Knotless polyester heddles for every hand loom.
Machine-crocheted, low-stretch, in bundles of 100. From 150 to 540 mm, seven colours, and a size for practically every loom made since 1977.
What a Texsolv heddle is
A Texsolv heddle is two parallel polyester threads, machine-crocheted into one continuous, knot-free length with a rectangular eye in the middle. The warp thread passes through the eye, and the shaft raises and lowers it. Because there are no knots and the polyester does not stretch, the eye stays exactly where it was set, warp after warp, and nothing snags or wears the yarn.
Heddles are supplied in tied bundles of 100 (the Louet 392/12 in bundles of 50), held with four plastic clips. Slip the whole bundle onto the heddle bars, untie, and distribute. A single heddle can be separated from the chain if one needs replacing, and cut ends never need fusing.
How sizes work
A heddle size has two numbers: the first is the length in millimetres, the second the length of the eye in millimetres. So 280/12 is a 280 mm (11") heddle with a 12 mm eye, the most common size on Scandinavian countermarch and counterbalance looms. Table looms and small jack looms use shorter heddles (150 to 237 mm); dobby and computer looms use longer ones (330 to 390 mm).
If you don't know your size, use the heddle size finder, look up your loom in the guide by loom brand, or measure an existing heddle: stretch it gently between two sticks against a tape measure. Don't measure a cut piece.
Sizes and which looms they fit
| Size | Fits (examples) | Shop |
|---|---|---|
| 150/12 | Heritage all models; Toika Tiny-Liisa; Woolgatherers DutchMaster 2510 table; Louet Erica, standard inkle loom; Schacht Cricket Quartet, Original Tapestry Loom; Willow Tree | Shop → |
| 160/12 | AVL Tension box; Beka Table loom; Gunnar Andersson Bohus table loom; Lojan Flex shaft loom | Shop → |
| 180/12 | Woolhouse Table loom; Woolgatherers DutchMaster 4016 table; Glimåkra Emma | Shop → |
| 205/12 | AVL Workshop dobby; Glimåkra Victoria table, Band loom (2012 and newer); Louet Jane, Harmony, Klik, Kombo, Magic Dobby, W40, W70; Inga Askling (Göta cassette, Fia folding), Lillstina table | Shop → |
| 205/15 | As 205/12 but with a 15 mm eye for thicker yarns | Shop → |
| 220/12 | Glimåkra Pysslingen table, band loom; Ashford Folding table loom; Macomber Baby; Toika Leena table; Sievers Sampler table; Schacht Inkle loom (Schacht's 8-5/8-inch size) | Shop → |
| 237/12 | Allen Allen; Gilmore Gilmore; Glimåkra Julia, older belt/band loom with wedges; Golding Golding; Sievers Sievers; Leclerc Diana computer-dobby, Dorothy table, Voyageur folding table; Mountain Mountain; Pendleton Pendleton; Rasmussen Table loom; Schacht Baby Wolf, Mighty Wolf, Wolf Pup (original, 8.10 and LT), Standard floor loom, Table loom (Schacht's 9-inch size); Dundas, Montana, J-Made (table and conversion) | Shop → |
| 268/12 | Ashford Jack loom; Bexell Cranbrook counterbalance, some Cranbrook countermarch; Cascade all models; Fireside Fireside; Harrisville Designs Harrisville Designs; Kessenich all models; Leclerc Artisat folding, Compact folding, Fanny II, Mira II, Nilus, Tissart; Leesburg all models; Newcomb all models; Norwood Workshop, folding; Orco all models; Oregon Trail all models; Union all models; Woolhouse 16 to 20 shafts | Shop → |
| 280/12 | AK Snickeri Öxabäck Lilla and Ulla Cyrus countermarch; Bexell Some Cranbrook countermarch; Gunnar Andersson Mora; Smålands Vävstolsfabrik Smålands Vävstolsfabrik; Varpapuu Varpapuu; Bergå Bergå; Toika Eeva, Laila, Liisa, Jaana, Norjaana, Sonja tapestry; Glimåkra Aktiv folding, Ideal, Jenny, Regina tapestry, Standard counterbalance and countermarch, Viking jack; Louet David 1, 2 and 3; Dunk-Dunk, Gesta, Lervad, Lillstina, Stabilia | Shop → |
| 280/20 | As 280/12 but with a closed 20 mm eye, for dense weaving, finer materials and wherever precise thread positioning matters | Shop → |
| 300/64 | Glimåkra Ground heddles for damask looms and opphämta draw attachments; AK Snickeri Öxabäck Ground heddles for damask looms and opphämta draw attachments | Shop → |
| 318/12 | Beka Greentree Countryside; Bexell some Cranbrook countermarch; Fireside Tapestry; Leclerc Colonial, Kebec, Kebec II, Nilart, Nilus II, Weavebird; Norwood Cranbrook countermarch 120 to 150 cm (48 to 60 in); Woolhouse Woolhouse; J-Made | Shop → |
| 330/12 | AVL Dobby Production, Studio and folding; Glimåkra Sovereign rug loom; Leclerc Nilart 12-shaft, Kebec, Colonial; Macomber Larger looms; Norwood Cranbrook 72 in; Tallåsen Dobby; Toika Computer-controlled Liisa, Eeva, Jaana, Norjaana; Louet Delta, Octado; Schacht Cranbrook (Schacht's 12-inch size); J-Made J-Comp computer-dobby | Shop → |
| 330/64 | Toika Ground heddles for damask looms | Shop → |
| 340/12 | A less common in-between size, 34 cm (13-3/8"). Not tied to a specific loom: measure an existing heddle to check | Shop → |
| 370/12 | Special length for custom-built and older looms | Shop → |
| 390/12 | AVL A series | Shop → |
| 392/12 | Louet Spring 1 and 2, Megado, Hollandia (a Louet special, in bundles of 50) | Shop → |
| 540/12 | Damask draw loom heddle, 54 cm (21-1/4"): Glimåkra, Toika and AK Snickeri Öxabäck damask looms | Shop → |
| Mirrix heddles | Mirrix All Mirrix tapestry and bead looms; Schacht Arras tapestry loom (Schacht's 4-inch size, the same heddle as for the Mirrix looms) | Shop → |
Lengths in mm; 280/12 is 28 cm (11"). Other sizes and special lengths can be made to order for loom manufacturers and larger quantities, see wholesale.
Colours
Coloured heddles let you colour-code shafts, so a complex threading becomes a pattern you can read from across the room. Standard sizes are stocked in seven colourfast shades:
Special heddles
Closed eye
Standard heddles have an open, easy-to-thread eye. A closed eye holds the warp thread exactly in place, which matters in dense weaving, with finer materials and wherever precise thread positioning is essential: see the 280/20 closed eye and the 330/12 thin-thread closed eye for narrow weaving.
Long eye 300/64 and 330/64
Ground heddles with a 64 mm eye for damask looms and opphämta draw attachments, for Glimåkra, AK Snickeri Öxabäck (300/64) and Toika (330/64). The long eye lets the pattern shafts lift the thread without the ground shafts interfering.
Mirrix
A dedicated heddle for Mirrix tapestry and bead looms, in white and colours, so different sections of a tapestry warp can be told apart at a glance.
Threading
Fold the warp end, push it through the rectangular eye with a finger and pull through. It works equally well right- or left-handed, and a threading hook is rarely needed. Made a threading mistake? A new heddle can be inserted at the correction point without re-threading the shaft.