Backstrap and Frame Looms: Weaving Without a Floor Loom
When people picture a weaver, they often imagine a large wooden floor loom filling a room. Yet for most of human history, and across much of the world today, cloth has been made on far simpler equipment. Backstrap looms and frame looms require little space, modest expense, and minimal setup, yet in skilled hands they…
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Exploring Plain Weave and Its Many Variations
Plain weave is the first structure most weavers learn and, deceptively, the one they spend a lifetime exploring. It is the simplest possible interlacement, the weft passing over one warp thread and under the next, alternating every row. Yet within this elementary structure lies an astonishing range of textures, patterns, and effects. Understanding plain weave…
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