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Hi all. This is my Scandinavian floor loom.It is a 4 harness 6 treadle countermarche loom based on the popular Scandinavian style of looms. I can expand it to 8 frames and 10 treadle if needed. I was reading an article in popular mechanics about building a small loom and decided to build one...

"What's the price of an inkle?" "One penny."-Love's Labours Lost, Shakespeare These are photos of an Inkle loom I made my wife for our anniversary this summer. Inkle looms have traditionally been used to weave long, narrow straps, such as belts, pack straps, etc. There are no moving parts...

This was a fun project built for a fellow Lumberjock. It was fun researching and learning about inkle looms. The loom includes 6 shuttles to carry the weaving threads. The project is my first project out of the scrap bin. Its made of steamed cherry and read oak. Joinery is mortise & tenon and...

This is a loom I made for my neighbor, Carolyn, in Arizona. She weaves hats out of yarn and she mentioned that the 14" one she had was a little too big and it had 42 holes. So I made her this one that is 12" and has 36 holes. It is made from a piece of white laminate covered 5/8" maple plywood...

My 14 year old daughter along with other members of the family are getting into a new hobby; weaving. We bought an old loom. It's a Leclerck from Canada. It is 50 to 75 years old and needed lots of help, refinish and parts. It is actually kind of fun, because it is all so mechanical. Here is...

I know what some of you LJs are thinking. "That guy HerbC must have flipped his lid, he's posting a tubafore as a project!!!" Well, Buckos, that's NOT a tubafore. If you examine it closely you'll see that it's a carefully engineered and constructed object, laminated of eight pieces of wood...

I was on a Zoom conference recently with a bunch of fiber arts enthusiasts, and somebody was showing off a portable frame loom she'd made from dowels and plumbing fittings. It was compact enough to fit into the laptop compartment of her backpack, but she often had to display it to the TSA...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes a picture can be worth a thousand questions. I built this loom from a picture for a friends daughter that wanted to do some weaving. The one available was too narrow. I have been working on this while I was waiting for glue to dry on...

Quite a few members of our family got into weaving. So restoring an antique floor weaving loom was the first project. Here is the second. These are Inkle Looms. They are used for the weaving of belt type of things. I used 3/4" plywood and 3/4" dowel. Here are some inkle looms build by other LJ's: