Looms & Weaving

Our loom bench is a beautiful companion piece to our Wolf and Standard floor looms. The bench seat height is adjustable from 19″ to 24″ and has been designed to offer you a flat or slanted seat position. The bench is free of side posts, which allows you to move around unrestricted. Below the seat is a storage bin for holding your accessories. Our optional bench bags can be purchased with the bench or added later. The bags are made of durable Cordura cloth and can be mounted on either or both sides of the bench seat.

Product ships disassembled. Assembly required. 

Bench bags sold separately. 

Stocking Item. Also, assembled Floor model available in store.

The Arras embraces traditional tapestry weaving with a modern, thoughtfully designed loom. It’s a rugged loom with all of the features experienced and new weavers want to see in a tapestry loom.

Like all the Schacht products you love, the Arras is friendly, inviting, and designed for function.

Features include:

• 20” weaving width
• Continuous 45” warp length
• Tensioning beam with ergonomic handles
• Four sett springs at 4, 5, 6, and 8 dents
• Adjustable shedding device which can be set for left or right hand operation (100 Texsolv heddles included)
• Cartoon holder
• For comfort, the loom can be tilted slightly backwards or left in the vertical position
• Adjustable legs can be folded for storage or transport
• Sits solidly on the table with no-skid rubber feet
• Compact shipping; assembly required

Optional Accessories (Sold Separately)

• Arras Loom Beam Kit

Enjoy the best of both worlds! Convert your 15″ Cricket into a 4-shaft loom!
15″ Cricket Loom and optional 15″ Cricket Stand sold separately. 

The Cricket Quartet reimagines our most popular rigid heddle loom, the 15″ Cricket, transforming it into a 4-shaft loom with a 13-1/2″ weaving width. We engineered the Quartet with thoughtful features that help you weave more complex patterns. Closely spaced levers move with smooth action to raise and lower shafts. You’ll achieve clean sheds with help from the extended back beam. The pivot beater maximizes your weaving space. Like all Schacht products, the Cricket Quartet is manufactured in the USA.

• Includes 300 Texsolv heddles (5-7/8″ red) and your choice of 6, 8, 10, 12, or 15 dent reed
• Made of high-quality maple plywood and solid hard maple; left unfinished to match your loom
• Ships flat-packed, with assembly required
• 15″ Cricket Loom and optional 15″ Cricket Stand sold separately
• You will need a warping system (a warping peg set or warping board) for measuring warp chains—try our Warping Peg Set or Warping Board (available in 4-1/2 yard and 14 yard sizes)
• Recommended accessories: 11″ slim boat shuttle, plastic bobbins, bobbin winder, 15″ Cricket Stand, 15″ Cricket Trap

Please contact us with any questions regarding purchasing a loom. We have a complete setup on display in the studio to view and try out. The 15" Cricket Loom frame and stand shown in the pictures are NOT included. The Quartet is a kit to convert a 15" Cricket Loom to a 4 shaft loom. The entire Schacht Cricket series for the 15" model is usually in stock and ready to ship. The Quartet Loom is NOT compatible with the 10" Cricket Loom. We can also assist you in ordering any of the optional accessories that are sold separately, many of them are in stock.

Accessories (Sold Separately)

• 15" Cricket Rigid Heddle Loom Kit (Required to build the Quartet)
• 6, 8, 10, 12 and 15 dent Reeds
• 11" Slim boat shuttles
• Plastic Bobbins
• Bobbin Winder
• Additional 15″  Slim Cricket Stick Shuttles 
• Floor Stand
• 15" Cricket Trap

Flip, our folding rigid heddle loom, is comfortable, compact, sturdy, and a pleasure to weave on. Designed for high performance, this loom folds in a jiffy for storage or transport.

Weave in comfort. Choose three different weaving modes: use the rear leg for hooking to a table edge, clamp it to a table for stand-up weaving, or install it on our convenient trestle stand. Warp in a flash. With the Flip Bag, you can easily take Flip along with you.

