10-Hook Darning Loom with Rectangle Board & Disk
This is our most flexible 10-hook loom -use as little or as many hooks as you want to create small, medium and extra large mends and fix up those moth holes, repair thread bare areas or simply disguise a stain.
The longer rectangular shape helps you to create a larger surface darn (up 11.5cm long x 4cm wide) and offers more support for darning sleeves, legs and socks. Plus you'll also receive a small disk too, to use when repairing smaller holes.
A 10-hook loom will create a looser woven darn making it ideal for repairing most knitwear using thicker yarn.
The original 'Speedweve' darning machine was invented over 80 years ago, to help make weaving over and under threads quicker and easier.
The loom holds the warp (vertical) threads in place over the hole in the fabric and with a simple 'swish' of the hooks, alternate warp threads are raised higher. As you slide your needle below the hook ends you can magically weave over one thread and then under the next, in a second!
You will receive:
- 1 x quality 10-hook darning loom metal part
- 1 x small oak rectangular board
- 1 x small beech wood disk
- 1 x shaped wire clip
- 1 x small stainless steel spring
- 1 x medium stainless steel spring
- Our exclusive 20-page 'Loom Darning for Beginners' instructional guide.
We source our replica metal looms from a small family business based who manufacture these quality aluminum looms using original vintage machines. This machinery was first used over 70 years ago to manufacture a version of the 'Speedweve' darning loom and have been put to good use again to start producing these beautiful little loom yet again.
Our 'Loom Darning for Beginners' step-by-step guide has been written exclusively for Ministry of Mending. This 20-page booklet includes includes detailed instructions, advice & tips as well as more than 25 detailed colour photos to dymystify the process of darning with a Speedweve style loom and give you the confidence to get going straightaway!
Measurements:
Wooden board measures approximately 13 cm long and 6.5cm wide (at the top).
Wooden disk measures approximately 7cm in diameter
Warp width measures approximately 4.5cm wide.
10 hooks spaced approx 4mm apart.
All about Darning Looms
A Speedweve darning loom has two parts: a wooden disk and a metal loom.
The wooden disk has a groove around the side so you can attach the loom to the disk using a metal spring or elastic band.
Run your fingers across the chain of hooks at the top to make the metal hooks flip one way and the other. This alternates the height of the warp/vertical threads so you can quickly and accurately weave over and under.
The Speedweve was known as 'Lancashire's Smallest Loom' and was produced by E & A Chesstok Ltd of Rusholme, Manchester in the 1940s and 1950s.
Two models were produced labelled as: Model 1 and Model 2 (this was often stamped on the back of the metal loom).
An additional fine loom with 14 hooks instead of 10 was also made for darning silk and linen.