"Can take anywhere between two minutes and one hour." Bahahaha! Sums up my life, right there. 😂 Good to see you back, Elewys, and that your husband is feeling a bit better.

You have the patience of a saint.

You made me lol this morning…that “…this can take between 2 minutes to an hour” pretty much sums up my RHL threading and tying on experience… Welcome back and thanks for the great video!

My mind is blown and I have no clue how it's working! No fault of your instructions, but my brain just keeps looking at what's happening as being magic.

Yeah, double weave is one of those structures that can cause even those of us who assume we are actually intelligent, a bit of head scratching. The one that gets me is the 'tubular' double weave structure and having to jab a yard stick in there from the reed towards the cloth beam to make sure I'm not just making a very thick 'thing'.

So nice to see you back best whishes for both you and your husbond. I dont know how you manage to set up this very large projekt. I am impressed and hope you will show us the shawl when i is finished.

Dear Elewys, so wonderful to hear that your husband is doing well, fingers and toes all crossed for that to continue and improve. It’s lovely to see you back and thank you for letting us know: he and you are in my thoughts and prayers every time I use my loom.

I love your humor. You make me laugh. I can see me doing the same thing.

I see that you did this video about a year ago, I do hope and pray that all of you are doing well, What a wonderful table loom, and the project you are working on look awesome. keep up the wonderful videos as time allows. will be praying for all of your family. This might have my husband's name, marvin, but it's me, Kathy. 🙏♥🌹

I like that you are grumbling mightily! Hahahaha . . . I'm so happy you have gotten your sense of humor back, but most of all, I'm happy to hear that your husband is doing better. I will continue to send blessings for continued recovery and good health for Sir Finchingefeld. May you both live long, healthy, happy lives together. ❤️

While tea may not help, it almost never hurts.

OMG i don't need any more hobbies but I am so curious about weaving techniques

I’ve never seen a table loom being threaded before, fascinating! So clever!Sheep to shawl- love it. Like Farm to Fork or Nose toTail but without hurting the animal. 😘 Best news ever your husband is doing well. All us Tube friends are sending our 🙏 for your family our 🇺🇦 friends.

I'm so glad to hear Mr. Elewys is feeling better. I had been wondering how you both are. I will continue to send healing vibes. 💖💖

All the best to you and your family, Elewys. You are all in my prayers. Please take good care of yourself too and never feel guilty about the time you need for you. Whatever keeps you strong will also help keep him strong in the long run. Wishing your husband excellent treatment and a speedy recovery.

Thaaaaa was nifty. Thanks!

Thank you, so happy you are back. I’m relived your husband is feeling better. My thoughts are with you and your family. Praying for a full recovery.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Wow that looks complicated but cool. I can’t imagine how many hours it would take me to set up a loom lol. I still want to try a table top one. Not ready for a big one yet. Glad to hear your husband is feeling better. I will keep you in my prayers.

I thread my loom front to back too!

Thank you so much. Very clear instructions for card weaving. You might try two twines to hold beater upright. I start from middle too. With upright beater it’s then easy to thread pattern. Thank you again

Double weave is so fun! When you take the project off the loom and unfold it, it’s like magic just happened!

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066

2 жыл бұрын

I'll have to do a video short when I get to that point!

@LuvMyCardiKids

2 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 oh yes! That’s the best part of double weave!

Me encanto como lo explicasteis. Estuve batallando 1 Semana para poder hacerlo hasta que encontré tu vídeo. Gracias por Compartir tus conocimientos gratuitamente. Que dios la bendiga.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066

7 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

So glad to hear hubby is doing better! Your adventures in weaving took me back about 40 years. Experience is the key and there's only one way to get it! If you'd like, there are a couple of books I can suggest. The procedure to double your width is a great one. The more shafts, the wider you can go. My 36", 8 shaft has the capability of 144 inches. Happy weaving!!

@bbrownschrieber

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to know the books

I am so glad your husband is feeling better. I really thought this was a fantastic video! Thank you for all your hard work and perseverance! Stick yarn is challenging enough in knitting and crochet never mind weaving all those as threads. Knitting and crochet you are only challenged with one thread…not multiple threads! Lol

Lovely work

Glad to see you back, happy your hubby is doing better, and this was really neat! When I was a kid my mom had a loom about the size of a typewriter and it had coloured buttons on the side for the heddles that looked like Lego blocks. I kinda wish she hadn't gotten rid of it, now that I know this trick it could have been used for more than just placemats!!

I am so happy that your husband is hanging in there. Thank you so much for a great mini lesson. I have been afraid to try double weave, but you made it look doable.

Somehow I didn't really understand why there are two layers in the end, but it works: FANTASTIC !!! When you watch how much it takes to set up the loom, you really understand, why people in former times never cut the cloth, but just draped it, used brooches, belts etc...cloth was really valuable in the past and even in the 19th century the Ladies had their "old" dresses changed to the latest fashion by a tailor instead of buying something new. Great video and best wishes 🙂

Nice to see you back Elewys! I hope you and your family are doing well 🙏❤🇨🇦

Hi, this is exactly what i was looking for, thank you so much for sharing! Hope your husband is all better by now & you're doing well too. :)

This is awesome!

