Making sheds on Schacht looms

When you're choosing looms, it's helpful to consider what other equipment or tools you'll need. The time required for warping and weaving might also be a factor.

 

 

 

Website Category

Schacht Product

Shed Formed With

✔ = included

Other Essential Weaving Tools

✔ = included

Warping Speed 

Weaving Speed

Specialty

Weaving Cards

✔ cards

belt shuttle

Specialty

Inkle Loom

string or Texsolv heddles

✔ belt shuttle

⏱⏱

Specialty

Zoom Loom

NA

✔ needle

Frame & Tapestry

Lilli Loom

✔ shed stick and pick-up stick

✔ shuttle, beater

⏱⏱

Frame & Tapestry

School Loom

✔ pick-up sticks

✔ needle

⏱⏱

Frame & Tapestry

Tapestry Loom

string or Texsolv heddles on
heddle rods

shuttle or tapestry bobbins, beater

⏱⏱

⏱⏱⏱

Frame & Tapestry

Arras Tapestry Loom

✔ Texsolv heddles on shedding device

shuttle or tapestry bobbins, beater

⏱⏱

⏱⏱⏱

Rigid Heddle

Cricket Loom, 10" or 15"

✔ rigid heddle

✔ stick shuttles

⏱⏱

⏱⏱

Rigid Heddle

Flip Loom, 15", 20", 25", 30"

✔ rigid heddle

✔ stick shuttles

⏱⏱

⏱⏱

Shaft

Cricket Quartet

✔ heddles on shafts

✔ reed

boat shuttles and bobbins

warping board or peg set

⏱⏱⏱

Shaft

Wolf Pup LT, Wolf Pup 8.10, Baby Wolf, Mighty Wolf

✔ heddles on shafts

✔ reed

boat shuttles and bobbins

warping board or peg set

⏱⏱⏱

Shaft

Standard Floor Loom, 36", 45"

✔ heddles on shafts

✔ boat shuttle and bobbin

warping board or peg set

⏱⏱⏱

Older Post

© 2025 Schacht Spindle Company