Warping Up My Four Shaft Table Loom 4K

I am warping up my small four shaft table loom ready for some weaving. I am warping front to back using a pretty quick warp post method. I the film you will see me taking the warp threads through the heddles using a straight draw. If you have never warped up a loom, this will give you a good idea as to what is involved, and why it is quite time consuming. Ideally I would also have put a selvedge each side, i.e. three or four warp threads which would run back to front, but not through the heddles, so that one gets neater edges.

[@tamaramalama]

Thank you for recording this.

[@martinbutler7067]

Just lovely

[@archi-dr5te]

Really appreciate the video. Took sketches throughout...I might have to have a go making one of these babies! :)

[@unkoine]

Thank you for taking the time to show us how your tiny 4 shaft loom works. It's so sweet! I love it!

[@DDPizazz]

I love the painted artwork (Sheep and flowers) on the sides of this little loom. Your video is nice too. Thanks for showing your techniques!

[@dankolar6066]

What an elegant table loom. Not many generations ago, a little loom of some sort had a spot in many households - but that was before the advent of electronic mass communication. Without social networking, folk may have had longer attention spans.

[@harryrogers]

Hi yes well observed...I suspect there were fewer distractions!!

[@hopeforested]

This is a really good comment. I hadn't considered attention spans before social networking.

[@mrjsuland5132]

Thanks for your video, it gave me so ideas for warping.

[@AllysonWhipple]

This is honestly the first warping tutorial that has made sense to me!!

[@IamChrisL712]

Really great and I'm looking forward to the next film. I'll watch this one again so it makes more sense but you did a great job of explaining.

[@harryrogers]

Thanks

[@felipeaboytesaguilar446]

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[@harryrogers]

@@felipeaboytesaguilar446 hola, podrías grabar el audio en el traductor de google

[@crowznest438]

What a great idea to have different colors of the string heddles. I use an old timber frame loom with string heddles and sometimes make threading errors because they are all the same color.

[@nikond90ful1]

Thanks for the video Harry.

[@xkabedaruhe2956]

Thanks Harry, this was really interesting to see, well explained. Can't wait to see the part two!

[@phildodd9942]

Great to see this being set up, and to read the fascinating comments that people are leaving! It will be interesting to see how stable that the loom is in action, as it seems to be a fairly tall design! Looking forward to the second film as others are! Thanks!

[@lsseaside7303]

I LOVE that LOOM ❤️❤️❤️

[@janetvacanti19]

As I slowly transition from Rigid heddle to a small four shaft loom, this style of warping makes more sense to me then using a warping board then transferring the warp using the cross to keep everything in order. I'm definitely going to try this. And if I need a longer warp than my peg and table can provide, I can easily put a small warping board on the table next to the loom to get more distance. Love this!!

[@jackreeves3001]

Was a ton of fun watching, but this Kansan isn't patient enough to try. Thanks for sharing! Don't know what I would do without you!

[@steveparise52]

Looks like alot of work good luck Harry looking forward to the next vid

[@chasfield7060]

Interesting loom Harry. It has a modern heddle from a heddle loom as a beater and mounted at the top instead of the more common bottom mounting. I'm looking forward to seeing how you get on with it. Good luck, weaving Is just as realaxing and theraputic as green woodwork and leatherwork.

[@harryrogers]

Thanks Chas I took an Ashford heddle as it was missing! Rgds Harry

[@thatbearlife]

Thank you for the video! I'm looking forward to seeing your next stage. A friend found me a similar loom, at a free store. It was missing the canvas (I still haven't figured out how to do that part), beater & reed, accessories, and had very rusted heddles. I'm currently refinishing and rebuilding, and have replaced the reed and heddles.

[@harryrogers]

That sounds like a great project.

[@debburke3319]

Hey Harry!

[@midnight.ramen.]

I'm having to learn to use looms for my uni degree and after 3 nights spent with mine, I had it TOTALLY wrong. Can't thank you enough for providing such a clear explanation of how it should be done!!

[@harryrogers]

That's great...good luck with your course....I found the Ashford videos helpful.