Fine-toothed nylon ratchets provide precise tension control. The conveniently located heddle blocks on the sides of the loom hold the rigid heddle in the up, down, or neutral position. The heddle, available in 5, 8, 10 and 12 dents per inch, is made of durable ABS plastic, with large eyes and slots. Flip is ideal for plain weaves and pick-up patterns.

Our designed-in two-heddle capabilities make it easy and natural to weave with two heddles.

Included with Flip are clamps and a warping peg for direct-loom warping. We include instructions for both direct and pre-measuring methods. Our top cross braces allow long warps, up to 5-6 yards (depending on yarn weight and winding paper), to be wound on the beams without impacting the size of the shed.

Our Flip Looms are available in 15”, 20”, 25”, and 30″ weaving widths, and includes one 8 dent reed, warping peg, 2 shuttles, 2 clamps, threading hook, and complete warping and weaving instructions.

Optional Accessories (Not Included) Sold Separately:

• Trestle Stand
• Additional 5-, 8-, 10-, or 12-dent reeds
• Variable Dent Reed
• Shuttle Trap
• Flip Loom Storage Bag

The Cricket Loom is compact, capable, and cute! We offer this loom in the more popular 15″ weaving widths. The Cricket is made of high-quality maple plywood and hard maple. The wood is left unfinished for this loom to allow you to customize it and make it your own. 

Included in the box:

• Cricket Loom (Assembly Required)
• Each Cricket comes with an 8-dent reed (sorry, no substitutions)
• 1 Threading hook
• 1 Warping peg
• 2 Table clamps
• 2 slim stick shuttles
• Complete instructions
• 2 balls of yarn

At 5.5″ wider than the 10″ Cricket, the 15″ Cricket is still compact enough to take with you easily. The 15″ weaving width offers more flexibility in your choice of weaving projects. Uses the same reeds as the 15″ Flip folding rigid heddle loom.

Please contact Josh directly for any questions regarding purchasing a loom. We have a complete setup on display in the studio to view and try out. The 15" Cricket Loom is our personal favorite for learning to weave. This 15" model is usually in stock and ready to ship. We sell the 10" model by special order. We can also assist you in ordering any of the optional accessories that are sold separately, many of them are in stock.

Optional Accessories (Sold Separately)

• 5, 8, 10 and 12 dent Reeds
• Variable Dent Reed
• Additional 15″  Slim Cricket Stick Shuttles and 15″ Cricket Pick-up Sticks are available
• Floor Stand
• Cricket Loom Bag

• Sturdy construction
  
• Moveable pegs
  
• Rotating
  
• Solid silver beech hardwood
  
• Natural (unfinished wood) 
• Maximum warp length = 15m (50ft)

The trestle stand fits all of the Flip and original Tapestry looms (not the Arras Tapestry Loom). Adjust the arms to position your loom from horizontal to nearly vertical. When the loom is in the horizontal position, it sits at just the right height for use with a standard chair. Our quick-release system makes it easy to remove your loom from the stand for travel or storage.

The Trestle Floor Stand makes it easier than ever to use your Flip Loom. It’s simple to put your Flip Loom on the stand and adjust the angle.

The Flip Loom Trestle Stand is made of the same high quality maple. The stand is adjustable by width when you assemble it and is universal for all of the weaving widths of Flip and original Tapestry looms.

Note: There have been numerous design changes to the trestle stand. Depending on when a given trestle stand and Flip Loom were built, an insert kit may be required. The Flip Loom in the picture is sold separately. The floor stand is an optional accessory. Please contact us with any questions.

Wind longer warps on your Arras Tapestry Loom with this kit. It includes a sturdy base, plus ratcheted warp and cloth beams for superb tensioning control.

Our beam kit will fit on all Arras looms. Assembly is simple and requires only a #2 Phillips screwdriver.

Once you’ve installed the kit, you will need a raddle no more than 20″ wide to warp the loom. Our raddle for warps up to 20″ wide perfectly fits the loom.

