Weaving on the Ashford Jack Loom

This video is a quick overview of how to warp an Ashford Jack Loom.
For more information see the links below

Full weaving draft for project on loom in this video

For an A3 print out of the draft only

Ashford - Winding a Warp

How to put a warp on your table loom Pt 1

Ashford - How to put a warp on your table loom - Part 2

For more information on the Ashford Jack Loom

For more information on yarn use for this warp

Solo warping method

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[melissarey]

Next time I grumble about working and hiding loose ends into my knitting or crochet I'll have to remind myself what weavers go through just to start a project. Y'all are hard core!

[RMCToo]

Totally AWE inspiring to want to purchase and learn this! HOWEVER after watching the video, I was gritting my teeth and needing a cocktail at 4:45 in the morning! lol. I cannot imagine how many years it took just to learn how to do this without looking at the instructions. Just BEAUTIFUL!
Richard

[ЗебраДаДа]

My great aunt use to had a loom that encompassed a whole room. She use to weave wool blankets. The whole town was involved in wool production/weaving. It was very interesting seeing the weaving in the giant loom very similar to this one but much larger. Most of the weavers had varicose veins from years of weaving. Last time i visited her town I was disappointed to learn the local industry had dried up and most of the looms had disappeared.

[biarnapedersen]

My first loom video ever, I am confused and frightened

[morganolfursson]

My aunt came to spend some time in my house in Switzerland to recover from an accident . I was glad to have her around and she told me that she would just be in her room looming and hoped she wouldn't be an inconvenience to anyone.I thought, what a silly lady, as if she could inconvenience me in any way, i adore her. And then 3 days before she arrived I received the Jack loom that my uncle sent me with a little note saying "Nope this is not a bed" . I spent 2 days just to put it together for my aunt as she couldn't move much, and was relieved beyond belief to see it had no electric device attached to it, and therefore wouldn't make any noise ( i grew up next to a jacquard factory and the noise is one of my most vivid childhood memory).
Then she asked me if i could help her with the setting up and preparation like on this video . And of course as a good nephew (and father) i sent my kids to help her . Four days later she told me that she was ready to start looming, (my kids were relieved) and just out of curiosity i asked her what she was going to loom, and she casually answered, "a bedspread for you", so i casually answered "Oh how sweet of you Auntie " wondering how many weeks or months it took to loom a bed spread, and how beautifully it would match my very minimalist Japanese style bedroom .
She wanted to show me what design and colour she was going to use, so i went to the room and checked the loom with her and tried to smile when i noticed that she decided to use orange, purple, blue, yellow and brown as a colour combination, realizing that my aunt still lived in the 50s with a hint of 70s and clearly thought the rest of the world did too.


And then after about 2 weeks of looming something magical happened .
One of my kids forgot to close her bed room's door and 5 lovely 3 months old kitten and their mother, ventured into auntie's room, decided that this was christmas and that their present was an amusement park .


When auntie came back from a long walk (roll) in the park and a break at the coffee shop, she went back to her room and the next thing i heard was chaos coming from her room and a lot of yelling. But the funny thing is that far from being angry she just said that since the cats loved it so much, instead of a bedspread, she was going to make flat large cushions for the cats to sleep on .


My bedroom remains japanese, the cats all have lovely brown, purple, yellow orange and blue cushions to sleep and lounge on and i do miss having auntie in the house as she truly is one wonderful lady .
But she got the last word because when she told me that she would be leaving in a few days i asked her to just let me know when she wanted me to help her packing up the loom and send it back . To which she answered "I have another one back home, can i leave this one here so that next summer when i visit with your mother and grand mother we can all work together on it, i promised you a bedspread and a bedspread you will have" .
"Of course auntie but just let me know how many kilometers of yarn you need and let me buy it " (read "let me chose the colour").


And now it's been months that this loom is in the room and i am getting more and more intrigued by it and here i am trying to find out how to use it !
It really grows on you !

[NicaPicha]

1 week later..."so that's how easy it is to warp your Jack Loom"🤯

Shout out to the person that invented this tho, you're the real MVP here

[MiaDiRienzo]

Nearly 8 mins of sped-up preparation later: “So now we’re ready to weave!” Absolutely fascinating and so involved—I have such admiration for the skill involved in just preparing the loom, let alone the weaving!

[jhuztein]

I'm no expert, but this must be somewhat related to programming! The way she "programmed" the loom to make those small heart designs is amazing

[Jaypat]

I don't weave, just found this video per chance...but wow! Now I want to learn! I just love watching talented people and their crafts! 😍

[darknevermore]

The actual math at play here with, basically, a binary setting (thread over or under, up or down, 1 or 0), with 8 shafts that can be activated in 10 different configurations by the pedals is quite fascinating. Spent some time doing calculations on how many unique, non-repeating patterns (symmetrical and non-symmetrical) you can have on this set up.

[karalantz]

Hello Kate (and company)! I know exactly zero about what you were talking about, I just wanted to see how loom weaving was done… but I must say, you are so incredibly talented, and I cannot believe this is out there for free for those who DO understand it!

Also, you have the most calming voice, I could watch you for hours!! Thanks!

[clevaconley]

I learned weaving on a rigid heddle jack loom in high school. I’m 20 years old and I know how very very lucky I am to share this passion with my ancestors. This really is fairly easy to do.

[alisterday]

When you said that’s how easy it is I nearly died I don’t wanna see a hard one

[synhegola]

Wow. The level of necessary preparations is just insane. To think that this has been done more or less the same way for centuries is nausiating! Wonderful to see that this craft is not dead!

[nicola]

I had no idea weaving was so phenomenally complex.... I was having a little chuckle to myself about how massive the knot would be if I was allowed anywhere near that much thread when I hear, “that’s how easy it is!” Seriously?!? I’ve new respect for weavers, they’re clearly the master race 😉

[samandareshmominov]

Hello Jesica, my name is Ziyoda. I live in Uzbekistan. I am 46 years old. There is a very good reason for the products you make on your desk.
The work efficiency is very high I all liked it.

[stewarth]

Totally fascinating. I see a piece of woven fabric, and never realize how truly complex it is.  Maybe I'll have the patience one day to try it myself!

[Shasgirl]

I crochet. I THOUGHT weaving would be something I'd like to try. I was wrong. Lady, you are a champion of my heart! 😍

[chaosgremlin]

Very nice loom! I'm have issues and some of those removable beams and the simple handle advance mean this loom might enable me to get back into weaving.

[shannalenehattaway]

Excellent video! Can we take a minute to appreciate how fabulous those boots are though?