loom has a shed already present once it's warped correctly.
Take a stick beater of some kind, insert it between peg 4 and the warp,
and force the un-string-heddled warp up through the other warp ends to
change shed. Voila-- instant tabby.
And that's how an inkle loom is used properly. I highly recommend
Helene Bress' _Inkle Weaving_, ISBN 0-9620543-1-3, which covers inkle
technique thoroughly, though I have to admit the projects depicted
therein just scream "1970's!" due to color choices and just plain ol'
shifts in cultural tastes. Amusingly enough, I noticed that one of the
names of the sample contributors in this book, Doramay Keasbey, is still
appearing as the author of the occasional article in "Weavers"
magazine... I digress.
Anyhow, it just occurred to me-- what if one set up an inkle loom with a
string heddle and bar arrangement like that of a four-shaft warp
weighted loom? A narrow twill cloth instead of tabby? Hrm. Hrm!
*end quotation*
An inkle loom is not a device used in period to make tabby bands-- it is
at earliest a 19th century invention. The latest Tournaments Illuminated
has a very wonderful article on band looms of the larger, tablet weaving
sort; plain weave (tabby in weaver's lingo) were mostly woven on
proportionally smaller rigid-heddle box looms. Please be advised,
though, that the inkle loom *produces* a perfectly period item.
> Gillian
> MoAS for Inc. Shire of Ard Ruadh (St. George, UT) of Artemisia
ciorstan
Subject: ANST - Looms for Tape Weaving
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 98 07:18:05 MST
From: "Donna C" <dcdesign at shield.com>
To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
>Actually just doing some inkle weaving. I know the inkle loom itself is
>a post-period creation but what did they use in period? I know the
>South/Central Americans use a method called backstrap weaving which
>gives the same effect. I once read how the ancients Scandanavians did
>their weaving but I have long since lost that memory. Mistrss Gunnora
>or anyone else????
>
>Moriel***
There were a lot of different methods for what was commonly called "Tape
Weaving". From the most simple; embedding two sticks in the ground a good
distance apart; to a small lap loom with ratchets and locking mechanisms.
Some of the most common were variations on the two sticks. In several
cultures, they would mount two rods onto a flat piece of board. This could
be done in many sizes; from one about two feet apart (that could fit on your
lap), to one about six feet apart (you either sat or stood between the
poles).
I know of people who have used their four poster bed as a substitute for the
larger of these.
I have found a modern commercial child's loom that fits the fourteenth
century loom that I want. It has a flat base with two sets of arms and rods,
one at each end. It has ratchets and locking clips. It also came with a
rigid heddle. The best thing of all is that it fits in my lap. No more
breaking my back to use the inkle looms!!! I am in the process of warping it
up with cards using silk.
To make the shed in period, what they would use would depend on what they
were making. If they wanted to make an edging for clothes, they would use a
rigid heddle. If they wanted to make a belt or anything sturdy, they would
use cards.
Two really good resources that I have found are:
- The Book of Looms by Eric Broudy (ISBN0-87451-649-8)
This one covers a lot of different looms from all over the ancient world.
- Textiles and Clothing by Elisabeh Crofoot, Frances Pritchard and Kay
Staniland (ISBN 0 11 290445 9)
This book not only briefly hits on a variety of looms, it also describes
massive information about twist, weave, dyes, content among other things.
All of the pieces of textiles in this one are existing.
Galla Cunningham
Barony of Bryn GwladE>
Subject: Re: ANST - Looms
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 98 13:40:58 MST
From: "Donna C" <dcdesign at shield.com>
To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
>Where did you find such a loom? I have always wanted on that is more
>period.
I bought it from the local weaving supplier here in Bryn Gwlad. The company
is Hill Country Weavers. Their information is as follows:
Hill Country Weavers
Suzanne MIddlebrook
1701 S. Congress Ave.
Austin, Texas 78704
512/707-7396
The loom that I purchased is called an Easy Weaver made by Harrisville. It
costs around $100.
It is a very simple design that could be duplicated by someone with good
woodworking skills (unlike me).
GallaE>
Subject: Re: ANST - natural dyeing ... reds & purples
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 98 09:56:08 MST
From: jhartel <jhartel at net-link.net>
To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG
Just a bit more on Tyrean or "imperial" purple. This info. I read from
Ann Hecht's book, THE ART OF THE LOOM-Weaving Spinning and Dyeing across
the world. [ISBN 0-8478-1147-6] This a a GORGEOUS book with lots of good
info.
<snip - See dyeing-msg file>
Moriel***
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 14:50:29 -0700
From: "Gina L. Hill" <hekav at gte.net>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: Speaking of Tablet Weaving --Inkle looms
E. W. Gray wrote:
> Anyone know a good cheap source for an inkle loom ?
