Abstract: A horizontal hand loom supported on brackets, tables, or the like, comprising a basic frame provided with warp beam, cloth beam, support frame, and harnesses located on either side of the support frame, said harnesses upwardly being hingedly connected to a manually pivotable means mounted on the support frame, and downwardly connected to at least one vertically pivotable rocker arm attached to a horizontal shaft in the lower portion of the support frame. The harnesses have the shape of rectangular or quadratic frames which inside their upper and lower horizontal frame portions removably carry a rigid bar or wire on which are threaded the permanent eyelets of the heddle strings.