Tutorial en español- Diseños con trama suplementaria.

Tutorial en español – Simple Warp Floats.

Tutorial- Starting out in Backstrap Weaving: Steps to Success.

Pattern charts-Supplementary Weft Patterning.

FAQ 21 – How do I finish a band with fringe? FAQ 20 – What is a coil rod and how is it used? FAQ 19 – How can I memorize a pattern and stop using a chart? FAQ 18 – How do I go about weaving wider pieces? FAQ 17 – Where can I find the diamond graph paper for charting double weave and supplementary weft patterns? FAQ 15 – How do I roll up my work as it progresses? FAQ 12 – How do I create a third selvedge? FAQ 11 – How do I stop my shed rod from moving around? FAQ 10 – How do I open the sheds on wide and/or sticky warps? FAQ 9 – How do I open the sheds on a narrow warp? FAQ 8 – How should I sit when I am weaving? FAQ 7 – How do I make continuous string heddles? FAQ 6 – Where can I tie up my loom in my house? FAQ 5 – What is a good knot to use to tie off on the warping board? FAQ 4 – How do I wind a warp for backstrap weaving? FAQ 3 – What yarns are suitable for backstrap weaving? FAQ 2 – What do I need to make my own loom? FAQ 1 – What are all the loom parts called? I can’t wait to start over with the new found knowledge that I have, and get going on my first real Backstrap loom project! May the good Lord bless you for putting all this wonderful and helpful information up online.

You have really done a service to humanity. But here I am looking at the beginnings of my first Backstrap loom weave and I decided to do another search to compare what I have concocted to real ones in use. I can’t imagine why I have never come across your site before. I figured that I know enough about weaving to make at least a good attempt at it, and if I failed, I could at least learn from my mistakes and have fun making them 🙂 … I have searched a million times for Backstrap loom info. A shoe rack that I had broke, my son had an art lesson about weaving, and that sent the cosmos colliding! I decided that I was going to try and make my own. But this past week I don’t know what got into me.

Alas, I had almost given up and just decided to watch YouTube videos of Peruvians doing their thing. I became infatuated with back strap weaving about a year ago, but I couldn’t figure it out from the one diagram I had of Peruvian loom. OMGoodness! I love your site! This is everything that I have been needing. I disconnect them and slowly slide each rod up the warp, then reconnect them. Both the shed rod and stabilizing rod will move up the warp as the weaving advances. You can see a video of a weaver doing just that in my latest blog post…One Warp, Many Lessons. Other weavers don’t use a stabilizing rod but, rather, use their sword as a second rod behind the shed rod when it comes time to open the heddles. For me it is the most efficient way to help raise the heddles. I also grab both those rods and roll them away as an aid to opening the heddle shed and so very often use the stablizing rod on wide warps too for that purpose. I like to use the stabilizing rod on narrow warps to stop the shed rod from moving around each time I open that shed. There are many ways of setting up a basic backstrap loom. The other set of threads is permanently raised by the shed rod. One set of threads is controlled by the string heddles…you raise the heddles to open the shed. The shed rod separates the two sets if threads.

Backstrap loom heddle information