Floor Looms

THE LOOM WIZARD

Having trouble setting up your loom?  In a muddle with warping?

It can be so frustrating when all you want to do is start weaving....so....why not call in the Loom Wizard?  I will travel to you to help you to sort out any problems you are experiencing with your loom.  With over 25 years of experience with all types of hand looms (excluding dobby looms) I have set up and fine tuned numerous looms.  I can also help with warping and tie-ups.  

I am prepared to travel within a radius of 50 miles of Midhurst, West Sussex.

WANTED: Hattersley Domestic Loom MK 1 or 2

LOOKING FOR A LOUET FLOOR LOOM OR SIMILAR

WANTED DOBBY LOOM - COMPUTER OR MECHANICAL

WANTED AVL DOBBY LOOM OR OTHER BRAND COMPUTER DOBBY LOOM

BUILDING OR RESTORING A FLOOR LOOM?

I have some floor loom parts to give away... front and back beams etc.  Collection from West Sussex.  For more details, please telephone.

WANTED : HATTERSLEY DOMESTIC LOOMS / LANCASHIRE 2/2 LOOMS

I'm looking for Hattersley Domestic Looms mark 1 or mark 2 and / or Lancashire 2/2 heritage looms and / or a Dob Cross -  working preferred (particularly with the Dob Cross)  but happy to restore if you have one in bits. I would also like to buy pirn winders that go alongside and if anyone has a warping mill that would be brilliant. We are building a community woollen mill for cloth production and would prefer heritage kit.

Happy to pay cash and will collect from any where in the UK / Ireland

WANTED: Hattersley Domestic Treadle Loom (MK1 or MK2) or other treadle loom

Wanted: Hattersley Domestic Treadle Loom (MK1 or MK2) or other treadle loom in order to start a small weaving studio. Ideally in complete working condition, but all looms or parts of looms considered. Happy to collect from all parts of UK or Ireland and possibly even arrange shipping of looms abroad.  

Loom Bench

see Miscellaneous section of this catalogue

Brand New Toika Warping Mill

see Miscellaneous section of this website for more details

1. Glimakra Eight Shaft Countermarch Floor Loom

Glimakra 8 shaft countermarch  floor loom . Up to 120cm weaving width.  In nearly new condition and complete.

 Additional Equipment .  Bench, 2 Reeds, Temple ,and 2 Boat Shuttles and Texsolv Heddles.

 Assembly instructions and 2 books by Joanne Hall “Tying up your Countermarch Loom” and “Learning to warp your Loom”

 I am based in North Somerset and the buyer would need to collect.

2. Four Shaft Counterbalance Floor Loom

Mahogany Counterbalance floor loom for sale.  It has four shafts and six pedals.  In need of a bit of TLC, needs new canvases at each end of weaving work, otherwise it is still a very strong and robust loom.  Weaving width: 3'8", length: 4'.  Buyer collects from Bampton, Devon.

3. Four Shaft Counterbalance Floor Loom

Aprox 3ft wide, its an old loom with all parts included (three reeds included and associated weaving books)

Collection only from Peterborough.

4. Varpapuu Finlandia Floor Loom

Varpapuu Finlandia 12 Shaft Floor Loom

Loom Width 1400 mm  Loom Depth 1300 mm  Weaving width 1000 mm

12 Shaft  3off 1000mm reeds in excellent condition, 2 more in need of cleaning up.  Texsolv tie up system,  Bench,  Warping Mill,  Warping sticks,  Shuttles,   Flying shuttle race.

The loom has recently been take out of dry storage and is currently part assembled available for inspection/collection near Ludlow, Shropshire.

If a sale is agreed it may be possible to deliver to  Midlands / Wales for a fee.

5. Douglas Andrew Floor Loom

Douglas Andrew floor loom for sale. All pieces present as per diagram and in good condition, but needs new heddles etc. Warping pegs on side of loom. Several shuttles and other bits & pieces. Currently dismantled due to house move and lack of space. Collect from Cambridge. 

6. Toika Eeva 8 Shaft Countermarch Loom

For sale: Toika Countermarch loom .   Weaving width 150cm (nearly 5ft)
Reed width 150cm (nearly 5ft)   8 shafts  8 peddles  Metal ratchets  5 reeds

Size:
Total width 187cm (just over 6ft)
Height 151cm (5ft)
Depth 132cm (4ft 4inches)
Weight 120kg (nearly 19 stone)

75cm Dryad raddle, 2 dents to the cm  150cm wide, 1 dent to the cm
2 shed sticks

Collect only from Monmouthshire.

This is my late mother's loom and has been carefully disassembled and stored in a dry bedroom. My mother spun and dyed wool, wove fabric and made lots of beautiful things including a jacket for herself and a waistcoat for my father. She spun flax and wove napkins with our names on. The loom and my mother had many happy times in this attic bedroom overlooking rolling hills where I'm sitting now - listening to Radio 3 and creating beauty. 

7. Glimakra 10 Shaft Countermarch Floor Loom

120 cm weaving width. Includes all assembly instructions. Warping pegs. Bench,shuttles threading hooks and fish ,one reed and yarns. Plus a few get started books...