> -Gabrielle of Wyndreach
You might try;
Earthguild;
Halcyon;
Straw Into Gold;
The Woolery;
http://ww1.woolery.com/webpages/jive/index.html
And there may be something among the links on this page for tablet
weaving...
http://w3.thegroup.net/~janis/resources.html
Eleanor
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 15:02:55 -0700
From: "Melinda Shoop" <mediknit at nwinfo.net>
To: <sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu>
Subject: Re: Speaking of Tablet Weaving --Inkle looms
Also try Heritage Looms---
Vigdis Bjornsdottir
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 19:04:22 -0400
From: rmhowe <magnusm at ncsu.edu>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: Speaking of Tablet Weaving --Inkle looms
E. W. Gray wrote:
> Anyone know a good cheap source for an inkle loom ?
> -Gabrielle of Wyndreach
http://www.radix.net/~herveus/
Magnus, unaffiliated.
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 04:29:26 -0400
From: Melanie Wilson <MelanieWilson at compuserve.com>
To: "INTERNET:sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu" <sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu>
Subject: Inkle loom
>Anyone know a good cheap source for an inkle loom ?
Make one :), PLans in David Bryants Book Wheels & Looms, esential for
making all things to do with spinning and weaving (he also sells individual
plans of these and period furniture)
Mel
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 00:37:30 EDT
From: <Gwenllyan at aol.com>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: Speaking of Tablet Weaving --Inkle looms
<< Anyone know a good cheap source for an inkle loom ?
-Gabrielle of Wyndreach
>>
Edward Boyceright of Calontir charges around $50 for really nice ones (which
he makes). Roller looms are about $35.
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 15:42:27 -0500
From: Jenn Carlson <jcarlson2 at unl.edu>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: Speaking of Tablet Weaving --Inkle looms
E. W. Gray wrote:
> Anyone know a good cheap source for an inkle loom ?
> -Gabrielle of Wyndreach
Sorry to be so slow in replying to this. But here's the website for a
very inexpensive and easy to make (if I can do it, anybody can)
inkle/card weaving loom designed by a friend of mine:
http://www.unl.edu/opcenter/homepages/tm/loom.html
I've found mine nearly impossible to break, and easy to use. I take one
side off when I warp and it works great.
Maerwynn
--
H.L. Mærwynn of Holme "fiegnas syndon geflwære, fleod eal-gearo,
Mag Mor, Calontir druncne dryht-guman, do› swa ic bidde."
maerwynn at unl.edu --Wealhfleo
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 05:58:13 -0500
From: Melanie Wilson <MelanieWilson at compuserve.com>
To: "INTERNET:sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu" <sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu>
Subject: Great Wheel Plans and other textile plans
The Great wheel plans were GBP 6.20
The Spindle wheel the same (smaller version of the Great wheel)
There is also plans for, Sloping Spinning Wheel, Norwegian Spinning wheel,
Shetland, upright, english traditional, connecticut chair, arkwright,
samual crompton, French, Dordogne, Charka wheels.
Drun Carder, spinning stool, tabby loom, tablet loom, inkle loom, 4 shaft
table, foot power looms and warping mill!
Top price of any is GBP10 Plus postage of course.
David Bryant +44 1565 651 681 (usually an ansaphone !)
He also did a book with many of these plans in it but this is now OOP.
Last time I bought plans for somebody in the US he didn't take plastic only
sterling so I sent a cheque for her, as I have a sterling & a dollar
account (and take plastic in my book business ) I'm willing to help out if
anyone is stuck
Mel
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 07:56:06 -0500
From: Debra Kozak <berkana at en.com>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: Treadle Loom Plans
Loom Construction by Jeri Hjert and Paul Van Rosenstiel
Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1978 New York
ISBN 0442234163 (hard bound)
ISBN 0442234171 (paperback)
Lady Berkana von Metz
House Darkyard
Middle Kingdom
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 08:23:52 EST
From: <DettaS at aol.com>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: Treadle Loom Plans
I have plans available. "How to Construct a 4-Harness, 6-Treadle Jack Loom."
Detta Juusola, Detta's Spindle
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 12:59:59 GMT
From: "Elonwen ferch Dafydd" <elonwen at hotmail.com>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re: Looms
A warp weighted loom is easier to make. You take three small trees from the
forest near by, erect two of them and the third one should be tied
horizontally on the top. Then you take the threads and make the warp. Tie
equally weighed sand bags in the bottom, to make the threads tight enough.
If you only saw a picture of it, on that basis it would be very(!) easy to
build. Oh, and don't forget a heddle, it makes the weaving ever so much
easier and is indeed and old invention.
