Tri Loom
Tri Loom
Dewberry Ridge Triangle loom
Warp weighted loom
This is the warp weighted loom I use. A header cord is woven first, with the weft for the cord forming the warp for the loom. The beam at the top is the cloth beam. The weaver stands up to weave and the weft is pushed up. The warp is divided into two parts, front and back, and tied to weights. There is a permanent shed formed. It can be woven either by twining individual threads, or the back threads can be tied to heddle rods. I have used it for several years as part of an interactive demonstration.
1930 Weavers Delight
Had the delight today of picking up this loom for free from a gentleman that wanted to find a good home for it since after 20 yrs. he had not spent time to put it together, restore it.The Weavers Delight is a semi automatic loom **note from a sight on old looms says - The previous owners a Community Weaving Group disbanded prior this man obtaining it. He found that someone had sawn off the flying shuttle.We plan on converting the loom once we figure out how it goes together after we get the original manual copy from the Weavers Friend site. Then from there we plan on adding more harnesses / convert it over to treadles. Also on the sectional warp beam again someone in the weaving group sawed off all the wood posts and put metal looped posts on and not all of them. We plan on the whole wood bean on each part of the sectional warp......make all new, drill and add new posts using either hardwood dowels or a material my husband says is called Acetal in his machinist catalog.It was a delightful day meeting this man and receiving this loom. He asked us to come into his home to see his weaving studio.....2 very large looms, one a Studio the other I can't remember.Soon I'll be heading to pick up the 1940's Union #36 I bought, clean that up and give in a little TLC - it's sturdy and sound. Then start weaving rugs. Then we will move onto the Weavers Delight restoration / converting this winter.
