Loom weaving1/1/2023 ![]() The 22 inch version was made some time after 1969 to 1975. We believe that sometime around 1976 Leclerc changed from using vertical metal rods on each side of the castle as shaft guides to the current nylon pegs ( see pictures here)." By 1976 it was just referred to as the 'Artisat'. "First appeared in 1968 as a 4 shaft loom with a built-in bench and the re-introduced without the bench in 1969 as the 'Artisat IV'. If you need anything, you can find a good selection of replacement parts here. The front and back of the Artisat can fold up for easy storage and transportation.Ĭamilla Valley Farms notes that the Artisat, I have a slightly older version of the Artisat, but Leclerc still makes them, so you can easily find replacement parts. ![]() LOOM WEAVING HOW TOThe manual mainly shows how to put the loom together, rather than how to use it, but you can figure out how to use the loom with books and online resources and I'll mention some that I used below. The entire loom is wider than 36," but the reed itself is 36." You can find the manual here. The Leclerc Artisat is a 36" jack loom with four shafts. See this explanation from Madelyn van der Hoogt at Interweave for more info on the differences between each type of loom. Then you'll need to know if it's a jack loom (shafts raise up when you press the treadles), countermarch loom, or counterbalance loom (both of the latter have shafts that raise and lower when you press the treadles). You're most likely to find something with four shafts, but there are looms with eight or more. If you have a rigid heddle loom, the shafts are recognizable as heddles that move up and down when you press on treadles below the loom. You can quickly see how many shafts it has. I found this one in a local antique shop, along with a bunch of accessories, so I decided to go for it.ĭisclosure: This post contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a percentage if you make a purchase using these links. I set up an alert on Craigslist for looms, so I had an idea of what used floor looms tend to sell for. ![]() I like my rigid heddle loom, but I wanted to be able to make bigger things, and to weave more complex patterns. In this post, I'll go over how to use a Leclerc Artisat floor loom, and give some tips for buying a second-hand floor loom, setting it up, and starting to weave. Ever since I got my Schacht Flip Loom, I've been keeping an eye out for something bigger. ![]()
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