Loom Building

How to instructions, plans and patterns for building your own weaving loom.
I’m not a woodworker, so can’t really comment on whether these plans are good – but ff you make one of these looms I’d love to hear about it. Please send me a photo and I will post it on our website.

weaving loom

Warping Board Plans
How to make a warping board.

Floor Loom Plans
Woodworking plans for making a Swedish style floor loom, including a flying shuttle box.

Counterbalance Floor Loom
Plans for making a counterbalance floor loom.

Marla Mallett
A simple frame loom

Henry Loom
for card weaving

Vintage Plans
Build a small loom for kids to use.

Craft Designs
Loom plan designs that you have to pay for.

Free Inkle Loom Plans

36 inch Floor Loom Plans
Free downloadable pdf file for building a 36 inch floor loom.

Navajo Loom Plans

Archie Brennan Copper Pipe Tapestry Loom Plans

Frame Looms
Instructions for how to make a simple frame loom.

Weaving Books: Beginner Weaving

Key to Weaving: A Textbook of Hand-Weaving Techniques and Pattern Drafts for the Beginning Weaver
A definitive guide to handloom weaving: step-by-step instructions, intricacies of color, fiber and how to use them effectively.
UK: Key to Weaving

Mastering Weave Structures
How to design threadings, channel the design power of the tie-up, and make the most of threading options, as well as understand fibers, setts, and color interactions.
UK: Mastering Weave Structures

Weaving Made Easy: 17 Projects Using a Simple Loom
The small, portable rigid heddle loom can be used to easily produce loose, drape-friendly fabric as well as dense, sturdy material.
UK: Weaving Made Easy

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