I bet a few people copy that loom design from the video. It was good the way she laid out all the dimensions in an easy way so you can actually do it yourself.
If I had a scroll saw and a drill press I would try to make one. The hardest part about making this kind of loom is trying to get everything relatively level, square and solid. If you don't you won't get proper tension.
I've been trying to make a loom myself before this video & I have one I made that works ok for wool, but I was hoping this would give me ideas for one that would work for the linen I've grown myself & want to weave, but I cannot see how zip ties could even start to be thin enough for this! I used florists wire & twisted it to make the heddle holes & that's far too thick for cotton/linen & zip ties would be thicker still, so think I'm going to stick with the idea I already had of using the same as my first, but spacing them & having about 5 rows of loops, so they can overlap, rather than needing to be only cotton width
John Morley funny, except she copied it from an actual small company. Schacht Spindel Company. She took the EXACT same design including the “sleigh” shaped sides from the cricket rigid heddle loom 15”. All she did was double the measurements. She even copied the reed style exactly, except she made it really badly so they all have different tensions to each other, plus they won’t stand any tension against the fiber.
@@Amanda-mt2hx You are probably correct, however nobody said that she designed the loom herself. Also the company didn't invent the loom, you know that, right?
That's actually a really clever way to make a heddle. I've been trying to find a cost-effective way to build a loom at home, and my biggest challenge was the heddle because of the tiny holes/density needed for finer threads. Can't wait to finally get mine up and running!
Annalise seems like a really pawsome person. They're clearly furry talented and infurrigent, I hope we can see more of their bark in the future! Edited for furry eyes.
Tip for the next loom: instead of running that tedious series of loops, place one bobbin of thread per eye and gap, then install a simple friction brake (could just be a heavy rod in contact with the bobbin ends, or a pair of them pinching the threads before they enter the heddle). Yes, that array will be larger than the loom, but you can stack them as long as the threads don’t come into contact. This also puts less of a restriction on your maximum length. Even more complex: build your heddle out of tiny blocks on the end of pivot sticks. In the block put a small hook or the eye of a needle. The other end is raised or lowered by pegs on a roller. And tada, you’ve built a jaquard loom!
sounds like someone who hasn't built this loom. it can be done in a weekend but it will take pretty much all of both days for a beginner. that first change sounds like a whole week project by itself. if you are serious enough about weaving sure, but... in that case why are you building a diy loom from a youtube video.
Growing up we had a field trip where we went to a museum and they taught how to make a super basic loom with a board. You just put little alternating cuts on both ends and wrap yarn or whatever around and that's your base lines. Don't know how it's relevant to doll clothes. But hey.
@@Bakers_Ville lol, just that they're much smaller than our clothes, so the looms don't take up as much room, and it can be made on a much more basic level. I'll have to see if I can look up something like what you mentioned. It may be easier to make pattern pieces that way. I also have a new metal peg board thingy that's designed for jewellery making, that I want to try and see if I can make some with it. Thanks for the tip ^-^. That sounds like such a fun time to me.
Thank you so very much for making this video. I am from India where the materials weren't readily available.. However with a little help I could make the same exact loom to make woolen scarves. I got the heddle laser cut over acrylic. I love love love the results!!!
@@stickmanmageofthelordtacha4917 well she clearly thinks she's so special that her "pronouns" are they/them which is hilarious. And her hair is uh... special... too.... Yeah no don't pay it. These types are just one tantrum away from a lawsuit, would never hire one, ever.
Nice! I'm currently MacGuyvering my own electric spinning wheel. I skipped the motor-building bit by just buying a sewing machine motor with a pedal speed control. Got a flyer from a lot of misc. spinning wheel bits off eBay, bobbin from an etsy maker to fit it. Wood for the structure (since my woodworking skill and access is limited to "I have a Skill Saw and sandpaper") I'm doing myself. I bought my loom, but if you don't mind it taking longer, you can build a tapestry loom (doesn't have a heddle) that uses a pick-up stick. Or you can make a rotating floating heddle that's basically a square length of wood with alternating slits cut on two sides that you turn to lift each section of warp.
in the factory i worked at they used to card it then comb it, drafted, then roving then to spinning, winding, starching then weaving. from the carding combing and drafting machines it came out as a sliver (like thick weak rope)
A hint I learned from an old crafts book, take the yarn and hold it with your hands six inches apart and rapidly tug it. If it breaks it's not good for warping threads and if it stands up to the abuse, it's fine for warping threads.
