Weaving Looms By Types
Loom Categories
Floor Looms
Floor looms are best used for producing longer lengths of fabric, for production work, designs that are more complex and for carpets and rugs. The loom must be solid and stable without being excessively heavy. Three different types of floor looms are: Jack, Counterbalance, and Countermarch.
Table Looms
These smaller, less expensive, portable looms are usually jack looms. Sometimes they have springs under the shafts to hold them down. Table looms are good for learning as they are portable enough to put into a car or even on a plane to take to a workshop.
Rigid Heddle Looms
These looms provide the equivalent of two-shaft weaving and can be adapted to behave as a four shaft loom by adding a second heddle set.
Tapestry Looms
The tapestry frame loom is the most simple form for a weaving loom. The Navajo loom would be considered a frame loom.
Back Strap Looms
A simple loom comprising two sticks between which the warps are stretched. One bar is attached to a fixed object and the other to the weaver usually by means of a strap around the back.
Inkle Loom
A simple table loom and can also be found in a larger form as a floor loom.
More about the types of looms here
Items Need to use a Weaving Loom
- Yarn
- 2 or more boat or other shuttles
- 12 or more bobbins for boat shuttles
- Reed Hook and Heddle Hook
- Warping Board or Mill and raddle (or sectional warp beam, tension box with counter and bobbin rack)
- book ("Learning to Weave” or "Weaving for Begginers") and DVDs ( "Introduction to Weaving” and "Beginning 4-harness Weaving” )
The Woolery has put together a Weaver's Start Up Kit and a Premium Weaver's Start Up Kit with many of the needed weaving accessories.
Optional Accessories
- Bench
- Bobbin Winder
- A variety of Shuttles
- Extra Reeds
- Swift and Ballwinder if your yarn comes in skeins
- Fringe Twister
- Temple
- Yarn Balance
- Magnifier
- Ott light
- Auto Reed Hook
- Extra Harnesses
If you don't find exactly what you want, or would like a loom recommendation, please call the shop directly at 800-441-9665 or contact us for assistance.
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Floor Looms
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Inkle Looms
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Navajo Looms
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Rigid Heddle Looms
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Small Looms & Weaving Cards
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Table Looms
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Tapestry Looms
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Triangle Looms
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10" Potholder PRO Loom (PRO Size)
$24.95Typically Ships within 1-3 Days
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12" Mirrix Little Guy Loom
Price From: $215.00Typically Ships within 1-3 Days
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16" Mirrix Big Sister Loom
$290.00Typically Ships within 1-3 Days
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22" Mirrix Zach Loom
$350.00Typically Ships in 6-8 Weeks
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32" Mirrix Joni Loom
$430.00Typically Ships in 6-8 Weeks
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5" Mirrix Mini Loreli Loom
$165.00Typically Ships in 6-8 Weeks
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8" Mirrix Lani Loom
Price From: $210.00Typically Ships within 1-3 Days
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Ashford Inkle Loom
$111.00Typically Ships within 1-3 Days
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Ashford Inklette Loom
$67.00Typically Ships within 1-3 Days
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Ashford Katie Table Loom
$1,105.00Typically Ships within 10 Days
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Ashford Knitters Loom
Price From: $280.00Typically Ships within 1-3 Days
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Ashford Knitters Loom / Bag Combo
Price From: $310.00Typically Ships within 1-3 Days