I absolutely love weaving Scandinavian style woven bands, using different styles of rigid heddles.
A few weeks ago, as we were cleaning and clearing in preparation for our big move, we found some sweet little drawers that my father in law had made many decades ago.
He had reclaimed some tiny little wooden butter boxes and made wee drawers for his workshop with them:
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And, since then, the idea for building a tiny, oh so portable band weaving box loom has been gestating in my mind….
After much trial and error, I have built the little loom, and absolutely adore it!
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I have made a small video that shows what I did to build this little charmer:
This is the ratchet and pawl that I designed for my loom.
I made them from a scrap of marine plywood, which allowed me to curve the pawl.
I am going to make the next one from a piece of purpleheart that we’ve been saving, so I am going to make the pawl straight, to make it stronger and not risk breaking it by cutting a curve against the grain.
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If you are interested in learning more about weaving Scandinavian style narrow bands, definitely seek out the work of the marvelous weaver extraordinaire, Susan Foulkes:
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This is exciting…A friend gave me a handful of bobbins and spindle ends, one with a ratchet-cut end, I wonder….hmmmm
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Oh my goodness… you have the start of something wonderful! You’ll need to trace the ratchet and make it’s partner, and two pawls. You’re so creative that I imagine that it won’t be long before you’ve built yourself a magical little loom! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
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What an amazing work of art, and a way to make a loom out of a precious piece of wooden family history!
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Thank you, thank you 🙂 And, the joy of it is that it is so wonderful to weave with, so it will be the source of so much happiness!
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nice. I wrote the book, tape loom weaving… simplified. I like your home made loom… just what people would have done is to have used what they have. It is so simple really. I am going to link you to my pinterest page of tape looms!
Have fun!
Reggie
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Hi Reggie, I haven’t seen your book yet, and I look forward to seeing it sometime! 🙂
I have just completed a big modification on my little box loom that is really excellent. I am working to deadline on a bunch of things right now, so haven’t had time to photograph it, but will do that asap and post the pics. Happy weaving! Noreen
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I wish I’d seen this to show to the friend from whom I commissioned a box loom a few months ago! It’s finished now, though, and I take delivery in 2-1/2 weeks… 😺 I’m still going to share this with him, though; my box loom is the first he’s made, and he plans to make more now he’s worked out how to do ’em (and after I use mine & give him feedback!).
Yours is lovely, and so nice to be upcycling a “family treasure” too!
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Thanks so much, AmyCat. I have done another upgrade to my little box loom and it’s even more wonderful…. I will do another blog post on it!
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Dear Noreen– Thanks for posting this along with the video. I wanted to let you know that my husband made something similar for me out of a thrift store magazine rack. Read more about it on my blog at https://sweetleafnotes.blogspot.com/2020/02/diy-band-weaving-box-loom-made-from.html Cheers!–Michele Matucheski at Sweet Leaf Notebook
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Your little band loom is delightful, Michele- happy weaving! 🙂
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