A comment for Annalise, hoping they see it: my nonbinary kiddo is currently weaving on the loom they got for Christmas while watching. They have the same haircut as you!
I can't help but note all the ancient words in this video. Textile creation as you can guess is one of the oldest technologies known to man, and as such almost all of the technical terms associated with it are among the most ancient words in the English language.
That's an interesting beater. Don't think I've seen one like that before. The looms I've seen have a toothed beater, similar to the heddle, so it goes between the warp threads and beat only the weave threads.
If you don't live near Axeman you can get that type of kit from Mendelsons' (Dayton Ohio), Tanner Electronics (Dallas Texas), American Science and Surplus (Milwaukee). I wish I knew of more stores like this.
Nice work, and i really love the way you designed the loom, also you should not pull the weft thread straight befor beating, a small arc will give the weft some needed extra length and should prevent the sides from getting pulled in (hope you guys read this before making the next video ^^")
I like that you are wanting to do it all from start to finish. You kept saying making a t-shirt. A t-shirt is a knitted cloth so it has stretch. If you use a loom you are making a woven cloth and it will have little stretch. You can still make a shirt from it but you will not be able to make a t-shirt that has enough stretch to be a pull over shirt, unless you make it really large. It would be better to make something you can button up. Or knit the yarn to give it stretch.
Great video, very fun to see the process. I do however have to say. The longer this channel goes the more it seems to disprove its original thesis that you could produce the common things you use yourself.
What is he a professor in? Im a grad student at UMN and we actually have a spinner (that we never use) and some knitting beds for knitting shape memory alloy.
i decided to use this loom design. protip - don't make a heddle. buy one. but! if you do - glue the zipstrips tail to tail and put the hole where the "zip" starts near the tail end (it won't be "center" but it will be close) and that's... it. it is a slow tedious process, the zip strips will fight you every step of the way. i guess it's good practice in tedium for the main event, weaving on the home made loom.
Just a tip. But insted of using zip ties try using stainles steel wire and wrap it around the top and bottom of the fram. Or drill holes in the fram and thred it trough. This way you can pull tighter on the loom without having to be subjected to the strength of the glue.
How do you get the holes in the wire? I've just made a wool loom, want to make a cotton one, but i've been twisting together 2 pieces of florists wire to make each hole but ending up too wide for cotton. I think I'm missing something in what you're saying that would be really useful to me
@@lilaclizard4504 or you could heat a small section and make a flat spot to drill a hole thus you would have larger aria to drill this way you can run thicker yarn or string.
@@freyja4954 ok thanks, some great ideas there :) I didn't realise dremmals went so small! I have a 1mm drill bit I've been using for this project & thought that was about as small as drill bits/hole potential at home got (I used nails on my roller piece instead of just tying & needed the drill bit to be able to attach so many so close together without splitting the timber). I have some PLA plastic thread for this protect as well, which is too narrow for me to drill though, but your heating to flatten I think might work REALLY well on that. Definitely going to try it & if that doesn't give me the results I want, I might try heating the wire I have to smooth the twists & make it less catchy too. Not following exactly what you mean as to how to brase a loop, but getting the above idea from that suggestion, so again thank you very very much!
His assistant has the voice of a youth and the knowledge of a sage.
Eric Jordan that’s what I was thinking 😃
This is why it was primarily women who did the weaving throughout history, they have the patience and calmness required to do it.
I bet a few people copy that loom design from the video.
It was good the way she laid out all the dimensions in an easy way so you can actually do it yourself.
If I had a scroll saw and a drill press I would try to make one. The hardest part about making this kind of loom is trying to get everything relatively level, square and solid. If you don't you won't get proper tension.
I've been trying to make a loom myself before this video & I have one I made that works ok for wool, but I was hoping this would give me ideas for one that would work for the linen I've grown myself & want to weave, but I cannot see how zip ties could even start to be thin enough for this! I used florists wire & twisted it to make the heddle holes & that's far too thick for cotton/linen & zip ties would be thicker still, so think I'm going to stick with the idea I already had of using the same as my first, but spacing them & having about 5 rows of loops, so they can overlap, rather than needing to be only cotton width
It was so awesome I'll never be as cool as that girl lol
DiYing a freakin loom omg, she's next level
John Morley funny, except she copied it from an actual small company. Schacht Spindel Company. She took the EXACT same design including the “sleigh” shaped sides from the cricket rigid heddle loom 15”. All she did was double the measurements. She even copied the reed style exactly, except she made it really badly so they all have different tensions to each other, plus they won’t stand any tension against the fiber.
