E-Bay Watch
Look for used weaving looms at E-Bay. |
Weavers Bookstore
Our new bookshop is filled with great weaving books. |
Suggest a Site
Suggest a site for this category. Although I cannot guarantee placement, all sites are individually reviewed for inclusion.
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Beadlooms
Suppliers and projects for beadlooms.
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Loom Building
Patterns and instructions for making your own loom.
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Used Equipment
Thinking of buying recycled wheels or looms? Here are some places that offer used equipment.
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Small Looms
Inkle, card, frame, backstrap looms, finger weaving,braids, lucets.
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Cardboard Box Loom Project
You don't need expensive equipment to weave. A flat piece of cardboard or a cardboard box can easily turn into a loom that you can weave mug rugs, placemats or intricate tapestries on.
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Computers & Looms
Modern computer technology wouldn't be where it is today without the loom.
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Jacquard Looms
Photos of a Jaquard loom at the Science Museum in London. |
Junk Store Treasures
A photo gallery of antique looms and weaving equipment.
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Loom Maintenance
Proper maintenance and cleaning of your loom, will keep it in good running order.
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Looms
A photo gallery of looms on display at the Museum for Textiles: Warp-weighted, backstrap, Ground, Foot, Vertical Beam looms. |
Loom Survey
We conducted an informal survey to see how many looms we each own. Here are the results. |
My New Loom
My latest loom purchase is an 8 shaft countermarche Snickeri loom - wonderful! |
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Aarhus Weaving Center
Diane and Bill Marshall provide fine weaving equipment including Harrisville Looms and produce award winning rugs and blankets.
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Apple Hollow Farm
Apple Hollow has a wide selection of new and used looms, spinning wheels, yarns, fibres, classes and weaving tales to amuse. |
AK:s Snickeri
A Swedish site featuring Snickeri looms (similar to Glimakra countermarche) |
AVL Looms
AVL floor, dobby and computerized looms for the "structure" weaver. |
Beka Looms
Lambs Ear Farm carries a selection of Beka Inkle and Rigid heddle looms. |
| C. L. Blomqvist - Weaving Equipment
Sweden's C.L. Blomqvist is a mail-order supplier with a wide selection of weaving equipment: reeds, shuttles, swifts, loom benches, texsolv, and yarns. |
| Camilla Valley Farm
Camilla Valley Farm, located north of Toronto, Ont, provides quality supplies for weavers, including Leclerc looms and warping tools. |
| Craft Design Plans
David Bryant has loom plans for those who would like to make their own loom. |
Elkhorn Mountains Weaving Studio
Joanne Hall sells beautiful Swedish Andersson looms. Her website is also full of useful FAQ info, loom tie-up instructions, and a glossary. |
The Fiber Studio
The Fiber Studio in Henniker, NH has looms in all shapes and sizes, from children's to table and floor looms. |
| Dundas Loom Company
The Dundas Loom Company in Missoula MT makes finely crafted Dundas looms and weaving products. |
| Gunnar Andersson's Vavskedfabrik
Reeds, bobbin winders, swifts, warping mills, and looms of Swedish pine, both Glimakra and Oxberg. |
Harrisville Designs
Harrisville looms come in kit form, in 4 and 8 shaft varieties as well as sturdy rug looms. |
| Housecleaning Pages
This is a great place to look for and to list used looms, spinning wheels and other equipment. |
| Leclerc Looms
Canadian-made Leclerc looms: jack, inkle, computer-dobby and the new Voyageur. |
| Louet
Louet is a wholesale distributor of looms, spinning wheels, yarns and fibres. Products may be purchased from Louet retailers. |
Mountain Loom
Mountain Loom Company offers precision-engineered looms for the hobbyist and professional alike. |
Shannock Tapestry Looms
Looms, yarns, bobbins and beaters for the tapestry weaver. |
Mountain Spun Farm
Mountain Spun Farm has a bit of something for everyone. Triangle looms, spinning tools, Shetland and Romney sheep, Angora and Cashmere goats, angora bunnies and other fibre and fleece. |
Leesburg Looms and Supply
Leesburg Looms has handcrafted table and floor looms and weaving supplies. |
Stansfields of Almondbury
Stansfields of Almondbury have been making hand looms for the textile industry for over 60 years. Their beautifully crafted looms are constructed from southern Yello Pine. |
Loomster
The Loomster is a new type of loom for weaving non-traditional materials and large sized projects up to 3 metres wide. |
| Table Looms by the Germains
Table looms in 8, 12 and 16 shafts. Also weaving accessories including Angel Wings and reed feet. |
| Texsolv
The Texsolv Runlock system of heddles and tie-up cord can be adapted to almost any loom. This site explains how to use texsolv and gives examples of types of tie-ups illustrated with diagrams. |
Steel Heddle
Accessories for your looms: reeds, heddles harness frames. |
Travelin' Troubadours of Ohio
The Travelin' Trobadours of Ohio have combined music along with weaving. A senior citizen who makes her own music and sells looms as well as creates midi music and her own web pages! |
Tri-Loom
Carl Spriggs of Carol Leigh's Specialties has developed this unique triangular loom that dresses itself. |
| Weavers Friend
Janet Meany has an excellent resource library of manuals for historic looms. |
WeaversGuild
WeaversGuild looms are made in British Columbia, Canada. You can choose from counterbalance floor looms or bead and tapestry looms. The site also includes a free Swiss Christmas star pattern that you can make using soda straws. |
Wild West Weaver On-line Catalog
Wild West Weaver's Navajo weaving supplies, yarns and wools. |
Woolhouse Tools
Woolhouse Tools in Armstrong, British Columbia makes beautiful table and floor looms, shuttles, ball-winders and other weaving accessories. |
| Yarn Barn
The Yarn Barn has a wide variety of floor, rug and tapestry weaving looms and spinning equipment: Reeves, Schacht, Toika, Glimakra, Dundas, Harrisville, Mirrix. |
Halfway Tree Loom Construction
Halfway Tree has lots of information on building your own floor or table loom with references to books and building plans. |
How to Build a Frame Loom
Easy to follow diagrams for building your own simple frame loom. |
