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Inkle looms can be used to make belts, sashes,
straps, trim, etc. Most of us in the SCA have seen these
uses. However, you can also assemble the strips
to make wider pieces of fabric. I've only done this once
so far. I wove several strips and assembled them into a vest.
Strips can also be assembled into table runners, rugs, cloaks,
pouches, placemats, and so on.
I've made a vest and you can see pictures of it and its
construction in the photo gallery.
To assemble the strips lay the strips down on a table side
by side with their selvedge edges touching. Hopefully, your
weaving has progressed to the point where you can see that
the edges are straight and the rows are consistent. You should
be able to line up the two strips so that their rows meet
at the selvedge edges. Using a tapestry needle (a needle
with a blunt point) and the same thread that you used for
the warp at the borders (make
your
joining borders the same color), pass the thread side to
side into the rows of the weaving to join the strips. Slide
the needle into the row of one band, out the selvedge edge,
into the selvedge edge of the next strip, through the row
(about four warp threads in), down to the next row, through
that row, out through the selvedge edge, into the selvedge
edge of the other strip, and so on, zig-zagging your way
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