@@Amanda-mt2hx You are probably correct, however nobody said that she designed the loom herself. Also the company didn't invent the loom, you know that, right?
Y'all's intern, Annalise, did an awesome job! I can't wait to see what y'all do with the loom and motor system.
She Annalised the problem and found an excellent DIY sollution to it >:P
* seven months later *
"So I just got back from (I forgot the name) surplus...)
Me: what, did you walk!?
From Miami to LA
If you forgot the name just go back through the video
@@xbear7473 I wasn't invested enough to do so. I do know though lol. I was just being lazy.
He got back from Axman
paranoiaprincess they probably meant minutes
That's actually a really clever way to make a heddle. I've been trying to find a cost-effective way to build a loom at home, and my biggest challenge was the heddle because of the tiny holes/density needed for finer threads. Can't wait to finally get mine up and running!
Ok I love that shop with all the used equipment. I could start so many projects that never get finished.
😂😂😂
Making a new shirt so you can throw out the blood stained one?
What blood stained one?
@@CaylaFenton-Reeder Look at his last video
Annalise seems like a really awesome person! They're clearly very talented and intelligent, i hope we can see more of their work in the future!
Annalise seems like a really pawsome person. They're clearly furry talented and infurrigent, I hope we can see more of their bark in the future!
Edited for furry eyes.
@@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin never do this again.
@@ellieblunden1463 I'll do it again sometime in the future, just for you
@@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin please, have mercy...
@@ellieblunden1463 No way
Tip for the next loom: instead of running that tedious series of loops, place one bobbin of thread per eye and gap, then install a simple friction brake (could just be a heavy rod in contact with the bobbin ends, or a pair of them pinching the threads before they enter the heddle). Yes, that array will be larger than the loom, but you can stack them as long as the threads don’t come into contact. This also puts less of a restriction on your maximum length.
Even more complex: build your heddle out of tiny blocks on the end of pivot sticks. In the block put a small hook or the eye of a needle. The other end is raised or lowered by pegs on a roller. And tada, you’ve built a jaquard loom!
sounds like someone who hasn't built this loom. it can be done in a weekend but it will take pretty much all of both days for a beginner. that first change sounds like a whole week project by itself. if you are serious enough about weaving sure, but... in that case why are you building a diy loom from a youtube video.
I loved the coaxial joke.
Making nerdy puns about being eccentric, what a legend
Good luck! Nothing says durable like no bearings and hot glue.
Have you seen how unstable that loom was? daaayum
Hope they fix it before disaster happens
@@Sintrael11 I don't think it's unstable or dangerous, just that it's going to wear out inconveniently.
It is just a temporary fix though... its meant to be cheap and quick..
Damn Annalise is impressive as hell. They're so talented and smart!
I can't wait to see how you dye the final cloth. Also, kudos to Annalise for the loom design, it's awesome! How did you get into weaving?
I made myself a mini loom to make doll clothes! It's just nails on a board, in the shape of a pattern piece lol.
Growing up we had a field trip where we went to a museum and they taught how to make a super basic loom with a board. You just put little alternating cuts on both ends and wrap yarn or whatever around and that's your base lines. Don't know how it's relevant to doll clothes. But hey.
@@Bakers_Ville lol, just that they're much smaller than our clothes, so the looms don't take up as much room, and it can be made on a much more basic level. I'll have to see if I can look up something like what you mentioned. It may be easier to make pattern pieces that way. I also have a new metal peg board thingy that's designed for jewellery making, that I want to try and see if I can make some with it.
Thanks for the tip ^-^. That sounds like such a fun time to me.
I wish you had knitted it! t shirts are always made of stretchy, knitted fabric
Not all of them
@@PotatoesAssistant If it isn't a knit fabric, it isn't a t-shirt.
I love going to Ax Man..they have some...interesting things, lol.
I have a double sided bowl-shaped mirror that I got who knows how long ago sitting on my dresser.
Congrates on 1 mil! Also this is basically what I wanted amazing vid keep it up!
I just love how you young folks are embracing this old and practical technology to make a couple articles of clothing. Makes me smile.
man, annalise is just built different
Great job to Annalise. That looked like an intricate and tedious build and setup.
