Comments on: Inkle Loom Dimensions

By: tottietalkscrafts

tottietalkscrafts — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:41:13 +0000

Another tip: Make your heddles first, and then put them on the heddle dowel before you glue it in place. That’ll save you a HEAP of time! and, make yourself a ton of heddles….. when you are weaving with very fine threads, you’ll use a lot of heddles.

By: tottietalkscrafts

tottietalkscrafts — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:54:33 +0000

Hi Tom
Yes indeed! Go for it! If I were going to do it again, though, I would make the 2 uprights a touch taller, to give just a touch more room between the dowels. This would allow for larger balls or bobbins of yarn to pass between the dowels when warping it. Otherwise, I love this loom. The tensioning device works beautifully, and it’s a sturdy, all round fine loom! Happy Weaving!

By: Tom Saunders

Tom Saunders — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:28:53 +0000

Hi Noreen … that is a beautiful loom. May I have your permission to make one for my wife and I?
We both want to learn to weave (miniatures of course) and that is one of the best looms I have seen so far.

Cheers,

Tom

By: tottietalkscrafts

tottietalkscrafts — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:53:53 +0000

Hi Michelle
Thank you so much! I burned the images of the Weaving Goddess, Ichexl (sp?) I can draw her better than I can spell her! LOL

No, the side doesn’t come off. If the cone of thread or yarn is too big to pass through the spaces of the horizontal bars, I wind off bobbins of it, and use those instead.

Having the sides securely anchored makes a beautifully solid loom that does not flex or wobble.

I can warp it up quick as a wink, so having it closed is not an issue for me.

By: Michele

Michele — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:50:46 +0000

Lovely, I like the small touches that make it so YOU..

When you warp, do you remove one side of the loom panel?

By: tottietalkscrafts

tottietalkscrafts — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:52:12 +0000

Thank you so much, Linda! )

He did indeed do a beautiful job of it. It was a great deal of work
for him to build it. It was a gift of love, and he has said he won’t
be making another. )

There are several loom builders out there who are making beautiful
inkle looms…

By the way, did you see this entry:
http://tottietalkscrafts.com/2008/12/24/weaving-words/

Thanks again for your very thoughtful comment! I really appreciate it!

By: Linda Hurt

Linda Hurt — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:32:08 +0000

I found this page by a link from another site. This is designed like an old Morgan inkle loom, with a couple of marked improvements: Using the thinner, but stronger nails to hold the tension bar makes it easier to maintain a finer tension; and the knobs on both sides of it will keep it with the loom so it doesn’t become a missing piece. The different woods only add to the beauty, and your husband did a beautiful job of finishing it off. Who’d know it was reclaimed pallet wood! Recycling is great. He could sell these.

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Art Links: Crafters Say Bye to 2008 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:27:23 +0000

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[...] Inkle loom dimensions Years ago, Noreen’s husband built Noreen a really wonderful inkle loom using reclaimed wood from old pallets. One of Noreen’s readers asked for the dimensions, as her husband is building her an inkle loom. So, Noreen took pics and measured the loom. Anything to help another weaver! [...]