Weaving Wednesdays – Introduction

A warm welcome to my first Weaving Wednesdays post. 

Most mentions of weaving have been in my weekly Sunday Year of Projects posts.  I wanted to change this for a few reasons:

  • Most members of the Year of Projects group are not weavers.  Whilst they will likely enjoy seeing the finished items, that I will continue to share, they won’t necessarily want the technical details.
  • I would like weavers to find these posts.  They will hopefully appreciate the technical details and may not be as interested in the eclectic crafting posts I do on Sundays.

I thought I would start off by sharing a list of the looms that I own and a small sample of my weaving to date. 

The year of purchase is in brackets, where known.

Inkle Looms

  • Ashford Inklette
  • Schacht Inkle (2022)
  • Lojan 3-in-1 Inkle Loom with Tablet Weaving Board (2025)

Rigid Heddle Looms

  • Ashford 10″ (2019)
    • 1 heddle reed in sizes 2.5 and 5 dpi
    • 3 heddle reeds in sizes 7.5, 10, 12.5 and 15 dpi
  • Ashford 32″ (2020)
    • 1 heddle reed in sizes 5 and 15 dpi
    • 3 heddle reeds in sizes 7.5, 10, 12.5 dpi

Tapestry Loom

  • Unknown make!  I bought it just can’t remember where from or find an order confirmation.

Table Loom

  • Lojan Flex 50cm 8-shaft (2026)

Examples of Woven Items

If you have a Ravelry account, here’s a link to my woven projects.


At the moment, I am weaving my very first sample on my Lojan Flex 8-Shaft loom.  By next Wednesday I will have finished weaving it and hopefully given it a wash too and I can tell you more about it. 

In future posts I will share my thoughts on weaving on a table loom -v- rigid heddle looms; useful resources; WIPs and FOs; weaving books I recommend. 

I hope if you are new here you will Follow me and readers will share their comments or ask questions.  There won’t be a post every Wednesday, but I will try to publish at least a couple of posts each month. 

One comment

  1. oohh, 8 shafts, how exciting! It opens up a world of possibilities! I look forward to seeing your first weave in it! And if you are not yet doing it, I suggest you keep an eye on Cally Bookerโ€™s website, as she is a wonderful teacher on top of being a wonderful weaver, and a specialist on double weave.

    I look forward to your weaving series!

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