[@johnhartley3596]

Patience. Don’t know if I could do it.

[@debburke3319]

Oops.... thank you so much for your video!, I watched it over and over! Now I’m wondering about heddles and your beater. Do you know where could get

[@debburke3319]

Oops again!! Do you know where I can get some colored heddles? And also a different beater as mine has 15 dpi and it’s too much. Ta da! That’s it!!

[@lisaconnor4948]

I put my warping thread on my lazy Kate of my spinning wheel, when warping using my mill.

[@gerardjohnson2106]

Dang, how many belts and wallets could have been made with the time warping that 'bitty loom? :-) There is a sewing notion "loop turning tool" used to turn fabric tubes inside out and pulling cordage through the tube for bag handles etc. It uses a hook and "floating" latch mechanism, is ~10" long, very inexpensive and easy to use. Similar to a baiting needle for boilies. I believe it would make a great tool for warping the loom. Your warping needle is good but it has no latch to close the eye. Have a look. It might be useful. I sew but I don't weave. You and I are a lot alike in having many diverse interests and not enough time for every one. I very much enjoy your videos. Have a great day sir.

[@harryrogers]

Thanks Gerard, I was interested to see that sewing loop turning tool...looks pretty useful. I am enjoying making more wallets at the moment, but I do also enjoy some diversions. I think trying another craft gives insights into different techniques and ways of thinking but of course it is also a distraction! Thanks very much for your comment, very much appreciated. Rgds Harry

[@edwardthor7763]

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[@kChallo]

So cute weaving mini😇 Would you like to share the copy machine on web with some prices? I want to buy one for fun.

[@amandahattingh1189]

How many string heddles do I put on a heddle reed. I am buzy building myself a 48" table loom. But need to no how many heddles I will need per reed?

[@harryrogers]

@@amandahattingh1189 It really depends on what you are weaving and how many shafts are on your loom, and obviously the width. Look at what the commercial looms come with...like the Ashfords etc.

[@amandahattingh1189]

Thank you. I almost done with my home built, 4 shaft 48" table loom. This is why I asked your input.

[@harryrogers]

@@amandahattingh1189 I am building an 8 shaft 32 inch loom at the moment and I am putting 100 heddles per shaft...I think Ashford put 80 per shaft?

[@moniquem783]

Hi Harry! How are you finding it using the rigid heddle as a reed? I have a very similar vintage loom to yours and mine is also missing a beater bar so I need to make something similar to what you’ve done. I’ll have to mount it differently I think as my loom has shaft strings (I don’t know the proper name yet lol) that go over to the side so a top mount like yours will probably interfere with that. My loom has a fabric width of 7.5”, so my options appear to be to use a rigid heddle like you’ve done which is 8”, or splash out on a stainless steel heddle and cut it down to size. Are you completely happy with the rigid heddle or would you prefer stainless steel? Cost wise the rigid heddle would be preferable as I could get 4 different DPI’s for the cost of one stainless steel, but if they’re an issue to use I’d rather start off with the stainless steel and slowly get more. It’s so great to see that someone has done what I need to do and succeeded!!

[@harryrogers]

Hi Monique...this seemed to work fine, not that I have much experience to base it on.!!

[@moniquem783]

Harry Rogers I’m completely inexperienced too, so maybe that’s a good thing which will make it easier to make it work even if it’s not perfect as I won’t know any different!

[@graceygal2664]

Is the Reid from an ashford sampleit

[@harryrogers]

Yes I think it is.

[@24_nguyenvietnhan96]

Which string do you use for those string heddles ¿

[@harryrogers]

I used Ritza 1mm Tiger Thread that is a polyester thread used in leatherwork.

[@harryrogers]

Just to add you can buy a cheap clone of this thread on EBay that would be sufficient for this particular purpose.

[@24_nguyenvietnhan96]

Thanks ❤️❤️

[@bashkillszombies]

Most of this video is you talking about doing something you could have done if you stopped repeating yourself and did it. This is a ridiculously over complicated loom though - there's far easier methods.