Rigid heddle weaving projects

Rigid Heddle loom patterns that will help you increase your weaving skills while creating beautiful garments and accessories for you and your home.

A new weaver takes us on her odyssey from dishcloths to statement scarves.

Simple and Complex Patterns on the rigid heddle loom

I have done a double width weaving project! It was a bit hard at the beginning, but it became easier and more fun later. I think that my next double weaving project will go more smoothly. I’l…

Learn to weave graphic, complex-looking patterns on your rigid-heddle loom—no pick-up stick required.

I used 2 colorways of Noro Silk Garden sock yarn: a bold brightly colored one for the warp and a more subdued one for the weft. I’m not sure of the exact color numbers. 8 dent reed, 13” wide x 96...

How do I get the yarn on the loom? It's not nearly as complicated as you might think. Warping a rigid-heddle loom is particularly easy and fast. Here, I demo...

We all know that the humble rigid heddle loom is capable of a lot more than first meets the eye. That is why it's such a wonderful loom for beginners - you can use it for it's most basic function (plain weave) to begin with and increase your skills and exploration from there.

49 Weaving Project Ideas

Woven creations provide fun textures and patterns, allowing fiber artists to combine different fibers, weights, and colors. These creations can be made from strictly following patterns, or just mixing and matching the yarn as you see fit. Rigid heddle looms make a wonderful first loom for new weavers. They’re portable, have a small footprint and many can even fold for storage. Rigid heddles are quite affordable compared to most floor looms and are extremely versatile allowing for a lot of…

Learn to weave a classic set of striped towels on your rigid heddle or multi-shaft loom.

These projects are all great ways to make useful items and experiment, when you’re first learning or learning a new technique. They can all be made with worsted or DK weight yarns with a 7.5 or 8 dent heddle.

Get your tension just right when tying your warp on your rigid-heddle loom with these incredible tips from Sara Goldenberg White.

Most of the time when you are weaving on a rigid heddle loom and following instructions, there will be written notes for how to weave a pattern. For example, in any of my rigid heddle classes you will see threading instructions, telling you which holes and slots to thread, including colour order wherever it’s applicable....Read More

Learn more about the weaving of a baby blanket with pickup sticks that create an intricate pattern.

A sampler idea to see how different combinations of threads produce different patterns - all in plain weave

Ashford makes many different sizes and models or Rigid heddle looms but they are called different names, knitters loom, sample it loom , for example ..however their classic Rigid Heddle Loom size 32" is what i used to weave this hand spun art yarn throw. and it is just called rigid heddel loom . One of the reasons i love the this model is because it is the only model that you can attach on their FREEDOM ROLLER . a second front cloth beam that allows you to weave longer yardage on a rigid…

You may want to add these seven easy to find items to your weaving equipment stash.