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Vintage wooden weaving loom and other weaving tools. The loom is charming!

Vintage wooden weaving loom (the mid-end of the 19th century) in detail. It is handmade and has a lot of charming details. This loom is rather complicated, it has 8 pedals and an intricate system of sheaves, so it allows to create very complicated and multicolored patterns.

Reconstruction of an ancient vertical weaving loom used by people of the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture (appr. 4800-3000 B.C.). You can see simple loom weights made of clay that served to hold the warp threads taut on a loom. Also, a stick serves as a shuttle. The loom is very primitive, but just imagine, this construction is at least 5,000 years old. It’s from Ukraine, Vinnytsia Regional Museum of Local History.

Beautiful wooden weaving loom from Ukraine, the 1st half of the 20th century. It has adorable wooden decorations.

Wooden weaving loom from Sri Lanka. It looks old but is still used by modern weavers.

Modern wide weaving loom with 2 pedals. A lot of people still do the weaving by hand today, although we can easily find any industrially-made fabric to buy.

Kayan woman (Asian ethnic group originating from Myanmar) weaving on a wooden loom.