Elonwen
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 1980 07:16:47 -0700
From: "Cathie" <Jorunn at qadas.com>
To: <sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu>
Subject: Re:Warp weighted looms
I have built my own warp-weighted loom using clay weights and it works
great. I don't have it set up right now because I just moved and need to
work it in, but the book by Marta Hoffman, The Warp-Weighted Loom, was my
guide when I build it.
THLady Jorunn nic Lochlainn
Outlands
Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 13:42:16 -0700
From: Lynn Meyer <LMeyer at netbox.com>
To: sca-arts at raven.cc.ukans.edu
Subject: Re:Warp weighted looms
There's a whole bibliography and set of links on WWL's by Thora Sharptooth,
at <http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/wwloom.html>.
Also, the SCAWeaving list would be the place to ask detailed questions
of people with experience (of which I'm not one :-) ). Barbara
posted her Pennsic display proposal there, too. Send email to
<SCAWeaving-subscribe at egroups.com> to subscribe.
Or find it in one of the usual two "SCA lists of email lists",
<http://lists.ansteorra.org/lists.html> and
<http://lists.ansteorra.org/sca-faq.html#sec2.1>
(which I urge everybody to bookmark :-) )
Halima
From: MEDTC-DISCUSS at yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEDTC-
DISCUSS at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Viktoria Holmqvist
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:18 PM
To: medtc-discuss at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MEDTC-DISCUSS] Pattern and Loom
John Becker's seriously out-of-print "Pattern and Loom. A Practical
Study of the Development of Weaving Techniques in China, Western Asia,
and Europe" has been made available online by the co-author Don B.
Wagner.
See this link for more information and downloading:
http://www.staff.hum.ku.dk/dbwagner/Pattern-and-Loom.html
This is a great service to weavers and textile people with a interest
in historical textiles and techniques! I hope they'll manage to find a
publisher willing to put the book back into print too. (I have been
searching for it second hand for the past 5 years and would sign up for
a printed copy right away even though the digital version is available
for free.)
/Viktoria.
----------------------------------------------------
Lanam fecit ("she worked with wool")--Roman epitaph.
Viktoria Holmqvist, G?teborg, Sweden.
E-mail: lanam_fecit (at) hotmail (dot) com
To: Gleann Abhann (mail list) <gleannabhann at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: looms
Posted by: "Catherine Koehler" hccartck at yahoo.com hccartck
Date: Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:02 am ((PDT))
I weave on a 54" 4-harness loom and the set up is indeed a large part of the process. Experienced weavers always warp for several projects at a time if possible and have some "tricks" to make the changing of warps easier such as tying off the warp ends in front of the heddles. The new warps can be tied to these ends and then rolled easily to the back beam without having to rethread the reed.
The first time you warp a loom, you swear you'll never do it again.....but you always do!! (and you get remarkably faster at it with each warping)
--- On Tue, 4/13/10, Stefan li Rous <stefanlirous at austin.rr.com> wrote:
Melandra said:
<<< yah, it is a big loom, but being single, it doesn't matter if the
loom takes up half of the bedroom....I just wish it was in good enough shape for
me to actually use it - but that, hopefully, will be taken care of soon... >>>
When you first posted the question about the loom, that is what
immediately occurred to me, the complexity and size. But late period
wasn't that far from the Jaquard (sp?) loom, so I decided that that 5-
harness might be possible in a late period industrial setting if not
in a home.
I've seen what it takes to set up simpler looms. I'd be real
interested in hearing how long it takes you to get it set up for a new
job. Even if I had the patience for the weaving, I think setting up
the loom would drive me nuts. I could see where setting up the loom
could take you a large part of the total weaving time.
Of course there may be folks on this list who've actually got
experience in weaving on larger looms. Any comments?
Thanks,
Stefan
--------
THLord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris Austin, Texas StefanliRous at austin.rr. com
To: Gleann Abhann (mail list) <gleannabhann at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: looms
Posted by: "Catherine Koehler" hccartck at yahoo.com hccartck
Date: Tue Apr 13, 2010 1:24 am ((PDT))
It's 3:30 a.m. and I must be brain dead.....I need to make a correction because what I wrote makes no sense!!
You tie off the warp ends in front of the REED and then you do not have to re-thread the REED or the HEDDLES (assuming that you are using the same heddle sequence)
Aine the sleep deprived
To: Gleann Abhann (mail list) <gleannabhann at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: looms
Posted by: "Stefan li Rous" stefanlirous at austin.rr.com stefanlirous
Date: Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:12 am ((PDT))
Aine said:
<<< I weave on a 54" 4-harness loom and the set up is indeed a large
part of the process.>>>
That is a wide loom!
