Inkle Loom Weaving

I've had a few goals this spring. The largest one was to warp every loom that I owned and have them ready to weave at the same time. A smaller offshoot goal of this has been to learn to use my Inkle loom in a more productive and informed way. I've had a very small set of weaving cards for this for a while, but never learned to use them.

For my birthday recently, I received a mini Inkle from Henry, a set of color-coded tablets from my in-laws and a four-peg cone holder from my mother. I treated myself to an online course called Weave Turned Krokbragd on an Inkle Loom with Joan Sheridan. I've woven Krokbragd on my floor loom and rigid heddle, so the concept was not new, but I learned a lot of new techniques in this video. I can highly recommend it, but I will say make sure to do exactly as she says for the added heddles. This took me a couple of tries to get it right. It was so much fun to see the sheep emerging on this weaving.

I've had to get used to slight differences in the mini Inkle loom since it's structured a little differently from my larger Inkle.  I used the pattern that came with the loom and have just taken the piece off today. I'm thrilled with how it came out, even though I don't think I'll weave this width on this small loom again. I ended up adding rubber bands on the ends of the pegs to keep the warp from sliding off. Part of it did once, and that was not fun getting it back on the loom properly. It took time, but was worth the effort not to lose the thread. I used mercerized cotton, cone and Nazli Gelin 5 & 10. I plan to use this as trim on a purse in an upcoming sewing project.

I have retied my java hemp yarn on the 10" rigid heddle and have decided to weave the length that's left into a table runner. I've used one of the cloths I cut out for dishes and the other two for spa cloths. I'm still making up my mind on these, but again, being someone who hates to lose thread, I'll finish out this project and then share the pattern.

Two more looms, my floor loom and 15" rigid heddle are next. I'll save them for another post. I found a beautiful pattern in the May/June 2020 Handwoven that I'll try on the Mighty Wolf. As soon as another thread comes in, I'm going to attempt the North Light Meets Southwest Dish Towels. Cotton is definitely my favorite yarn to weave with so look for future posts.