Thank you so very much for making this video. I am from India where the materials weren't readily available.. However with a little help I could make the same exact loom to make woolen scarves. I got the heddle laser cut over acrylic. I love love love the results!!!
Axman Surplus is like 5min away from my grandparents! Made me pretty homesick seeing it on your channel 😭 #MinnesotaBoy
Omg, I love that Ax-mens. I used to stop there after class to plan random projects.
Give Annalise a show she deserves it with competence like that
That intern needs to be paid
Nah
Talha Tariq why is she so special none of them are paid so why should she be
@@stickmanmageofthelordtacha4917 well she clearly thinks she's so special that her "pronouns" are they/them which is hilarious. And her hair is uh... special... too.... Yeah no don't pay it. These types are just one tantrum away from a lawsuit, would never hire one, ever.
Awesome! I've been looking for a tutorial on how to make a loom for the longest time! Thank you Annalise:)
Nice! I'm currently MacGuyvering my own electric spinning wheel. I skipped the motor-building bit by just buying a sewing machine motor with a pedal speed control. Got a flyer from a lot of misc. spinning wheel bits off eBay, bobbin from an etsy maker to fit it. Wood for the structure (since my woodworking skill and access is limited to "I have a Skill Saw and sandpaper") I'm doing myself. I bought my loom, but if you don't mind it taking longer, you can build a tapestry loom (doesn't have a heddle) that uses a pick-up stick. Or you can make a rotating floating heddle that's basically a square length of wood with alternating slits cut on two sides that you turn to lift each section of warp.
in the factory i worked at they used to card it then comb it, drafted, then roving then to spinning, winding, starching then weaving. from the carding combing and drafting machines it came out as a sliver (like thick weak rope)
I LOVE shopping at Axman! Haven't been there since i was a teen and haven't lived in Minnesota for 25 years! This brought back some great memories!
I feel SO freaking smart 'cause I understood almost every single thing that the man from the Minnesota's University said
A hint I learned from an old crafts book, take the yarn and hold it with your hands six inches apart and rapidly tug it. If it breaks it's not good for warping threads and if it stands up to the abuse, it's fine for warping threads.
Annalise has an AMAZING voice.
that was some hardcore DIY.
Thank you for releasing the plans for the loom!
This girl is unstoppable. Such a shame she's no longer part of HTME.
Annalise you designed and built a loom. You f*cking rock.
Seven months later
"I just came from axeman"
Hahaha
Really enjoyed seeing the build process
A comment for Annalise, hoping they see it: my nonbinary kiddo is currently weaving on the loom they got for Christmas while watching. They have the same haircut as you!
I like the indepth explanation process for making the loom very nice.
I can't help but note all the ancient words in this video. Textile creation as you can guess is one of the oldest technologies known to man, and as such almost all of the technical terms associated with it are among the most ancient words in the English language.
The zip tie rigid heddle was an elegant solution! I probably would have just kludged together two heddle bars with loops of thread and dowels.
This video was awesome, all the assistant's were very talented!
That's an interesting beater. Don't think I've seen one like that before.
The looms I've seen have a toothed beater, similar to the heddle, so it goes between the warp threads and beat only the weave threads.
this hettle idea is genius! gonna trawl through your archive now to see it in action, brb
1:40 is that an iron lung?
I've only been there a few times but that Ax man is a weird place.
Yes maybe
Yes it is. on a side not many of them where turned into full body bariatric chambers for wound cair patians in the 60s and 70s
Yep, with the antivax movement Iron Lungs are now back in demand!
looked like it to me :)
If you don't live near Axeman you can get that type of kit from Mendelsons' (Dayton Ohio), Tanner Electronics (Dallas Texas), American Science and Surplus (Milwaukee).
I wish I knew of more stores like this.
Nice work, and i really love the way you designed the loom, also you should not pull the weft thread straight befor beating, a small arc will give the weft some needed extra length and should prevent the sides from getting pulled in (hope you guys read this before making the next video ^^")
Oh hell yeah, that was my rookie mistake
Love Annalise! Congrats on 1M!
Annalis Rocks
What a brilliant shop you visited.
Thank you so much for the loom instructions! I have always wanted a loom but could never afford one!
I think Annalise is my new favorite person :D
My favorite store ever
Omg that girl is my new hero
How is she so cool??
Your intern is a legit wizard.
