backstrap loom

[bak-strap]

noun

1. a simple horizontal loom, used especially in Central and South America, on which one of two beams holding the warp yarn is attached to a strap that passes across the weaver's back.

Word History and Origins

Origin of backstrap loom¹

back ¹ + strap

Example Sentences

She has fond memories of watching her grandmother weave on a backstrap loom while growing up in La Cañada Flintridge, and found that she was just as skilled at computer programming as she was at making textiles.

Read more on Los Angeles Times

In her spare time, she weaves colorful huipiles with motifs of birds and flowers on a backstrap loom.

Read more on New York Times

"We need people to understand this is not a mass process," Original board member Hilan Cruz, a backstrap loom artisan from Puebla state, told Reuters.

Read more on Reuters

Among the highlights: Indigenous weavers from Peru will guide participants through traditional pompom and tassel making, while an artisan from the Peruvian Andes will teaches attendees how to use and create with a backstrap loom.

Read more on Washington Post

Artisans from Cusco, Peru, began the weaving on the backstrap loom sent to participants.

Read more on Washington Post