Movies on some aspects of weaving on a Warp-Weighted Loom

I made some movies for a class on the WWL. How to tablet weave the starter band, how to knit continuous heddles, how to crochet the spacing cord, and how to tie/retie the weights after rolling up the cloth on the cloth beam. I was setting up for tabby, but the essentials also hold for twill.

Warping the loom:

Knitting the crochet spacing cord:

Knitting the heddles:

Redoing the weights:

Find a handout that accompanies these movies at:
https://www.academia.edu/33710255/You_too_can_warp_and_weave_on_a_Warp-Weighted_Loom

Weaving twill on a Warp-Weighted Loom

Here is a movie of weaving broken diamond twill on my warp-weighted loom:

I warped the loom using a diagram by Martha Hoffmann based on an extend piece from an excavation in Kaupang from the 9th century A.D.:

Martha Hoffmann also provides a diagram for knitting the heddles based on this piece:

To aid the knitting of the heddles, I drew simplified diagrams for the heddles for each heddle rod:

Figure 1: Heddles diagram for the upper or “1” rod.

Figure 2: Heddles diagram for the middle or “2” rod (the opposite of the natural shed).

Figure 3: Heddles diagram for the lower or “3” rod.

To reproduce the broken diamond twill pattern of the extent fabric fragment above, the order of the heddle rods is a sequence of ten sheds: N-3-2-N-1-2-3-N-2-1, where “N” designates the natural shed and “1”, “2” and “3” the shed created by pulling forward the respective top, middle or bottom heddle rod.

Figure 4: Close-up of a piece of the woven fabric.

Bibliography

Hoffman, Marta (1974) “The Warp-Weighted Loom: Studies in History and Technology of an Ancient Implement”, Robin and Russ Handweavers.