I seem to remember comments that most medieval cloth was woven on
narrower looms. Do you weave by yourself or with someone else? What do
you do? Throw the shuttle back and forth to yourself? It seems like
your back would be sore from leaning left and right.
Stefan
--------
THLord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris Austin, Texas StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
To: Gleann Abhann (mail list) <gleannabhann at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: looms
Posted by: "melinda" mlaf at sbcglobal.net maybard
Date: Tue Apr 13, 2010 7:38 pm ((PDT))
From: "Stefan li Rous" <stefanlirous at austin.rr.com>
<<< I seem to remember comments that most medieval cloth was woven on
narrower looms. Do you weave by yourself or with someone else? What do
you do? Throw the shuttle back and forth to yourself? It seems like
your back would be sore from leaning left and right.
Stefan >>>
On my loom, the heddle has a flat ledge that the shuttle rests on. On
either side is a small framework with a moveable block, attached to a rope.
The ropes meet in a wooden handle. You yank the handle, the block hits the
shuttle, sending it zooming over to the other side, yank the rope again, and
it zooms over to the first side...
Melandra
To: Gleann Abhann (mail list) <gleannabhann at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: counterbalance looms
Posted by: "Catherine Koehler" hccartck at yahoo.com hccartck
Date: Tue Apr 13, 2010 4:51 pm ((PDT))
To Melandra and others who are interested...
I have come across a picture in the book The Book of Looms by Eric Broudy that was taken from a thirteenth century manuscript. The illustration clearly shows a treadle loom with pulleys for counterbalancing but is only two harnesses. A quote from the book regarding this illustration is as follows:
"Since the Middle Ages this loom has been refined to enable it to accommodate additional harnesses, to modify the shedding mechanism, or to make it sturdier but in essence it has remained unchanged." (Broudy, p.141-142)
I have a hard copy of the book, but I believe it is available to read online at Google books.
To: Gleann Abhann (mail list) <gleannabhann at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: looms
Posted by: "Karen" nerak at aol.com mistress_nerak
Date: Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:11 am ((PDT))
<<< On my loom, the heddle has a flat ledge that the shuttle rests on. On
either side is a small framework with a moveable block, attached to a rope.
The ropes meet in a wooden handle. You yank the handle, the block hits the
shuttle, sending it zooming over to the other side, yank the rope again, and
it zooms over to the first side...
Melandra >>>
Ah, a 'flying shuttle' which allows one person to weave wider cloth.
I have a 45" 4-harness loom and weave fabric for cutting garments. I do need to 'lean' from side to side in order to throw the shuttles, but it gets to be a sort-of dance while sitting and quite relaxing.
Warping is time consuming, which is why I tend to weave longer pieces of cloth. The loom will waste about a yard of warp in the warping process, and the set up time is about the same no matter how long the warp. So, I rarely warp for less than 5 yards.
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 16:57:52 +1000
From: Raymond Wickham <insidious565 at hotmail.com>
Subject: [Lochac] interesting video showing back strap looms being
used
To: lochac <lochac at sca.org.au>
http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?pg=00011&USL=00302
From: Ilyse Gruber <ilyse.gruber at gmail.com>
Date: October 24, 2011 9:04:59 AM CDT
To: the-triskele-tavern at googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: {TheTriskeleTavern} Loom purchasing??
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 9:58 AM, adelheid leinwater <leinwater.adelheid at gmail.com> wrote:
<<< Can anyone share any companies or links where one could buy looms that you would recommend?
I know of a few people interested in buying card weaving, inkle weaving and table looms.
--
Meisterin Adelheid Leinwater >>>
You may wish to try Finniwig http://www.finniwig.com/finniwigstudios.htm
Hon Ldy Ilyse
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:21:26 -0400
From: Terri Morgan via Atlantia <atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
To: <SCA-atlantia-marinus at yahoogroups.com>, "Merry Rose"
<atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Subject: [MR] FW: [MEDTC-DISCUSS] Thesis on warp weighted looms
Do our weavers know about this new work? - Hrothny
<<< From: MEDTC-DISCUSS at yahoogroups.com [mailto:MEDTC-DISCUSS at yahoogroups.com]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 12:22 PM
To: MEDTC-DISCUSS
Subject: [MEDTC-DISCUSS] Thesis on warp weighted looms
This thesis covers warp weighted looms in Anglo-Saxon and Viking era
England, using the experience of modern warp weighted weavers. It includes the first known (but previously misidentified) archaeological pieces of the loom from the era. There is also a discussion on a small bone tool that is currently thought to be a weaving tool, except by weavers.
Warp Weighted Looms: Then and Now Anglo-Saxon and Viking Archaeological
Evidence and Modern Practitioners (Manchester eScholar - The University of Manchester) <https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/uk-ac-man-scw:229035>
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