I am new to weaving, I bought my first loom in 2008. I was in a local weaving and spinning shop and the shop owners was trying to warp a very large floor loom and I asked it I would mind giving her a hand. I was more than happy to, and the two of us spent a few hours working on that loom together and I learned quite a bit in those few hours. I had always admired the weaving talents of others but had never considered weaving myself. Well, a few months later, I was walking out of that same shop with a Schacht Table loom. You may ask why I chose that loom over others, there are so many to choose from and it can be quite overwhelming learning about them all. But, I went with the Schacht for a number of reasons.

First, it wasn't something completely out of my budget, but is a very solid and wonderfully built loom. It is not portable in the sense that it folds but I have managed to take it places I needed to take it. Second, it is a four shaft, that is great when you are just starting out, because it keeps it simple while allowing you to make some incredible patterns in your weaving. When just starting out you have to learn how to warp the loom, how to read the drafts. Then you have to be able to raise and lower the shafts in a certain order to acheive the pattern, with only four it makes it easy to learn, and easy to handle. Not to say I will not get a larger loom in the future, but I could weave happily with this one for many many years.