Among the simplest of looms, the tapestry loom holds a continuous warp under tension, allowing the weaver to see all of the warp at once. Sheds are formed using heddle bars and string heddles or Texsolv heddles. While only two heddle bars are needed for traditional tapestry weaving, we provide four heddle bars so that beginning weavers can also experiment with 4-shaft pattern weaving.

Our 25″ tapestry loom has a tension beam with thumb screws to keep the warp tension even throughout your weaving. The continuous warping system allows a 60″ long warp to be put directly on the loom without using any other warping tools.

Shown here with optional A-Frame Stand.

The Cricket Floor Stand makes it easier than ever to use your Cricket Loom. It’s simple to put your Cricket on the stand and adjust the angle, and it’s quick to remove when you want to take your Cricket out on the town.

The Cricket Floor Stand is made of the same high quality maple ply as the Cricket, and is left unfinished. The 15″ stand weighs 3.2 pounds. 

Note: the Cricket Loom in the picture is sold separately. The floor stand is an optional accessory for the Cricket Loom. Please contact us with any questions. The floor stand is also available in a 10" width for the 10" Cricket Looms, available by special order. 

Raddles help keep a warp spread evenly as it is wound onto the warp beam. Ours can be attached to either a back beam or the shuttle race of the beater. The raddles come with plated pins inserted every inch; if you prefer half-inch spacing, you can install extra pins (included) in every hole.

All raddles come with clamp blocks that fit our Standard Floor Looms and many other brands.

Wolf Pup Raddles also include U-brackets that sit on the rear oval beam. These universal brackets fit all Wolf looms.

Now you can mix and match dents in your Flip or Cricket loom with our new Variable Dent Reed. An assortment of rigid heddle reed sections in a variety of dents can be inserted into our special rigid heddle frame for different setts in the same reed. The Variable Reed is a great tool for creating different densities in a fabric as well as using thick and thin yarns in the warp. You’ll think of lots of other uses as well.

Note: the Cricket Loom is sold separately. Please contact us with any questions. The variable dent reed is also available in a 10" width for the 10" Cricket Looms, available by special order.

Loom reeds are Not eligible for free shipping.

Schacht’s Lilli Loom is an ideal size for on-the-go tapestry projects and more. Made of solid hardwood maple with sturdy no-slip plastic teeth to keep warp threads in place, the Lilli Loom is the perfect take-along size for on-the-go tapestry projects, and more. The warp can be wound for either 6 or 12 ends per inch, offering options for wider and narrower setts. The 10” x 15” is an ideal size for learning to weave, making samples, small projects, and travel.

Some assembly required.

Included in box: 10” x 15” frame loom, beater, stick shuttle, pick-up stick, shed stick, weaving needle.

Please contact Josh directly for any questions regarding purchasing a loom. We have a complete setup on display in the studio to view and try out.

Designed for use with our portable tapestry looms, our economical A-Frame Stand holds the loom upright on a tabletop or the floor while you’re weaving. Adjustable side arms let you vary the angle and fold up for storage.

Shown in the picture with the Original 25" Tapestry Loom. 

Weighted tapestry beater made of hard maple with a smooth Danish oil finish. The wooden teeth are set at five per inch. The weighted beater has about five ounces of lead weight inserted into the end for tighter weaving.

Additional reeds for your 25" Flip the Folding Loom. Available in 5, 8, 10, & 12 dent.

Our Incredible Rope Machine gets even more incredible with a rounded design that makes for smoother action and easier rope-making. The new hook design refines the aesthetic appeal of this perennial favorite.

The Incredible Rope Machine is the fiber artist’s handy tool for making customized edge trims—think accents for pillows, coats, and sweaters; purse handles, jewelry, belts, and more. This simple-to-use tool allows the craftsperson to fashion the just-right accent. Any size, color, or texture of yarn can be used.  Blend colors, textures, and fibers to make everything from very fine ropes to very thick ones.

Complete easy-to-follow instructions show you how to be infinitely creative with the Incredible Rope machine.