Ashford equipment has a great reputation and tends to fly off the second-hand market so this loom was a lucky find. Quite a rare beast with 16-shafts and a second back-beam, it’s ideal for small pieces and trying out weaves before they go onto the production loom.
AVL hand-looms straddle the high-end domestic – low-end industrial market, this one is their Technical Dobby Loom, built sometime around the mid-1990’s. Very versatile but quite a room-full.
The Mighty Wolf is a wider version of Schacht’s hugely popular Baby Wolf. It’s a 36-inch 8-shaft jack loom that can make quite advanced pieces, without taking too much room
Officially “the Dryad Foot Power Rug Loom”, this is an upright design that looks a bit like a tapestry frame but is actually a 2-shaft floor loom stood on end. Great for making rugs!
4 shafts and 6 treadles is a probably the most common spec for a domestic floor loom, and 36″ is about as wide as you’d want to weave with hand shuttles. This one’s particularly good for tweed.