Inkle Loom Weaving for Beginners

$137.00

Even if you’ve never woven anything before, you can be weaving on an inkle loom in almost no time. I’ll explain what an inkle loom is, how it works and what you can make with it. I’ll show you what yarns and threads to use, how to make your heddles, how to warp your loom and get started weaving. You’ll learn basic tabby weaving as well as some more detailed techniques, and you’ll learn how to read, understand and even draft your own designs. Last, I will show you how to finish off the bands you make, and a number of uses for them. So grab your loom and let’s get started!

 

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In-Depth Instructions

Available on Desktop, Mobile and Tablet

What You Will Learn

Class 01:

  • Intro
  • The loom
  • Getting to know your loom
  • Shopping for a loom
  • Different band looms
  • Shuttles
  • Making your heddles
  • Reading a plain weave pattern

Class 02:

  • Warping
  • Warping your inkle loom
  • Tying thread ends
  • Using the heddles
  • Following the paper pattern
  • Starting to weave
  • Weaving
  • Advancing the warp
  • Making adjustments to your tension
  • Adding a new weft thread

Class 03:

  • Finishing
  • Ending an inkle band
  • Making even selvege edges
  • Using a smaller loom
  • Working with different thread sizes
  • Taping your thread ends

Class 04:

  • Pickup weave
  • Differences in plain weave and pickup
  • Understanding pickup patterns
  • Warping your loom for pickup weave
  • Picking up the right threads for pickup weaving
  • Following a chart row by row

Class 05:

  • Choices
  • Reviewing pickup technique
  • Working different designs on the same warp

Class 06:

  • Notes
  • Progress on pickup weaving
  • How to figure out where you are if you lose your place in the chart
  • Border choices
  • Adding more colors
  • Use variegated colors carefully

Class 07:

  • Patterns, warping
  • Weaving styles reviewed
  • Differences and similarities
  • Baltic weaving explained
  • Reading a baltic weave pattern
  • Warping your loom for baltic weave

Class 08:

  • Baltic weaving
  • Reading baltic weave from other sources
  • Keeping track of your pattern rows
  • Understanding the pattern threads
  • Beginning to weave baltic weave
  • Weaving

Class 09:

  • Recap
  • Plain weave, pickup weave, baltic weave review
  • Assembly
  • What to make with all your bands
  • Hardware available
  • Assembling collars, leashes, key fobs
  • The end

BONUS

  • Patterns

Open Facebook Group to students of this course:
Curious Mondo: Inkle Loom Weaving

Time table:
9 hours

Level:
Beginners

Target market:
Fiber Artists

Main objective:
To learn the basics of inkle loom weaving

Prerequisite:
None

Additional information

Language

English

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