After the 1st video, I bought one , fixed it up, re-warped it. Gave it as a gift. It was a fun project.

I just ordered one of these so as I could weave squares for a blanket. So glad you reviewed it and showed us how to improve it.

Thankyou for the video Kelly. I had this “toy” in the back of the cupboard for about 6 yrs. After seeing your video, I was able to rig it properly & have enjoyed making several “skinny scarves”, within a week. I love the plaid effect. I need to work on getting right tension. I’ve now caught the weaving bug! & might look at upgrading to Ashford or Cricket Table. Helping to get through the gloom of UK January.

Hi Kelly - this was great fun for me to watch as I have a very similar loom I received as a child (WELL over 50 years ago!). It's the loom that made me catch the weaving bug but it has taken me until my retirement a few years ago to fulfill the dream of owning a big loom. I now have a 30" rhl and a 24" 4-shaft table loom. Neither, however, fit on our 36 ft boat while we travel the waterways of eastern US so I plan to bring the "toy" with me next summer! Mine has string heddles rather than the plastic fixed heddles, so I'm thinking I have a bit more flexiblity and have found several 2-shaft drafts on pinterest to fiddle around with.

@KellyCasanova

9 ай бұрын

Wonderful! 😀

Thanks for coming back to this. I am so happy for you that the re- warping was a success 😊

Sweet little loom. Reminds me of the box looms that people used to make "tape" with. I own a Scacht inkle loom which I recently pulled out of storage, and will be working with again. Narrow bands allow for some impressive designs without a big commitment in materials and time. I'll be making lanyards for some camping knives, and traditional trim for a Norwegian style sweater.

Thanks for sharing this video. It was great to see you problem solve the design flaws in the toy loom to get to a workable loom. I love the warping technique idea.

Thank you Kelly, another brilliant demonstration - very much appreciated 😊

@KellyCasanova

9 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Thank you, Kelly, for this great video, and I love the color combinations.

I love your videos. You are a very good teacher. As always, thanks for sharing your talent.

@KellyCasanova

9 ай бұрын

Thank you Kathy 🥰

This is stunning as normal. I love blue and teal and starting to learn towards purple and pink as well.

@graciesstash

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 sorry that was such a random comment. It was meant to be on a colour dying video I had watched, nit sure what happened 😢. Cute that you were able to make the toy loom work well, albeit only 5" wide fabric. Great video and did learn some things. I wonder if going under the back beam when warping affected the height of the 2nd shed???

Nice, that you give this little loom a new chance. I cut the red Heddle out of mine, because I whant weave with thin xarn. Found some cheap rigid heddles, which I coul use.Next I will loock, to use texolf heddles, which Inhave. I am an inkle weaver, and needs some more technik skills for rigid heddle weaving. So, this new video has some good tios for me, thank you...

@KellyCasanova

6 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Hi Kelly, I hope you're OK xx ❣️❣️❣️ Thankyou si much for sharing this video podcast and your expertise 🌟🌟 I learned so much from this video. 🌟🌟 One thing I realised after seeing you re-warp your Loom. Mine is warped with a thread that is quite thick that I've used more on my Notched Loom as a single warp. Love the pattern you created. It's good to see the potential that this Little Loom has.🌟🌟 Happy Weaving Fibre Friend 🎉🐑🥰 Take care and stay safe Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂⚘️⚘️

Absolutely amazing ❤❤

Yay! I have this loom ❤ will try

thats a good idea jade szeve as one just like that but a medium size

💜 thank you ! This is a great video 💜

@KellyCasanova

9 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

8:20 You might have had an easier time by turnling the loom on its side 😄Nice videos.

I found a similar loom to this with the year 1979 wood burned into the side at a thrift store, but instead of a rigid heddle, it has loops of thin cording as the heddle and the person who donated it left a very 70s project left on it. Very lap-sized, and one of these days I will remove the project and string up my own to start.

@KellyCasanova

8 ай бұрын

Interesting!

Great update!

@KellyCasanova

9 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😀

The problem with the shed was not the length of the heddle cords it was that you warped under the apron bar.

@KellyCasanova

7 ай бұрын

Yes, thank you, I did end up figuring that out 😆

Remember me when I was doing the black & white piano pattern on Instagram? The loom worked for me & might get me to an adult loom. But I do agree DK yarn is better on this. I just got some anti-pilling yarn from Premier I can use.😘

I’m glad that you showed us how this loom can be used, but it certainly doesn’t make me want one! 😂 I feel that it would be especially frustrating and fiddly for a child to try to learn to weave on. Although much more expensive, a small Ashford loom or Schacht Cricket loom would be more practical and a better investment. That said, I enjoyed watching you work with the toy loom.

