Which Rigid-Heddle Loom?
I am going to try a new craft: weaving. I already established that the Rigid-Heddle Loom is for me, but I just don't know what size? There is a Rigid Heddle 16 in. 8 dent. and 16 in. 10 dent. Then there is Rigid Heddle 24 in. 8 dent and 24 in. 10 dent. I noticed these sizes while I was looking through a catalog. Can anyone tell me what these sizes mean and also which size I should get because I was kinda thinking of making afghans and scarves with it. Thank you very much!
Dent is the number of slots per inch in the reed (the device that holds the yarns to create the weaving area or shed) that the reed has per inch. The higher the number the more threads or strands of yarn, the finer the threads you can use to create different fabrics. Afghans and scarves only, as well as placemats and table runners made from sport to worsted type yarns or chenille, could easily be done on an 8 or 10 dent reed. Finer (read less rustic) fabrics require more dents per inch, so if you wanted to use, say, perle cotton, or 2/20 threads you'd need a higher dent per inch. This is not to say that you can't double or triple the threads in each dent, but it makes it more difficult to spread the weft out sufficiently to weave with finer threads.
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