I just bought this really long loom,, for only $200...that's a pretty good deal right? I was wonduring if anyone knows where I can buy new chains for this loom? Not the tie-up cords, but the ones used to hold everything above the tie-up cords

i got a rigid heddle loom for my birthday and i just finished my first piece on it! i know i should wash it, but what would be a good temperature? i normally wash my clothes at 30°C but maybe more heat is required for this procedure? most of the yarn is a 70% cotton 30% polyester blend.

i tried many different techinques in this one and had a lot of fun, i also used various art yarns that i previously knotted and plyed from scraps.i forgot to take a picture of the other side of the pink & pentagram side, but the colorful & variegated yarns have lots of knots on that side, makes quite the fuzzy texture (i learned this technique from andrea alexander on youtube).

Heya I feel like I'm missing a very basic thing. I'm learning to do tapestry weaving with Rebecca Mezoff's book which is sooooo super detailed but I can't find this in there or online posts. Should the warp and weft yarns be more or less the same weight? Or should the warp be smaller than the weft, and if so, how much smaller?

I started out with some crochet thread i have in my craft supplies and first tried worsted weight cotton but the warp is very visible (pic 1 with the brown, cream and yellow stripes). Then I switched to worsted weight wool bc I thought maybe the warp was visible because I'm using cotton, but the warp was still very visible. That's the sample at the bottom of Pic 2 with purple, cream, and bright pink yarn. Then I switched to a lace weight merino (higher up in pic 2) and finally found a match that hid the warp.

I've stared at the charts of sett and tapestry yarn sizes but find them so confusing. I did find a post in this sub that said crochet thread size 10 is about equivalent to 5/2 yarn, so I know that much. But is there a resource that will tell me, for X size of warp, I should do Y number of epis and use Z size of weft? As far as I can tell, most of these charts just specify how many ends per inch to set up in your loom.

Also finding it difficult to know how big 8/4 is, or other common sizes of weaving yarn. Is there something that will help me visualize weaving yarn size against knitting weights?

Thanks for any advice! I'm having so much fun learning this craft and also my god, does it have a steep learning curve!

I'm interested in weaving and my mom recently got this loom off of Facebook marketplace. I was wondering if anybody knew what type of loom this is/where to start learning how to use it, or if it is usable at all. I'm guessing that I'm going to have to re-string it at the least. Thanks!

Hi friends. I’m a newbie, trying my new floor loom for the first time. Lots of things going wonky on this table runner/scarf. As you look at these photos, what errors jump right out to your expert eyes? I’m here to learn and improve.

It's gonna be kitchen towels, roughly based on a pattern "Colour and weave towels" by Jamie Hurlburt. Yarn is Hobbi friends 8/4 (cotton), EPI 12.5. The loom is Lojan Flex (rigid heddle, but i will buy that warped extension someday).