You will need some thick dowels - a couple of broom handles are thick enough, just check them for splinters and cracks. This goes around your waist, and one end of the loom attaches to it, so it must be able to hold your weight. Your local library should have a copy of Rachel Brown's "The Weaving Spinning and Dyeing Book" which has an excellent introduction to weaving on a backstrap loom - its what got me started back in the dark ages, and her diagrams and explanantions are very easy to follow, and she has some interesting projects.īasically, to get set up, you will need a belt, a pretty tough one, and looks don't matter, strength does. Harrisville make a backstrap weaving kit for about $25.00, however it is just as easy to make your own, then you are not limited by size restrictions, and once you have made your loom, you will be able to be reasonably self-sufficient when setting up for weaving.īack in the 90s, Aussie weaver Karen Madigan published a weaving journal, the archives are here:Ĭuriousweaver.id.au/archives/2 and she published an article on backstrap weaving as well as a project that can be made on a backstrap loom. The loom set-up is pretty much identical, and it seems to be personal preference as to whether weavers use a rigid heddle, or make up string heddles. While this site concentrates on the New World, backstrap weaving is also very common in Asia, and is found in Indonesia, Bhutan, Thailand, Nepal, China and many other countries. This gives a breakdown on how the loom is made up.
This is Carol Ventura's excellent site, probably one of the best resources on this subject.
There is also a link to Youtube for an instructional video. This site sells a backstrap loom, and has a Loom Template for making a rigid heddle and a shuttle out of cardboard. I have been Googling backstrap weaving and found a few sites to get you started.
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