I like that you are wanting to do it all from start to finish. You kept saying making a t-shirt. A t-shirt is a knitted cloth so it has stretch. If you use a loom you are making a woven cloth and it will have little stretch. You can still make a shirt from it but you will not be able to make a t-shirt that has enough stretch to be a pull over shirt, unless you make it really large. It would be better to make something you can button up. Or knit the yarn to give it stretch.
I was just at that Ax-Man store the other day! I can spend HOURS in there.
Great work,Andy and team
Pete should have his own channel, he’s great
I hope annalise got a raise after this
This is something I've always (WANTED)
Great video, very fun to see the process.
I do however have to say. The longer this channel goes the more it seems to disprove its original thesis that you could produce the common things you use yourself.
I didn't understand any of that loom, but it's still interesting.
Its like you were reading my mind. Ive been trying to make my own loom to make a mat
Forget 'How to make everything', I want to see more of Analise's work. Jk you're all great.
That was an abrupt ending
What is he a professor in? Im a grad student at UMN and we actually have a spinner (that we never use) and some knitting beds for knitting shape memory alloy.
Knitting with Nitinol?
I was going to make some joke, but then I realized that sounds like a great name for a series or a podcast or something!
@@micahphilson Or a *metal* band
AX MAN! That place is great!
The lady is a genius
I live down the street from axe man, great and cool shop.
this is high quality stuff keep up the good work and kudos to your team as well
i decided to use this loom design.
protip - don't make a heddle. buy one. but! if you do - glue the zipstrips tail to tail and put the hole where the "zip" starts near the tail end (it won't be "center" but it will be close)
and that's... it. it is a slow tedious process, the zip strips will fight you every step of the way. i guess it's good practice in tedium for the main event, weaving on the home made loom.
That was super cool!
Some people say I'm eccentric but I'm perfectly co-axial. Lmfao. I like that dude! Also, I'm like that dude lol. ;)
they’re so talented!! i’m so glad annalise is part of the team 😊💗
I love Ax-Man.
I was at axe man a few weeks ago. Go ez on jeezy
I almost want to make a loom now :)
Omg wow... So much talent and still XD I feel like my diy skills are in need of a lot of work XD
that's a nice design
I am so glad I can just buy my shirts.
That perfectly coaxial line made me laugh
This is so cool.
It is interesting how were made first machine tools without using any machine tools
Why doesn't my city have a store like that?
That place looks amazing.
Just a tip. But insted of using zip ties try using stainles steel wire and wrap it around the top and bottom of the fram. Or drill holes in the fram and thred it trough. This way you can pull tighter on the loom without having to be subjected to the strength of the glue.
How do you get the holes in the wire? I've just made a wool loom, want to make a cotton one, but i've been twisting together 2 pieces of florists wire to make each hole but ending up too wide for cotton. I think I'm missing something in what you're saying that would be really useful to me
@@lilaclizard4504 you can eather swage them or use a dremmal with a small watch smith bit. you could also brase a small loop on them with a tourch.
@@lilaclizard4504 or you could heat a small section and make a flat spot to drill a hole thus you would have larger aria to drill this way you can run thicker yarn or string.
@@freyja4954 ok thanks, some great ideas there :) I didn't realise dremmals went so small! I have a 1mm drill bit I've been using for this project & thought that was about as small as drill bits/hole potential at home got (I used nails on my roller piece instead of just tying & needed the drill bit to be able to attach so many so close together without splitting the timber).
I have some PLA plastic thread for this protect as well, which is too narrow for me to drill though, but your heating to flatten I think might work REALLY well on that. Definitely going to try it & if that doesn't give me the results I want, I might try heating the wire I have to smooth the twists & make it less catchy too. Not following exactly what you mean as to how to brase a loop, but getting the above idea from that suggestion, so again thank you very very much!
You have to try this! How to make a latex monster mask from scratch.💀👹👽
It's funny because I have a loom which I've recently begun working on again, to make an HTME logo so I could hopefully send it to you! ; )
I really think you should try a project where all the tools you use have to be made e.g. a rock as a hammer or a homemade saw with materials you found
Also, great video, loved every minute, as always
How’s the house coming along?
I like this new modern era where the women put together the hardware and the men weave clothing
" A world without string, is chaos." - Lars Smuntz.
I think you’re perfectly coaxial too! Lol
Good video. I wish you had shown setting up the loom in more detail.
You should learn how to make a violin, its a complex but beautiful process
Annalise 😍
Annalise is an intern? that girl is amazing, don't ever let her go, she's pure gold! plus she has a very nice voice
You should try and make bamboo thread for a shirt in the future.