BW-20. Floor loom #2 – Estonian band
Bands Section #3: Floor loom • 18m
What this project will teach you:
- Simple 6 shaft counterbalance tie-up with pulleys & rubber bands
- Detailed look at threading as it relates to the woven band
- Weaving with beater removed from the loom
- Weaving technique with band knife
- Close-up view of footwork
- Tips on advancing the warp
- Making a clean finish using a heddle
- Cutting the band off of the loom
Up Next in Bands Section #3: Floor loom
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BW-21. Floor loom #3 – plain weave band
What this project will teach you:
- Simple counterbalance tie-up
- Empty heddles at the edges of the shafts
- Rubber bands to level sheds
- 8 ends per dent (except for the selvedges)
- Taking advantage of a tiny shuttle
- Special way to splice the"fancy" way
- Opening a dense shed with the shuttl... -
BW-22. Floor loom #4 – Latvian band
What this project will teach you:
- Review of heddles and rubber bands at edges of shafts
- Detailed look at threading with chart
- Un-heddled warp threads
- Weaving pick-up pattern row by row using a chart and pick-up stick
- Picking the un-heddled border
- Tip for remembering pattern row
- Revi... -
BW-23. Floor loom #5 – Skåne band
What this project will teach you:
- 2 sheds, blue wool & white cotton
- My source for this pattern
- Detailed look at the threading with charts
- Pattern made up of groups of 3 warp ends
- Detailed look at treadling order
- Making a clean start to the band
- Plain weave heading
- Weaving techniqu...
