Galvanized Pipe Looms

This morning I went to the kitchen
to get a cup of tea
(Earl Grey)
and returned 
to this:

A pair of red wrenches
and collection of pipe pieces

make all manner of things possible,
even weaving on two looms
at (almost) the same time.

I learned about  
Archie Brennan's Black Pipe Loom 
 10 or 12 years ago.

and have been riffing off his idea ever since.

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.

 I use the 1/2 inch pipe the most often

as long as the thing I'm weaving is less than 18" wide.
If it is wider, I use thicker pipe.

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.

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!