Ashford 8-Shaft Table Loom

Lovely loom.

This is a lovely loom. I am new at weaving, I own a ridged heddle loom, but wanted a larger shed, so decided to buy this loom and I love it. The only “con” I found is the company is cheap on its supply of string and they do not give you one extra ounce of supplies. But the string that you attach to the warp rollers, was my biggest gripe, an extra couple of inches per cut, would have been nice. Assembly was time consuming but I did it alone, just took my time and it went together as instructed.

Well built and sturdy little loom with 8 shafts

As I can no longer use my legs to treadle, this is the perfect way for me to be able to continue my passion for weaving. It takes a bit to set it up, but once you train your hands to do what your feet used to do it goes along quite smoothly.

Ashford 8-shaft loom

I haven't yet woven anything on this loom, but it's very pretty to look at. The wood is smooth to the touch and a beautiful color. It went together easily. I've never used a loom with Texsol heddles, so this will be a new experience. I plan on weaving a few samples at first to get a "feel" for how the loom works, but I like the way the reed swings and is attached to the loom with 2 elastic bands making it unnecessary to push it back when throwing the shuttle. The delivery was almost a week ahead of schedule. A wonderful experience from the ordering to the assembly and I'm sure to the weaving. Thank you GIST Yarn!