Information About Weaving Looms
A weaving loom is a device that allows the craftsperson operating the loom to produce textiles made using a weaving process. As of January 2010, the weaving craft enjoyed ongoing popularity, as described at Fibre2fashion.com, with individual weavers having preferences among different types of weaving looms.
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Description
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Weaving looms come in many sizes, and there are several different types of loom. The size of the loom determines the width of the woven material produced.
Types
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Types of weaving looms include jack looms, counterbalance looms, drawlooms, table looms, countermarch looms, ground looms, back strap looms and frame looms, as described at Fiberarts.org and Fibre2fashion.com. The design of ground looms, back strap looms and frame looms are probably easiest for the uninitiated to grasp.
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Ground Looms
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Ground looms position threads between rows of dowels and often are operated positioned over a ditch. This positioning allows the weaver to sit with the legs below the loom so as to better accommodate bending forward to operate the loom, as detailed at Weavespindye.com.
Back Strap Looms
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The weaver secures one end of a back strap loom around something fixed, like a tree, and secures the other around the waist, thus giving this type loom its name.
Frame Looms
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Frame looms position threads by way of panels and rods at right angles to each other to form a box-like device on which the craftsperson weaves the textile products. Functionally, frame looms operate similarly to ground looms.
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