Editing Loom (section)

===Backstrap loom===
The back-strap loom (also known as belt loom)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kent |first=Kate P.|title=The Cultivation and Weaving of Cotton in the Prehistoric Southwestern United States |journal=Transactions of the American Philosophical Society |volume=47|issue=3 |page=485 |date=1957 |doi=10.2307/1005732 |language=en |jstor=1005732|hdl=2027/mdp.39015017458095 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> is a simple loom with ancient roots, still used in many cultures around the world (as in the weaving of [[Andean textiles]], and in Central, East and South Asia).<ref name="worldbackstrap">{{cite web |last1=Centre |first1=ARTISANS' |title=Around the World: Backstrap and Heddle Loom Weaving |url=https://artisanscentre.com/blogs/heritage-of-handmade/around-the-world-backstrap-and-heddle-loom-weaving |website=ARTISANS' CENTER |access-date=4 December 2024 |date=21 June 2023}}</ref> It consists of two sticks or bars between which the warps are stretched. One bar is attached to a fixed object and the other to the weaver, usually by means of a strap around the weaver's back.<ref name="samnoble_backstrap">{{cite web |title=Backstrap Looms |date=7 November 2014 |url=https://samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/collections-and-research/ethnology/mayan-textiles/weaving-technology/backstrap-looms/ |publisher=Sam Noble Museum |access-date=4 December 2024}}</ref> The weaver leans back and uses their body weight to tension the loom.

Both simple and complex textiles can be woven on backstrap looms. They produce [[narrowcloth]]: width is limited to the weaver's armspan. They can readily produce [[warp-faced]] textiles, often decorated with intricate pick-up patterns woven in complementary and [[supplementary warp]] techniques, and brocading. [[Balanced weave]]s are also possible on the backstrap loom.

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File:Weaving (8263650937).jpg|A loom made of sticks and string. The top endbar is tied to a fixed object using green rope; the lower end bar is attached to a leather strap around the weaver's back. Between, two heddle rods and several shedding rods. The sticks to one side are probably sword beaters. No shuttles or bobbins are being used.
File:T'nalak weaver at Lake Sebu, South Cotabato.jpg|[[T'boli people|T'boli]] dream weavers using two-bar bamboo backstrap looms (''legogong'') to weave [[t'nalak]] cloth from [[abacá]] fiber. One bar is attached to the ceiling of the traditional T'boli longhouse, while the other is attached to the lower back. The cloth is being patterned by [[warp ikat|dying the warp]], so the loom equipment is simple; a heddle rod, a shedding stick, and a batten. She is also using a footrest. Philippines.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lush |first1=Emily |title=Making of: T'nalak Weaving, Philippines |url=https://www.thetextileatlas.com/craft-stories/tnalak-weaving-philippines |website=The Textile Atlas |date=9 December 2017 |access-date=3 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Abaca |url=http://whitechampa.com/craft/abaca/ |website=White Champa |access-date=3 April 2019}}</ref>
File:Traditional weaveing of the Li Ethnic Group.jpg|This [[Hlai people|Hlai]] weaver tensions her traditional backstrap loom with her feet. She is using a large number of slim heddle rods, attached to only a few warp threads; these are sometimes called ''pattern rods''. [[Hainan Island]], Southern [[People's Republic of China]].
File:Vevlærer Edel Hætta Eriksen med båndgrindveving. Kautokeino 1956 - Norsk folkemuseum - NF.05535-221.jpg|A [[Sámi people|Sámi]] weaver doing [[inkle weaving]] on a backstrap loom with a rigid [[heddle]]. She seems to be using a hollow half-bone as a beater and as a race for a bobbin. Norway, 1956.
File:Spjaldvefnadur.png|An Icelandic backstrap loom, 1903. The inkle workpiece is so narrow that no beams are needed; the warp ends are simply tied as one. [[Tablet weaving|Tablet]]s are used for the shedding.
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