Inkle weaving is a fun and relatively easy weaving technique to learn and use. A loom is not necessary but helps. I have friends who use a clamp to hold down one end of their weaving however, I have never had success with this. Other supplies include a beater (to pack the threads) and a shuttle.
I'm attaching a picture of my most recent project. It will be the trim for the cuffs and collar for a friend's tunic. The funny part is that I have not found the fabric for it yet but the colours of the threads were so nice, I decided to make the trim first and make the tunic around it.
I've used a 3 cord cansew gimp which is similar to a fine crochet cotton and there are 45 threads. While I enjoy inkle weaving, my aim is to learn card weaving in the next few months as this is a more period technique.
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