Build a Useful Frame Loom

One of the hangups, or mental blocks beginning weavers fall into is that they think they need to have fancy Expensive floor loom in order to learn to weave. Nothing could be further from the truth. You can make a simple frame loom like the one my husband made me seen above, which will handle all sorts of household weaving needs. You can even weave most of the fancy projects the online weaving clubs need for their swap projects.

So don't be put off by people who write scary posts, or books about beginners needing at least a four harness loom. Its simply not true, and can actually hold you back in learning some of the more intrinsic aspects of the art and craft of weaving.

Materials:

1x2 Two pieces of light wood like pine or poplar cut three and a half feet long

3/4 inch dowels or old wooden broom handle cut to 16 inch width At least two for top and bottom bars of the loom. Cut two extra if you have the wood.

Cut the 1x2 three and a half feet long. Then cut two dowel lengths to sixteen inches. This will allow you to weave a piece a foot wide which is sufficient for most beginner projects like place mats, dish towels, or rug strips.

Measure down six inches from each end and mark point in center of width. Drill, bore or carve holes the width of your dowels.

Apply wood glue to opening. Place dowels in holes and further secure with a tack through the side wall into the dowel.

Great. You now have a wonderful loom to learn basic weaving. You can place several more dowels like the picture above for smaller projects to save on *loom waste* of materials.

For the next few weeks I'll show several projects to learn basic weaving technique using you nice light portable frame loom. This works great in front of the fire or the TV for hands-busy type projects.

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