Wear Your Weaving! No.23- Which loom would I recommend?

Some suggestions for choosing your Rigid Heddle Loom

[Eureka-pi]

Finding your channel felt like hitting the jackpot. I love the fact that you use smaller looms to make your clothing, I have no space (nor the money let’s be honest here) for a floor loom at this time and as a beginner weaver this makes my big ambitions of making my own wardrobe seem feasible. Thank you so much!

[cmr]

Just found you. Love that jacket. Thank you kindly

[tayloradair]

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen that seen that Sirdar boucle in one of my fave vogue knitting issues… it’s from 1984. That is a very special yarn to have on hand I’m jealous lol

[kimandmoandnoelly]

Sarah, your videos give me inspiration and your comments like "...or you changed your mind" give me courage to press on. Thank you for doing these videos!! ❣️

[partyfiesta]

Thanks for sharing some of your memories! It’s lovely looking at your fiber journey. Hugs from Provence, Adrien ❤🎉

[traceyallen]

Hello Sarah. I'm so excited to have found you - you just popped up on my Youtube feed. I'm a brand new weaver in Australia and have just bought my first loom, the Ashford 40cm Samplelt RHL. You open up a whole new world of possibilities. Thanks so much for sharing.

[apple]

Thank you, Sarah. Your videos are always pleasant and cheerful. I've made a few of your patterns and it's a good feeling knowing I've made the fabric too.

[plyanddyewithbecca]

I'm so inspired. Wonderful video. Thank you for sharing 🌸🐏🧶

[gerryivkovich]

I love the addition of the boucle! You are a small woman so that loom works for your body width. I am a 1x so it wouldn't work for me. I do have a 32' loom so I could make a wider piece of fabric. I have been weaving for a number of years, but not clothing. I will look into your patterns because it would be wonderful to wear my weaving. Thank you for all you share with us. Be blessed.

[neilstephen]

Thank you for sharing I enjoy your videos immensely

[elainerichardson]

Thank you. You make it look so easy. I'm just planning my first garment weave. A summer top using my stash of home spun sari silk and possibly tussa silk for the weft with bought cotton for warping.

[irieknit]

Is only a rigid heddle loom the recommendation? I warped handspun across 4 shafts for plain weave and used a temple for one of your lighter-weight fabric patterns. At the same sett of 12.5 dents per inch, i had 3/4 of rhe threads as a mohair blend. The spread across shafts, tension and less hand stress all made weaving much less finicky than going for the same cloth via rigid heddle loom.

[Gigiknittingandmore]

Thank for sharing. I have bought four or five of you patterns love them. You are very giving in your advice I appreciate that. I know have 10- plus five yards pieces of fabric. I’m so excited to make more outfits.

[naomikatepp]

When you say you do a zigzag on a lap seam at the selvages, do you use a single steps zigzag or a three step zigzag? Three steps zigzag is when it takes three stitches to do each zig and each zag. They’re often very tiny stitches.

[kcbryant]

Hi Sarah, your videos are very inspiring. I’m very new to weaving and have no experience sewing, so it will probably be a while before I even attempt some of the things you share. If possible, could you please show your still images for a few seconds longer? I feel like by the time I read the description I don’t get to see the pretty pictures.

[rosea]

Hi Sarah, I've just discovered your channel as I am looking to learn to weave cloth. I appreciate your encouragement to us new weavers. I have only ever made tapestries with frame looms! Please, can you enlighten me on what the difference is between a knitting loom and other rigid heddle looms? Thanks!

[jenthulhu]

Thank you for another wonderful video, Sarah. I could watch you all day. Wish I could join your guild, but sadly I'm on the other side of the Pond.

[weavenut]

How long are your pieces of paper? Could you do a video on inserting a godet as I need to add some width to one of your patterns brilliant as usual

[feltlikeitbydebs]

Hi Sarah, l would appreciate your advice. What size rigid heddle is more practical for weaving finer cloth, a 10 or 12.5 dent? I won't hold you liable 😂❤ Debs from Down Under

[francescaa]

I beg to disagree. I have a 20" Knitter's Loom and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, unless they really really want a loom they can carry around outside the house. The clips holding the angle tend to loosen especially when rolling the cloth forward. Drives me crazy. Ashford's rigid heddle rooms are much easier to work on and to handle. I fell in love with weaving four years after getting my KL, after getting the brilliant 16" sample it loomt. In fact, I just acquired the 80cm rigid heddle loom, I'm so in love....