Weaving Tools & Supplies

Get set with all of the best weaving tools and supplies.

Often made of wood and a delight to hold, our weaving tools and supplies are well made, beautiful, and fun to use. Whether you are dressing a floor loom or setting up a rigid heddle loom, having the right equipment makes all the difference. Use this quick checklist to make sure you have all the right equipment for your next project:

Tool Checklist

• Shuttle: A tool for carrying weft through the shed. Boat shuttles, the most common style, have a horizontal metal rod for holding a bobbin surrounded by a wooden ‘boat’. There are other styles of shuttles for specialized tasks (e.x. rag shuttles, stick shuttles)
• Bobbin: A small wooden or plastic tube that holds all your thread to load into your shuttle for weaving
• Bobbin winder: Is used to wind yarn onto bobbins. Can either be manual or electric.
• Reed: A metal grill that sits inside your beater bar. The reed is used to separate and evenly space your warp threads. It is also used as a guide for your shuttle to motion across the shed
• Raddle: This is an open “comb” used to separate the warp when you’re beaming it. Typically it separates your warp into 1/2 inch or 1 inch sections.
• Warping board (or warping mill): Is used to make a warp on a frame style board with pegs. The board is stationary and the warp is made by winding back and fourth from peg to peg. Typically the longest warp is 13 yards on a board and then you must move to a mill for longer warps.
• Lease sticks: These are used to separate your weavers cross when moving your warp from your warping board or mill to the loom.
• Warping stick or heavy paper: A form of warp separator placed between layers of warp as it is beamed. Compared to paper or cardboard, they create even tension on the warp and are less likely to move around on your back beam.
• Reed hook: A long, thin metal hook used for threading your heddles and sleying your reed.