It's been a LONG time since I've posted to Tapestry Share! I'll try to update in a more timely way in the future.
As Spring begins here in north Georgia, USA, I want share a version of a pipe loom that I've recently made using 1/4" diameter galvanized pipe. The design is based on the Archie Brennan standing pipe looms as seen in diagrams he graciously posts at his website and that are also at the American Tapestry Alliance website in the Educational Articles. I also took inspiration from Sarah Swett's blog in which she described many pipe loom options.
This loom is small and is sitting beside my computer right now on a small folding table.
It's 6" wide and 24" tall +/-. Here's the loom:
Here's the basic parts list for both a frame without the extensions that I've called leash hanger, and the option of adding the extensions. The only other things needed that I didn't put in this list are a couple of dowels--one to hold the open shed and the other to extend from side to side across the leash hangers. Of course, warp and weft!
------------------------------------------------------------
-->
Small Galvanized Pipe Loom
Parts
needed:
6 – ¼”
diameter threaded pipe (called nipple), 6” long each
4 – ¼”
diameter threaded nipple, 4” long each
2 – ¼”
diameter threaded nipple, 1” long each
4 – Elbows
to fit the ¼” threaded pipes
4 – Tees to
fit the ¼” threaded pipes
2 – Caps
for the ¼” threaded pipes
2 –
Threaded rods, 12” x ¼” diameter
4 –
Wingnuts to fit the threaded rod
Optional parts—to make leash hanger:
2 – ¼” Tees for the top of the loom
2 – ¼” Street Elbows to fit the ¼”
Tees
2 – ¼” threaded nipple, 5” long each
(leash hanger)
2 – Caps for the ¼” leash hanger
----------------------
The frame
of the loom is built with the 6 pieces of 6” long nipple.
The top has
two Elbows joining three of the 6” pieces into a U-shape.
Optional—use two Tees here instead,
for the 5” leash hanger extension. Screw
the Street Elbows to the top Tees, then the 5” nipple to extend forward. Put the caps on the leash hanger.
The bottom
has two Tees joining the three remaining 6” pieces into another U-shape.
The two 1”
long nipples screw into the bottom Tees.
Screw two
more Tees on the other end of the 1” pieces.
Put the 4”
nipple at either end of the bottom Tees, placing an Elbow on one end and a cap
on the other end.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oh... by the way, the tapestry from the last post ... that I was hemming? Here it is finished. It's now living in a new home, as a gift from a husband to a wife. I think they're enjoying it.
