Various belt production processes

Below are links to short video clips illlustrating parts of varios belt-making processes.

Making a Simple Pickup Belt - Back-strap loom

  • Making the warp
  • Getting proper tension for the loom
  • Making the first shed mechanism

    • Making a Simple Pickup Belt - 2 Harness counterbalance loom

  • Picking up the pattern

    • Making Plaited Belts

  • Plating a round, 4-strand child's belt
  • Making a flat, multi-strand belt

    • Making a Sewn Belt

  • Making the shed and weaving a sample sewn belt

    • from the fieldwork of Miriam Milgram