Very good condition

Buyer collects from Dorset

8. Harris Foldaway Four Shaft Floor Loom

Harris Foldaway Four Shaft Floor Loom.  Approx Sizes unfolded: 105 cm wide x 90 cm deep x 105 cm tall.  Good condition.  I have replaced metal heddles with Texsolv heddles and the tie up has screw eyes affixed to treadles to enable tie up to be done on top of treadles instead of underneath.  Collection only from Bexhill-on-sea.

9. HARRISVILLE FOLDING FLOOR LOOM Model A -22

This lovely little American floor loom is ideal for weavers with limited space; it would make an excellent first loom, or would well suit those who need a second loom for sampling and smaller pieces.

With four shafts and 4 treadles its cloth width is 22".  The frame height  42" (107cm), floor space: 28" x 32" (71 x 81cm), and when folded is 28" x 13" (71 x 33cm).  It folds with the warp on.  It has an adjustable beater for a variety of reeds.  Also the suspended harness makes for a smoother, quieter action.   

It is in excellent condition as, due to circumstances, was little used, although when it was it was an absolute joy to work on.

Collection only from West London.

10. Glimakra Ideal Floor Loom

Wooden Glimakra Ideal Floor Loom.  It has 8 treadles, 6 shafts, 6 harness.  Weaving width: 80cm.  Comes with bench , loom feet for the legs of the loom, wooden mallet, Dryad Raddle Ski Shuttle x three, Temple Extended 90cm, closed 60cm, Warping Sticks x twenty one, Spacer and Reeds x two, sizes 10/1 & 8

Collection only from South Cumbria

11. Toika 150cm 8 shaft Counterbalance loom

14. Four shaft Flying Shuttle Loom

16. Eight Shaft Floor Loom

8 Shaft floor loom.

Aprox 1 meter cloth width, it's restored to working order (include three reeds). All new texsolv threading.

(Currently in France, shipping can be organised)

23. Leclerc 4 Shaft Artisat 36" Floor Loom

Leclerc 4 Shaft Artisat 36" Floor Loom
Excellent condition, very compact folding to a depth of 14" with warp on.  Sale includes 7 Shuttles, 1 Reed, Heddles, large amount of Spacers and an assortment of Stick Shuttles, plus many other items of equipment.
Also included are 19 excellent condition weaving books and an assortment of weaving magazines.
Please phone for more details and photos,
Collection only from South West Dorset Area.

DOBBY LOOM LAGS FOR SALE

155 x hard wood dobby loom lags for 16 shafts,  upper surface measures 350 mm tip to tip top by 17 mm wide
underside measures 300mm tip to tip by 8 mm wide,  sloping side of lag measure 13 mm
centre of hole 1 to centre of hole 16 measures 255 mm,  centre to centre of each hole measures 19mm
a sample lag can be posted.

DL1. 1950’s George Wood 16-shaft dobby loom (with fly shuttle)

1950’s George Wood 16-shaft dobby loom (with fly shuttle) - weaving width of 0.5 metres

Height – approx 2.5 metres

Width – approx. 1.65 metres

Depth – approx 1.7 metres with the floor beam extending a further 0.6 metres.

In great condition.

Collect from Oxfordshire

DL2 Sixteen Shaft George Wood Dobby Loom

16 shaft George Wood Dobby Loom 
I am selling my lovely loom due to purchasing an Electronic Dobby instead.
16 shafts, two back beams, lags and peg lifting - comes with raddle, lots of lags and pegs, a metal plate to help bash the pegs into the lags.
Weaving width - 105cm
Loom has been dismantled but my lovely husband will consider coming to help put it back together if needed depending on distance.
Collection near Farnham, Surrey.

DL3. Louet Megado Electronic CompuDobby

Louet Megado 70cm 16 shaft Electronic CompuDobby Loom.  This Megado loom is just two years old. We are moving house and down sizing and so my loom must be downsized too ! The weaving width is 70cm and it has 16 shafts. Each shaft has extra heddles added. There is a second back beam included and also the adjustable weaving bench. The electronic dobby works from the computer using weaving software. I use Proweave but it is compatible with Fibreworks, Weaveit etc. To buy this configuration new at the moment would cost £8500.  I live in south west Scotland close to Lockerbie and just 4 miles from the main M74. If you would like to know more please contact me by phone or email.

DL4. Rare 24 peg Dobby Loom

Rare, 24 peg Dobby loom. Ex. Welsh woolen mill?  Single treddle. 3 box, drop fly shuttle.
Stands apx. 6'6" square and apx. 8' tall.  Buyer to dismantle and collect from Watton, Norfolk.

DL7. 16 Shaft AVL

DL8. George Wood Compu Dobby 16 Shafts

DL21. George Wood Loom Frame

36" with 3 box fly shuttle, 16 shaft Robert Hall mechanical dobby head and quantity of industrial shafts - needs some DIY skills to restore shuttle boxes and adjust dobby and assemble as a working loom - only £450 - could help assemble at reasonable rate(£80/day+ travel) within 50 of mile radius of mid wales.

TL1. Varpapuu Tapestry Floor Loom

Varpapu Tapestry floor Loom ht180cm depth 58cm width 1.37cm    good condition 2 shaft Finnish loom .can be dismantled as joints labelled,includes 1m warping square
buyer collects from north devon 

TL2. Frame Loom

This is a beautiful frame loom in solid maple, extremely strong, which can be used for rugs or tapestry. It has inlaid marks at intervals of one inch and four inches on both beams; and the top beam adjusts easily to control tension. It is 38 inches wide, 60 inches high and available in North London.