It's amazing. A few years ago, we made a little video of a tiny loom I found in a thrift store. And because there are crazy crafters out there just like me, it's now numbering 107,000 views and counting.
For the record, I've made only a handful of items with this loom, but I do believe using it taught me the basics of weaving.
My two new favorite websites/blogs, one for information, the other for inspiration:
Handweaving: Digital archives for handweaving history. Just look at the goodies found when the keywords rigid heddle and two harness weaving are used. PDFs and free… It's great!
El Telar de Anita: A blog so full of fantastic woven items, it's hard to know where to start. I'm studying ponchos for inspiration, and this cape has got me thinking…
I was convinced I could weave an inkle-type band on my Glimakra Emilia. I studied several pictures of inkle looms, and even though they aren't expensive, I still wanted to try this on my loom. So, I dug up two curtain rods, putting one in the highest heddle notch and the other underneath the bottom of the loom. If I do this again, I would spend some time searching for a better dowel or metal skewer to hold the string heddles.
I then cut and tied the string heddles, warped a very short and simple red and white warp, and started to weave. Even though I thought this would work, I didn't actually think it would work so well. The Emilia has a nice slant that made getting a wide shed easy.
After just 30 minutes of weaving, I had a slightly clunky but nicer-than-I-expected band. Next: dog leash??
There are numerous crafting blogs I visit regularly. Here are a few of them:
Weaving
Knitting