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Galvanized Pipe Looms

10/20/2015

 

This morning I went to the kitchen
to get a cup of tea
(Earl Grey)
and returned 
to this:
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A pair of red wrenches
and collection of pipe pieces
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make all manner of things possible,
even weaving on two looms
at (almost) the same time.
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I learned about  
Archie Brennan's Black Pipe Loom 
 10 or 12 years ago.
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and have been riffing off his idea ever since.
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1/8 Inch Galvanized pipe Loom -- detail
From the thinnest steel pipe I've been able to find
to the thickest I've yet needed,
this versatile system
meets most of my tapestry needs.
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 I use the 1/2 inch pipe the most often
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as long as the thing I'm weaving is less than 18" wide.
If it is wider, I use thicker pipe.
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1 1/4 inch and 1 1/2 inch Pipe for the top and bottom beams of bigger (36" - 48" ) wide looms. Note the reducers so they can still be used with 1" feet and side pieces
With the flick of a wrench
a piece of pipe can be a side bar,
 a bottom bar, a leg or a foot.
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Pipe Looms:
just one of those 
life changing things
 a gal gets to try
every now and again.

Thanks, Archie.

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​
​Next week
(if I'm organized)
I'll talk about another fave,
the loom everyone loves to hate,
the least expensive and lightest
tensioned pipe loom on the block.
​

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See you then!

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