You don't need to spend a lot of money on a warping mill. All you need is a box, a lazy susan and some sticks.

Added by: rigidheddleweaving
Tags: diy, simple, warping, mill, dowels, lazy, susan, sticks, tape
Date: 2011-12-03

This is how to sew a plarn tote. You can do this with any fabric, just hem the raw edges or line it. With weaving, you can make the fabric the exact size and no hemming required. Weave plarn (or any material) fabric about 18" - 19" wide (your preference how wide). Make a 1" header, weave 34" and then make another 1" header for a total of 36" of cloth. Zig-zag the headers to keep them from unraveling. Make handles, you'll need 2. Your preference as to width and length. I make them anywhere from 42" or longer and about 2" wide, each. I find that wide handles is easier on the hands, especially of you're going to use these bags for grocery shopping. These bags can handle a LOT of weight. Sew on the handles to the right side. Sew the side and bottom seam. You can use the tote as is or square off the corners. See video for squaring off the corners. Enjoy your tote!

Added by: rigidheddleweaving
Tags: shopping, tote, plarn, bag, diy, weaving, rigid, heddle, rigidheddle, loom, rigidheddleweaving, repurpose, recycle, green
Date: 2011-07-25

This is how I warp my floor loom front to back. The method for beaming the warp via "Crank and Yank" can also be applied to a RH loom.

Added by: rigidheddleweaving
Tags: warp, floor, loom, front, back, rigidheddleweaving, sley, reed, thread, heddles, crank, yank
Date: 2011-05-12

How to sley a rigid heddle reed from a warp chain. Much easier than direct warping IMHO

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Tags: rigid, heddle, reed, sley, weaving, warping
Date: 2011-04-19

Easier to use than a warping board! You can put this together and start using it in less than 10 minutes.

Added by: rigidheddleweaving
Tags: warping, mill, rigidheddleweaving, warp, weave, weaving, spin
Date: 2011-04-17

This is how to double weave with 2 rigid heddle reeds. You can either double your sett, weave cloth wider than your loom, weave two cloths at the same time or create a tube. Enjoy!

Added by: rigidheddleweaving
Tags: double, heddle, reeds, weaving.tube
Date: 2011-04-10

Having trouble getting nice straight selveges? Try this technique. I never weave home without it.

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Tags: selvege, control
Date: 2011-01-24

It's amazing what you can make out of stuff you find around the house! LOL

Added by: rigidheddleweaving
Tags: junk, drawer, charkha, spinning, spin, spinner, cotton, puni, poonie
Date: 2010-11-26

LOLZ have fun with this one!

Added by: rigidheddleweaving
Tags: spinner, weaving, rigid, heddle, loom, spin
Date: 2010-10-28

<p>Weaving materials where you least expect it! Plastic bags, t-shirts, socks, pant legs...anything that's a tube can be cut into a continuous strip for weaving.</p>

Added by: rigidheddleweaving
Tags: plarn, weaving, materials, t-shirt, pants, socks, rag, rug
Date: 2010-09-14

OK, not Rigid Heddle Weaving but weaving is weaving and I don't know a weaver with only one loom! LOL A couple of people on the Facebook Page mentioned they are new to inkle loom weaving so I thought I'd create this quickie demo for making a design on an inkle loom by picking up selected pattern threads. It's really easy once you see how it's done. I hope this video helps someone. Enjoy and happy weaving!

Added by: rigidheddleweaving
Tags: pick, up, inkle, loom, weaving, pattern, easy
Date: 2010-09-13

After making a thread holder to make a warp chain in record time, I used it to make a yarn cake in record time.

Added by: rigidheddleweaving
Tags: thread, holder, warp, warping, yarn, cake, inkle, loom, rigid, heddle, weaving, weave
Date: 2010-09-11

I saw a woman on youtube use this "tool" for wrapping yarn around the pegs of her knitting loom and thought...heck why not for warping too? Dismantle an old ball point pen, pass the yarn though the tube and voila, you have a nice "handle" for yarn o rthread. This is especially nice for those of us with arthritis. :D

Added by: rigidheddleweaving
Tags: thread, yarn, holder, inkle, loom, warp, chain
Date: 2010-09-10

<p>This is the next part of warping back to front. After beaming your warp, move the lease sticks towards the front of the loom right behind the shafts. This makes it easy to see which thread comes next in the threading order. Threading is even easier if you count the SHAFTS and NOT the heddles ;)</p>

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Tags: warping, back, front, rigid, heddle, counterbalance, loom, beaming, weaving, weaver, woven
Date: 2010-02-12

Don't have a warping board? Think again!

Added by: rigidheddleweaving
Tags: rigid, heddle, weaving, harness, loom, warping, board, string
Date: 2010-02-12

<p>This is how I warp my counterbalance loom back to front. This same technique can be used on your rigid heddle loom frame as well. Once the warp threads are "beamed" then you pull them through the heddles from the back to the front by sitting at the front of the loom. The next time I warp, I'll make a video showing the next step but for now I'm anxious to get weaving :)</p>

Added by: rigidheddleweaving
Tags: warp, back, front, heddles, counterbalance, lease, sticks, loom, rigid, weaving
Date: 2010-02-10

<p>This is how I make warp chains using a warping board. I like to use my inkle loom as a warping board.</p>

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Tags: warp, chain, warping, board, inke, loom, peg, pegs, rigidheddleweaving, rigid, heddle, weaving
Date: 2010-02-10

<p>This is a child's loom, so cute and easy to weave on. It's a rigid heddle on a counterbalance mechanism. I'll be applying this same principal of the counterbalance mechanism to my full size rigid heddle loom frame. Can't wait to get started building it.</p>

Added by: rigidheddleweaving
Tags: counterbalance, loom, brio, rigid, heddle, conversion, plarn, weaving, weaves, rigidheddleweaving
Date: 2010-02-01

<p>How I converted my rigid heddle loom into a 4 "harness" string heddle bar floor loom using foot pedals. I used 2 - 1 x 4 fir boards for the main uprights and pedals, the rest is dowels.</p>

Added by: rigidheddleweaving
Tags: converted, rigid, heddle, loom, harness, string, bar, weaving, spinning, weft, shuttle, warp, treadle, houndstooth
Date: 2010-01-28

<p>Weaving with string heddles on a rigid heddle loom frame. Easier than you think!</p>

Added by: rigidheddleweaving
Tags: fear, not, string, heddles, rigid, heddle, loom, frame, rigidheddleweaving, spinning, pattern, texture, draft
Date: 2010-01-28