Loom - Small Hand Loom.pdf - Woodworking Plans - qqwwee119

Doll-house rugs, pot holders and dish pads of em-

broidery thread, yarn or ordinary cotton string, are

hut a few of the many practical items that one can

weave on this simple hand loom. White pine is suit-

able for the frame, but the "heddle'' cylinder, which

raises the warps alternately by merely reversing the

position of the handle with each pass of the shuttle.

should be made from a maple or birch dowe'l. The

cylinder, slotted as detailed below, is made to pivot

in slots cut in the rabbeted edge of the frame, and

are advanced as the weaving progresses. For the

shuttle bobbin, a common metal film spool will serve

Loom - Small Hand Loom.pdf