A view of a warp-weighted loom with weaving in progress. The loom ismade of wood, the weaving is a natural linen. An overhead lamp shines down on the weaving.

Detail view of my hand holding the selvedge of the cloth at the fell line.

This is a canvas weave (a form of plain weave). The filling is a singles tow linen that passes over warp pairs (in this project, the wefy os #4 towgarn, warp is a commercial 20/2 linen). This image shows the top of the weaving, from the starting border down about 8 inches of woven cloth. In the first several inches of the weaving, you can see how I was struggling to come up with the most effective sequence of weft picks, placement, and beating in, and how the quality of the weaving improves (a little!) in the several inches of weaving at the bottom of the frame.

In the closed shed, beating up the weft with a wooden weaving sword.

Linen sailcloth weaving. Truth: my favorite part of weaving is setting up the loom; all the hours of filling a web -- not so much. Have to devise little tricks for myself to stay at the loom.

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A warp for a warp-weighted loom lays on an old oak table. There is a narrow band woven in gray and white yarns, and many bundles of white yarn attached to it. At the upper left corner of the frame, one of the posts of the warping frame is visible.

I was a guest presenter at the Weaver's Guild of Boston this week. I brought this small warp in progress for folks to try. It was a good day. I'll use this for a future warp-weighted loom project.

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You'd also probably see a range of tools for making cloth, like these spindle whorls, loomweights, and long-handled combs (all found in Wiltshire and located @salisburymuseum ). #weaving on the #warpweightedloom would have probably been done indoors, possibly after the harvest and before lambing.

View of a weaving in progress. Several inches of pale blue silk filling on an ecru cottolin warp. Small diamonds, dots, and crosses suggest a pattern being developed. A low-profile damask shuttle and several bobbins of the pale blue silk yarn are laying on the weaving.

A detail view of the weaving, shuttle, and bobbins.

A photo of the extension on a drawloom, stained blue and painted with Norwegian Rosemaling in shades odblue, green, red, and white.

Front view of a rather narrow warp-weighted loom, with decorative painting on the uprights.

Dropped a random skein of vintage silk yarn into the indigo over the weekend. Tried it on the drawloom last night, and holy moly - rustic silk damask? Yes, please. Also finished painting the looms (I think).

#Weaving #silk #cottolin #warpweightedloom

A warp-weighted loom with a weaving in progress.

A closeup of the weaving on the loom. It is woven in shades of gray and white, with different patterns in horizontal stripes.

The big loom and a smaller loom in front of it. The small loom also has a work-in-progress on it, a shaggy red rya.

The big loom and the little loom.

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Work in progress on the warp-weighted floor loom. Two sections of weaving separated by a cardboard strip.

Took long enough, but finally got a consistent width going. Glad I gave myself plenty of warp. #10 Cotton warp, 40/2 linen and DK-ish handspun bamboo single alternating weft. #weaving #warpweightedloom #floorloom

View of a weaving in progress on a warp-weighted loom. This is a rya, a pile textile that looks alot like a shag carpet. This one is predominantly red so far, with small, irregular patches of blue green yarn and orange in the design.

Closeup of the weaving showing the wool warp (vertical white strands), the plain weave background at the selvedge, the red, orange, blue and green yarns in the pile drsign, and a line of rya knots at the fell line, where the weaving is being made. At the top ofthe frame, the warp beam, made from a maple sapling, is visible.

More vintage Swedish yarn from that same stash. This is a rya, on one of my warp-weighted looms.

It's so cold and wet here this week! My garden isn't getting planted, but it's great to have weaving time in May.

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Had a fabulous day teaching a class on warp weighted loom weaving!
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Weaving a varafell on a warp-weighted loom. Locks of dark, natural sheep's wool are being woven into a cloak like ones made in Iceland 1,000 years ago.

A dark-haired weaver, dressed in a white linen tunic, weaves a wool cloth on a warp-weighted loom. She and the loom are in a cozy weaving studio, with antique carpets underfoot, colorful cones of yarn on a shelf, and an antique lamp providing light on her work.

Two warp-weighted looms. In the background, a full-sized loom made from hand-hewn timbers holds a weaving that has just been started. Stone weights hang at the bottom of the upright loom, providing tension on the warps. In the foreground, a miniature warp-weighted loom also carries a weaving in progress. The warp-weighted loom was used across the ancient world from the Aegean to the North Atlantic for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the horizontal loom from the East.

Making the starting border and warp for a weaving project. A bright orange rigid heddle holds black and white yarns being woven in a pattern called hag's teeth. Long loops of weft in the starting band are being drawn out to the right of the image frame. These long weft picks will become the warp for the body of the cloth on the warp-weighted loom.

This week I've been teaching warp-weighted loom weaving in a magical place that feels as far from currect events as possible (which is not really that far). I'm blessed with wonderful students doing great work with these ancient tools.

#weaving #warpweightedloom 🧶

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However, I still have openings in my Warp Weighted Loom Weaving & Tablet Weaving classes at the Waterford Craft School.

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Excited to be teaching a class on the Warp Weighted Loom at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival! #weaving #warpweightedloom #MDSW

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draw-in of the sides of a weave in progress on the warp weighted floor loom

Have been struggling with draw-in, a problem I don't have on my RHL. Any suggestions to correct it in the next project? #weaving #warpweightedloom

A woman holds a handwoven textile made on a warp-weighted loom. Complex patterns in red, gold, green, white, and blue yarns are drawn from a nineteenth-century WWL-woven Norwegian akle she has in her collection.

A warp-weighted loom being prepared for weaving. Starting the heddle-making process.

A woman tying stone and ceramic weights to the warps on an ancient-style upright loom.

Stone and ceramic weights for a warp-weighted loom.

Scenes working with my warp weighted loom students. Tina wove an ambitious piece this winter, and is starting another. Kimberly is going to use the full width of the loom for a project using her own farm wool. I love students who push me to grow as a teacher.

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Finished the broken diamond twill on my warp weighted loom. Added some alpaca spinning and kitty because he’s always near 🥰
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Working on my first go at a broken diamond twill on my warp weighted loom. Don’t look too closely, there are boo-boo s 🤷🏼‍♀️
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first few rows of weaving on a warp weighted loom, some pickup stick rows.

Having a little fun with pickup. #weaving #warpweightedloom

This was me at the local spinners and weavers guild fall sale last month showing off my warp weighted loom! I'm super proud of the progress I've made on it!

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loaded and ready to weave on the warp weighted floor loom

Finally got her heddled, tho I know there are a couple of mistakes, I've decided they will be "features". #Weaving #Craftiverse #warpweightedloom

A small stone marked 325g wrapped in linen netting and held in a hand. Many more loom weights hang from a wool warp in the background.

Possible to have too many loom weights? Not so far.

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Warped floor loom

4 balls of #10 cotton later....now for the heddles. #craftiverse #weaving #warpweightedloom

My warp-weighted loom doing double duty as a warping frame in the studio.

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