Raddle

Wooden raddle with metal hoops

Two lengths: 80 cm, 100 cm
1 cm spacing between hoops

80 cm: 92.5 x 3 x 2 cm (36 3/8” x 1 1/2” x 3/4”)
100 cm: 112.5 x 3 x 2 cm (44” x 1 1/2” x 3/4”)

Spread your warp using a raddle by clamping it across the back of your loom, then secure it inside your beater when you wind on (or leave it clamped in place). Why hoops? Sliding a warp stick through the hoops keeps your warp ends from popping out.

You can spread your warp on a Lilla loom by either using a raddle or pre-sleying a reed. Swedish weavers use both methods, but I've learned that Danish weavers prefer using a raddle. (Note the photo at left from a long out-of-print Danish weaving reference book I stumbled upon in Sweden.) Winnie Poulsen, for example, recommends a raddle to beam on quickly--see her pressing a raddle into service in the third photo. (Please note: the last two photos do not depict the exact raddle I sell.)

I offer the option of purchasing the raddle unassembled (requires you to insert the metal hoops) or assembled (metal hoops inserted).

Made in Öxabäck, Sweden