New toy: Inkle Loom
Jul. 15th, 2010 08:40 am
With this hot weather my rechargable batteries are acting up and draining on me, so it took me a while to get some good photo's (although 'good' is a relative term). I've gotten to a point in my weaving that it was now or never for pictures, so I took some pictures last night. This is my new inkle loom, in Dutch known as "Bandweefgetouw". (Click on the pictures to go to a larger version on my Flickr page)
Lots of threads there and some finished weaving. If you look at the picture below, I've nearly finished this one. I set it up using the full length of the loom which will allow me to weave a band that is 3,4 meters long. I can also skip pegs to make shorter weavings.
There's also a smaller version of the loom available for less money, but since you can always skip pegs but not use pegs twice, I opted to buy the bigger loom. It's some 70 centimeters long, I'm guessing, and 30 cm high. To stabilise it while weaving, I use two clamps to secure it to the table. One was delivered with the loom, but since I can't screw the 'feet' on the bottom of the loom any tighter, it can still shift if I only use one c-clamp.

Here you see the 'leashes' (in pink) which anchor one half of the threads. The other half can be lifted or pushed down to create the two sheds. The technique is the same as weaving with a heddle, although it does take some getting used to. It's easy enough to set up, and like weaving with a heddle it takes a bit of getting used to weaving tightly enough. It's also important to have all leashes at the same length or you risk 'floaters'. (Leashes are made by wrapping thread around two pegs and cutting one end of the loop. In tying a knot, the length can vary.)
The block at the back is used to adjust tension. Once the tension is loosened you can shift everything around if you get too close to the leashes.
I set up this band with one continuous length of thread (acrylic Zeeman thread of 99 cents) that changes colour over its length. This makes for a band with a very subtle shift in colour (the colours float slightly to the left over the length of the band, just look at the one edge).
For my next
After that, I can try my new cardweaving tricks. I've bought Candace Crockett's book on cardweaving, which is very inspiring and shows step-by-step how to influence your designs.
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Date: 2010-07-15 08:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-15 08:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-15 01:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-15 01:39 pm (UTC)Het is een lange lat met twee voetjes en twee staanders. Tussen de staanders zit een stabiliserend stuk hout (zodat ze niet krom kunnen trekken). Aan de lat zitten de twee voetjes vast waarmee je het weefgetouw aan de tafel verankert. Aan de lat en de staanders zitten de duvels waar je je weefgetouw omheen spant. Bij het inrijgen gaat de ene draad direct van voren naar je blok achterop, en de volgende via een anker over de bovenste duvel heen.
Als je een Torii kan maken, lukt dit je ook wel!
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Date: 2010-07-15 12:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-15 02:08 pm (UTC)Oy...
Kaartweven op bandweefgetouwtje
Date: 2014-06-10 09:04 am (UTC)Newbee in kaartweven en zeker op een bandweefgetouwtje.
Re: Kaartweven op bandweefgetouwtje
Date: 2014-06-10 05:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-15 04:27 pm (UTC)Ziet er leuk uit, maar ingewikkeld ik kom wel een keertje kijken voor een close up, mijn brain kan geen 3d dingen aan, ik moet het gewoon zien
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Date: 2010-07-16 09:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-16 12:02 pm (UTC)Binnenkort weer nieuwe foto's op Dewdrops dus. Oeh, ik moet Dewdrops eigenlijk linken vanaf LJ, denk je niet?
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Date: 2010-07-16 12:06 pm (UTC)