21-Hook Replica Darning Loom
A beautiful, quality 21-hook darning loom based on the original 10-hook 'Speedweve' design.
Use this larger darning loom to mend bigger holes and threadbare areas. It also gives you more flexibility to play with colours and patterns to create more intricate and eye-catching designs.
You can use as little or as many hooks as you want to create small, medium and extra large repairs up to 7.5cm long x 6.7cm wide.
The hook spacing is the same as the 14-hook loom allowing you to create closely woven darns on cotton, linen, denim or fine knitwear fabrics. For more information then check out this blog post!
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 21-Hook darning loom with a beech wood disk.
- 1 x medium stainless steel spring
- 1 x large stainless steel spring
- Our exclusive 20-page 'Loom Darning for Beginners' instructional guide printed on recycled paper.
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.
This darning loom is supplied with a disk made from light-coloured beech wood. It has an organic smooth, domed surface on one side and flat surface underneath. It also features a V-shape groove which perfectly accomodates our custom-made stainless steel spring.
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 disk measures approximately 8.8cm in diameter
Warp width measures approximately 6.7cm wide.
21 hooks spaced approx 3mm 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.