@KellyCasanova

9 ай бұрын

I think most children would really need an adult to set up for them so they can just enjoy the fun part (the weaving!) That would be dependent on age though.

@sambabird7

9 ай бұрын

@@KellyCasanova You’re right. I gave my granddaughters Cricket looms for their birthdays when they were 9 and 10 years old. Now, almost a couple of years later, they can warp a simple one yarn warp, but they need some supervision or there will be mistakes that are missed. They don’t get to do much weaving during the school year because of other activities, but they have had a lot of fun with it. Even the mistakes (too short because the warp was stretched too taut while putting on the peg) become doll scarves and blankets.

Can you do a video explaining the apron bar, cloth beam and warp beam functions more clearly. I don't really understand and can't find much information about them. I am about to warp my toy loom.

I've had this same 'toy' loom for a few months and thought the warp can''t be correct. I have never had any other loom, and am happy to see you explain how to improve this little toy. I notice you use different shuttles after rewarping, is that just preference or is there a reason? I feel like the little shuttles that came with it do not hold much yarn at all.

@KellyCasanova

5 ай бұрын

Yes, it's just because I like those shuttles more 😊

Hello, great video, thank you from Europe. I would like to ask you « how do you calculate the length of the pink yarn when you want to make a scarf, please ?

@KellyCasanova

Ай бұрын

You can use a yarn calculation sheet. I have a free one at my weaving school -kelly-casanova-weaving-lessons.teachable.com/p/calculating-warp-for-the-rigid-heddle-loom

I found one from Brio in a thrift store for €3.5 and have tried it out - the warp is def. not good and I have taken it off, so I will try to warp it myself.

@KellyCasanova

8 күн бұрын

What a bargain!

I think your issue with the second shed is because of the threads didn't go over the back bar. Next time you'll probably find it opens better. Otherwise, looking great.

@KellyCasanova

9 ай бұрын

Thank you, yes, it will be interesting to see next time (when I warp it properly! 😆)

@JaneConnorEmbellisher

9 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Could you give an update when you try all the threads over the warp beam? Some kind of handles on the beams to help you to roll them might be nice.

@KellyCasanova

9 ай бұрын

@@JaneConnorEmbellisher I'll try 😉

@raleighway

6 ай бұрын

That is correct about the sheds and the back beam. I have this little toy loom also. It was the first loom I bought when I got interested in learning to weave. The little loom served me well to introduce me to some of the concepts of weaving. I eventually learned that I needed to upgrade to a rigid heddle and a table loom (Louet Jane). I accidentally warped under the back beam once and the sheds were indeed compromised/small. When it's warped correctly, it creates good sheds. You can also weave inkle bands on this loom. I was impressed that Kelly says she warped 60 inches (152 cm) on the little loom! The disadvantage of this loom is that you need to manipulate the structures (twill, etc.) manually if you want to do anything other than plain weave (tabby), but I still play with this loom occasionally. I wish there were a small 4-shaft loom like this. Thank you Kelly for all of your videos; you're a good instructor!

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Could the issue with the second shed not be related to the fact that the warp is under the back beam meaning that you are having to lift the warp more for that shed which increases the tension?

@KellyCasanova

4 ай бұрын

Yes, that is correct, I figured that out afterwards! 😆

Do you release the tension when you leave the loom? 💖🌞🌵😷

@KellyCasanova

9 ай бұрын

Yes I do 😊

Thank you for the video. As I was watching this, I noticed that the back nettle is trying to pull up the warp that is not going up over the back bar. Could that have been the issue? Just curious.

@KellyCasanova

7 ай бұрын

Yes, that is the issue, I'll know for next time 😊

My first loom back around 1964 as a teenager, but all the heddles were individually tied. It was a challenge!

Have you compared it to the Toika Tiny Liisa loom? Both are similar in design but the Tiny Liisa uses texsolv Heddles. It would be interesting to hear what you think of the Toika loom. Would you recommend this as a band loom if the beater was removed?

@KellyCasanova

5 ай бұрын

I haven't used any Toika looms so can't compare. As a band loom, no I wouldn't really recommend it - I like to weave my bands under really high tension on inkle looms.

I know you mentioned that a person could make simple little bags from 5 inch strips of weaving, but stitch 2 together and you could make this fabulous wallet. (She has tons of simple bags that would only take one strip of weaving.) Skip to 4:48 to see the completed bag.💖 🌞🌵😷 kzread.info/dash/bejne/qJeqmcmldJaciM4.htmlfeature=shared