#2: Parts of a Floor Loom: Weaving tutorial for beginners. 

Your videos are so explanatory and informative for beginners like me. Lots of new lingo to learn and your videos are helping me understand it all. Thank you so much.

I'm coming back to weaving after an absence of 15+ years. It's coming back, and your video is good as it is very thorough.

So helpful! I took a class two years ago when I received our family heirloom loom. It's a 4 tread, counter balance designed by my great uncle. It's close to your Harrisville except it doesn't have actual pulleys. I planned on taking the class again but due to covid 19 the classes have been suspended. Your video has me right on track! I have my list of parts to get and then can start my projects!

I think it is the best videos I a have seen for beginners, thank you

Wow! What a loom! In Romania we don't have something this type.

very nice Video very informational enjoying will look forward to more Thank you Joyce

Great for a beginners

omgg I love your video.... i am a beginner and you are making it much easier for me. I do however, need to watch the videos a couple of times. But I think your video is one of the best in helping me to really understand the loom. Thank you!!! Michelle

Thank you for this video. I learned to weave on a 4 shaft table loom, and just purchased a used 22 inch Harrisville Design floor loom. Weaving on a table loom, I am not familiar with the brake release for adjusting the tension on the front cloth beam to advance the warp forward. Do you have a video that demonstrates how this is done? Also, should all shafts be absolutely equal and straight or can there be slight differences in height. I ran into a blog comment that on the 22 inch Harrisville, the distance from the top of the loom and bottom of shaft should be 8.5 inches? Is this correct/general rule of thumb. I'm becoming familiar with this loom, have my warp ready for sleying the reed. But will use the two wood sticks to maintain the cross and tie to the metal rod attached to the apron string. I don't dare use my small weak hands like you do to sley the reed. Thanks again for this informative video.

Your videos are amazing. Thank you so much. Do you think you will have time to discuss how to place the shafts back on the cables, as well as if there is any importance on the way the heddles are place (directional flow). I purchased used and the heddles seem to be in different directions. Also in order to get it home they removed the shafts now I don't know how to put them back on. A video would be so helpful. . Thank you

Love your videos! They are so helpful.

The one part of the loom that you did not focus on or talk about was the warp beam and how it is moved. ie: how do you wind the warp on the warp beam? I have just begun to try to put a warp (from back to front) on my floor loom and have discovered that the warp beam seems to be stuck. It won't unwind. It appears to be all wound up (metal spring is wound up) and I cannot get it to 'unwind'.

Dolores, How did you secure the metal ruler to shaft #1? Where can I find the marble-like magnetic balls? This is a great idea. I love all your tips and tricks; great time savers. I just purchased the exact Loom that you are demonstrating. Love your videos? I am a beginner Weaver. Especially love the walking treadling; I don’t understand it all yet, but with your help, I hope to become a pro! Thanks again, Dolores. Sherry

That ring though!!!

Explain ruler and color dots please

hi thanks for sharing this it makes much more sense to see all the pieces. when people say 4 shaft and 8 shaft they mean the harness used to hold the heddles? i am just beginning but as i understand theyre used to pickup different numbers of threads in the warp to create patterns? if i just want to weave plain cloth, i would only need 2 shafts right? i noticed theres alot of 4 shaft machines around that experienced weavers have outgrown and i thought maybe just because theyre into more complicated patterns

Would you change from metal heddles to the soft heddles?

will those apron strings fit any floor loom? they are so much cleaner looking then a whole apron

Thank you so much for your help. Where did't you order you Floor loom?

How do you make a large blanket with a 36" width?

I've been thinking of trying rug weaving on a loom. Would your loom work for that?

All your videos are years old. Have you stopped making weaving videos?