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Rigid heddle looms are often a gateway for knitters, crocheters, and other people new to exploring weaving - if that’s the case for you, welcome to the wonderful world of weaving! Rigid heddle looms are wonderfully versatile, and will allow you to weave a wide range of projects - tea towels, placemats, scarves, shawls, rugs, table runners, and more.
If you're eager to get started weaving and are overwhelmed by the options, we made it very easy for you by compiling everything you need to start weaving in these three rigid heddle loom starter packs.
If you'd prefer not to buy a starter set, we have lots of options for you to choose from. You can see our full collection of rigid heddle looms here.
If you're looking for the most affordable option, we suggest the Ashford SampleIt Loom. This loom is a great “gateway” loom if you want to try out weaving to see how you like it. If you’d like a wider loom with more advanced capabilities, we suggest the Ashford Rigid Heddle Loom (included in our Starter Packs), the Ashford Knitters Loom, or the Flip Loom. These are more versatile and sturdy looms that will serve you well from beginner right through to advanced weavings. They also have the capability to add an additional heddle, allowing you to use much finer yarn suitable for up to 24 EPI. The Knitters Loom and Flip Loom are ideal for weavers where space is a premium, because they can fold up mid-project for storage.
The width of your loom indicates the widest possible project you can weave on it. A 10” or 16” loom is most suitable for scarves. On a 20” loom you could start to weave placemats and hand towels. A 32” loom will allow you to create shawls and even fabric yardage to sew into something. On a wide loom you can also weave narrow projects, but you can’t weave wider projects on a narrow loom.
Rigid heddle looms come with heddles in a range of sizes, usually 5 dent, 7.5 or 8 dent, 10 dent, and 12 or 12.5 dent. Dent = the number of threads per inch, so a 12 dent reed will have 12 slots/holes per inch. The lower the dent size, the thicker the yarn you need to use for your warp. Having a variety of heddle sizes will allow you a greater diversity of thickness of yarn to work with. Usually when you purchase a rigid heddle loom it comes with one heddle size to start with, and you'll want to grab a few other sizes to allow you some more versatility in your weaving. You can see all of our heddles here.
Our Beginner's Guide To Rigid Heddle Weaving has all the answers you are looking for - and you can download it for free!
