Woven Rainbow Guitar Strap

Materials:

Inkle loom
Inkle shuttle
5/2 mercerized pearl cotton for the warp:
- 40 yards each of: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple
80 yards of black 5/2 mercerized pearl cotton for both the warp and weft
50 string heddles*
3 yards of 2" black nylon webbing
1/4-yard flannel backed black vinyl
sewing machine
black sewing thread
2 black plastic buckles, each 2" wide
template for end pieces
graph paper
colored pencils
clamp
hole punch
scissors
*Choose string heddles made of strong fiber such as linen.

1. Sketch and color the design for the strap with graph paper and colored pencils (figure A).

2. Pull cones of needed colors.

3. Count out 50 string heddles.

4. Clamp the Inkle loom to a counter or sturdy table.

5. Starting with black cotton, anchor the end to the thumbtack at the front of the loom.

6. Loosen the moveable peg on the loom and move it out to one inch from the end of the loom.

8. Wind the next thread (still black) skipping the first peg, but continuing on in numeric order. This warp thread will not have a heddle.

9. Continue threading the next black thread. This third thread will go over the first peg and will need a heddle anchored on the heddle peg.