Backstrap loom

Weaving textiles on a backstrap loom is ancient practice in Mesoamerica (and all over the world!). The loom itself is quite simple, basically a collection of different sized and shaped sticks. It i…

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Hello again everyone! I am recently finished with my doctoral training and in a new job and back to crafting again. Well... technically, this post's topic of weaving I originally started as a stress-relieving activity during the height of my studies. Weaving is meditative and creates satisfying, well-ordered structure in front of you with minimal mental gymnastics. At least if you're not making any complex fabric. "Weaving" probably initially brings to mind images of gigantic, unwieldy…

Long skirt lengths are warped for the backstrap loom by Montagnard (Vietnamese hilltribe) weavers on long stakes driven into the ground. The heddles are ingeniously added as the warp is wound.

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The backstrap loom is probably one of the oldest machines invented by humans. Although various versions have been used by cultures around the world for thousands of years, they are usually ...

Clever way to warp a backstrap loom with a rigid heddle.... Doorway? I don't need a doorway...

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Here are step-by-step photos for making continuous string heddles. The kind of thread I use for the heddles depends on the kind of warp yarn I am using. When using medium to heavy-weight mercerized…

When looking back on my long trips away, it is always good to contemplate what went well and what could be improved. There are different ways of looking at success. One success for me on this trip …

Click on these linked titles to access my tutorials. The tutorials are not listed here in any particular order but I do give suggestions for the order in which to study them here. I strongly sugges…

Backstrap loom from the Otomi community of Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo. Seen at the Museo Regional de Pueblailes

In this post I invite you to my learning process as I learn the basics of backstrap weaving, a technique I have been longing to learn for quite a while.

This page features the parts of a backstrap loom from Jacaltenango, Guatemala.

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Typical indigenous backstrap loom from Hidalgo, Mexico showing a weaving in progress. Museo de Arte Popular. Mexico City