This past Christmas Al and I bought a loom. It is a 4 harness jack loom which while not exactly a style current in the middle ages none the less will reproduce the textiles commonly found in the period.
My good friend Nina has been patiently giving us both lessons and to date we have made three scarves.
The future plan is to start to weave projects using wool from our own sheep and homegrown dyes.
I had been learning the weave on a rigid heddle loom, perhaps a slightly more period contraption and certainly far more portable, so the jack loom seemed the next step up for us. This picture was taken last summer at our first Regia event at the long hall.
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