Inkle loom bands

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An inkle loom is an old style of loom that produces a warp-faced fabric. It produces very strong narrow bands in whatever colours are available. The loom I have is a small one and it can produce a band up to a bit under 6' long and around 1" wide.

This is my Inkle Loom - technically an Inklette Loom because it is smaller than a standard Inkle Loom.

It is set up to weave the 2nd half of the sax strap (pictured below).

This is an adjustable saxophone or bassoon strap that goes over both shoulders to spread the weight and moves up and down with the instrument - pretty special and a bit niche! - but very helpful for players of heavy wind instruments.

£80.

This was my first attempt at ahat band.

And this one is now my hat band!

This is the newest Inkle loom band - just started

Much of the warp is the same yarn that was used for one of the hats - the "Liquorice Allsort": 51% Recycled Cotton/49% Acrylic, hand dyed by us on the boat. The rest is 100% Cotton - i.e. the black at the edges and the cerise in the centre...

I will post more photos once it's complete!

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