I want to weave a belt for my dearest with my inkle loom.  I was wondering if you had a source for belt hardware you could pass along.  The belt will need to be tightened to hold up trousers so a loose look is not what will work for us.  I don't know if a regular belt with tongue will work or a military type belt that loops through several crosspieces is the way to go.  Any and all suggestions welcome and appreciated.

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Tue, 03/22/2011 - 17:18

icecharm (not verified)

I have made belts just using a couple of D-rings from Michaels for the hardware. It works well enough.
Tue, 03/22/2011 - 17:44

weavinfool (not verified)

What is Michael's?  Is that a store?  I hadn't thought of D-rings.  Thanks for mentioning that.

Tue, 03/22/2011 - 21:09

bolivian warmi

I have seen metal ends that go on one end of the belt and buckles that have a kind of jaw with sharp jagged teeth that will clamp on the ends of your inkle belt. I live in Bolivia and here I can get the jaw-like metal parts that clamp to the tongue end of the belt which protect the raw edge of your band. We don't get the jaw-like buckles here though but I have heard that sometimes Army Disposal stores have this kind of hard ware in the US. 

See post 31 on this thread for a picture and there may be other suggestions and pictures following on from that.

 

 

 

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 03:16

weavinfool (not verified)

Thanks for the link to that thread.  The belts you made are outstanding.  Once I get a little more experience with the inkle loom, I want to learn to do some more advanced pick-up such as the Andean pebble.  At the moment I'm working on the bird motif with the simpler warp pick-up.  I'm using Size 10 crochet thread in order to fit it all onto the inkle.  I'll probably use 5/2 perle cotton for the belt. As for design, quite frankly, you inspire me.

That hardware is what my husband is looking for but having some difficulty finding it.  We'll keep searching or try to think of alternatives.  I'm curious how you did the holes.  You said you sewed to reinforce where you would puncture the weave.  It looks like you also used a type of belt grommet? 

Thank you for making so much available in terms of technique and designs. 

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 13:00

bolivian warmi

The holes were made and grommets put in down at the local market where they have all that kind of equipment. For passing the belt through the buckle I had to cut a slit in the fabric. That is where I sewed first and then cut the slit and used a stop fray product to seal it off. If are able to find the kinds of buckles with those jagged jaws that I was telling you about, you won't need to do any of the cutting.

ps..I just went back and reread that thread. Now I remember that Kurt had provided a link to an online site with those clamp-on buckles that I am talking about but all his posts disappeared when he left Weavolution for some reason. You can see references to his posts by others but unfortunately his posts are not there. 

 

 

Wed, 03/23/2011 - 16:01

weavinfool (not verified)

THanks for the tip about army/navy surplus and good news is I found tips here: http://shop.vtarmynavy.com/web-belt-tips-p6907.aspx?utm_medium=cse&utm_source=googlebase  Now my husband is looking for the buckle he wants to use.  I guess I'd better get going on my other project so I do some belts for him.

Traudi

Fri, 03/25/2011 - 21:46

Coolsticks (not verified)

You may want to recycle the metal parts of a belt from the thrift store.