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How do I measure a stainless steel reed? What is "weaving width"?

The stainless steel reed, installed on the beater of your shaft loom, has two jobs: It spaces the warp ends evenly at the sett you...

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How do I measure a rigid heddle reed? What is "weaving width"?

The rigid heddle reed of your Cricket Loom or Flip Loom has three jobs: It spaces the warp ends evenly at the sett you want....

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How do I use the warp coils on the Arras Tapestry Loom?

Your Arras Tapestry Loom comes with 4 color-coded coils that space out the warp ends evenly as you're warping. Before you warp, choose the sett...

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Do I need more than one reed for my rigid heddle loom?

For the Flip and the Cricket, you need more than one rigid heddle reed unless you're always going to weave at the same sett or...

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If the ratchet gears and dogs on my Cricket sit inside the loom, can I change them?

When we released the 10" Cricket rigid heddle loom in 2008, the ratchet dogs were connected to the inner face of the right loom side....

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