I remember my grandmother and then my father making rag rugs on this loom. I know nothing about it but would like to restore it now that it has been passed to me as they are both gone. No one ever told me anything about it or if it was bought this way or homemade. If this jogs Anyones memory please stop me a line.
Trying to load a pic but not having much success
Hi Dragon,
To post an image that is not already available somewhere on the web, start a new comment and follow these directions:
1. Click on the icon on the menu bar above your text that looks like a photo of a tree (the fifth icon from right). This will open the <insert/edit> image menu.
2. Just to the right of the first line of the <insert/edit image> menu, where it says "Image URL" you will see a tiny red and blue icon (box). Click on that icon to open the <file browser> menu.
3. In the top lefthand corner of the <file browser> menu you'll see an icon with a green arrow pointing upward. Click on that icon to open the <upload file> menu.
4. Click the "Browse" button (just to the right of the top line in the <upload file> menu) and browse to the photo you want to post. Find the photo, click on the photo name, and then click "open". The photo name will appear on the top menu line. Click the "upload" button on the bottom to upload the image.
5. The image will now appear in the "File Browser" menu. Select the image (click on its name) and then click the icon with the green checkmark that says "Insert File" to post the image in your message.
This is actually a lot easier than it sounds. Try it and you'll see. We'll look forward to seeing a photo of your loom. DRW
Well done dragonfly, thanks for posting. Now that you've mastered posting photos, we should probably move this conversation from the Weavolution Help forum to the Weaving Help forum. If you post again in Weaving I'm sure you'll get more responses.
While we're here though, let me say that this looks to me like a standard two harness, two treaddle rug loom, possibly home-made, but more likely factory made. The large metal ratchet brake on the warping beam and the overall "bullet proof" construction suggests a factory loom. As far as I can see from this one photo, it appears to still be in pretty good condition. Interesting that it still has a warp on it and even appears to have some rag rug on the cloth beam. Are there any markings on it anywhere?
This type of loom was sometimes used in a mill, but more often would be provided to a weaver by a contractor. The contractor would send the loom home with the weaver, provide warp and sometimes rags, and purchase finished rag rug by the yard or the foot. Rugs were also often made to order.
From your picture it appears that this loom needs nothing more than a little cleanup, a touch of furniture polish, a nice clean new warp (the one on there must be dirty and rotten by now) and then you can be off and weaving in no time!
I have done a little research after asking some questions and have been told my loom is a Union Loom 36. We would like to take it apart and refinish and replace the parts that we can see that are not there. I would appreciate any help in pouting me in the right direction in getting me where I need to be. I would love to relive my childhood memories of sitting with my grandmother making rugs. I was very exciting to find a few beautiful rugs my father had on there when I unrolled it. A wonderful gift now that he is gone. That's for any help you can give me.
Dragonfly