So glad to hear the good news! Thanks for the new foray into new crafts!!

I've done double width on a rigid heddle loom. 2 heddles and 2 sticks. I did find that if you changed the order of the up heddle/stick just slightly you end up with a tube. Which, up on sewing up the bottom you get a pouch or pocket :) Glad hubby is doing better. Take care

So good to see you back and to hear good news on your husband! My thoughts are with you. And wow, what an ingenious way to double the width of your looms capabilities! I must take up weaving, too, I think.

Continuing to send healthy thoughts and vibrations to both of you. This is fascinating; not sure I would want to tackle it...

I use a roll of wallpaper to to wind the warp on!

Oh, hooray! You have really inspired me! I received a 19in. (I think) 4 shaft tabletop loom and have been feeling less than inspired to figure it out, because 19 inch wide fabric hardly seems worth doing. However, 38in. fabric would absolutely be usable. This is so exciting!

So cool to see this. I have a 20 inch loom, so I completely understand what you are going through. I also need to do a double width for some projects. Thanks for the inspiration.

I think I know why that yarn was a the thrift store! Thank you for sharing, this was something I was interested in doing

You can also do double weave with four shaft where is is attached at one side. Another thing to learn. 🥰

I've been thinking a lot about you lately. Glad to know things are going better. Now, I couldn't help but notice you're warping front-to-back. I'm a back-to-front sort. I find it makes it easier to thread the reed when you do it last. Mary Black's "Key to Weaving" will tell you all you need to know if you can find a copy of it (it's an essential book for any weaver). As for keeping even tension on the warp as you wind it ALL BY YOURSELF, I use what I call the "Gatorade Method." I have small Gatorade bottles filled with water which I tie to the ends of the warp bundles. You can change the weight easily for different types of yarn by adding more water or pouring some out. I use the same method to warp my rigid heddles. When I'm working on my 4-foot floor loom, I may have as many as 16 bottles I have to re-tie every time I roll on more warp. It's a lot of work, but I don't have a helper. And now that you've figured out how to weave double-width cloth, did you know you can also weave a tube using the same method? It all hinges on which shed your selvedge threads are in. Oh, one more little hint...if you leave an empty dent in the reed right before your "turning warp," it will help prevent draw-in at the center of your piece.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066

2 жыл бұрын

Good tips, all! And I have a few empty Gatorade bottles lying around...

Wow. I am pretty sure that yarn would have been reduced to knots in my hands. I’ve never seen a loom like that in action. Kind of hard to wrap your brain around how it works. But it looks like an interesting challenge! It was so nice to see you pop up on my feed today! So glad that things are going okay with your other half!

It's good to see you again! I'm glad things are looking up. 😊 Thanks for sharing that technique! Have fun getting that fuzzy yarn to cooperate, lol, but I'm sure it'll be nice and cozy and well worth the frustrations when it's done. I have a small table top loom that I need to get busy on, as soon as I'm done with my knitting project and my 2 Tunisian crochet projects. Your videos inspire me to get into weaving! 💖

So nice to see you and glad to hear things are looking up. Go for your shawl pattern! If you figured out how to do double weave with this horrid yarn, I know you can do it with your own awesome handspun. Last year a friend of mine did what we called a sheep to blanket. She used the double weave method to get a generously sized "couch napping blankie." I can't recall the breed of sheep for the fleece she was spinning, but she used three of the natural colors the sheep came in and the blanket is a lovely heathered stripe pattern.

Wishing you well. Birdy

Ok, now my brain is as fuzzy as your yarn! I THINK I have the way this works sorted, which is very annoying as I have neither the equipment nor the room to use such a loom, and now I really want to give it a try! So happy to hear things are stabilising a little and best wishes to you and your family.

Good to "see" you again - thanks for the video. I enjoy learning about all kinds of weaving and that type of craft. My mother was interested in weaving and wanted to own a loom (she rented time on one in a local shop several times to make some things). I have always thought it would be interesting - but for the time being I am very satisfied with my inkle loom and tablet weaving!

So glad to hear things are looking up! You’ve really been on my heart ever since you told us the news & I pray for you guys regularly. I haven’t tried to attempt double width yet, but it is definitely at the top of my list! Have you seen where some super talented people are able to do a section of tablet weave smack in the middle of fabric they’re weaving at the same time! WOW!🤯🤯🤯

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!

@anna-mation

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Elewys! Thanks for the video. May I ask if there is a name to call your warping rig/board with pegs? I inherited my grandmothers same shaped thing with pegs and her floor loom but wasn't old enough to ask for instructions and nobody learned from her. I have been able to figure out the weaving part, but had to improvise making a warp because I'm not sure of the proper 'order' I should be using on the pegs or how to calculate with it. I didn't even know how to orient it on the table until I saw it in your video!

@anna-mation

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I didn't see your text on the video itself until now. I'll have to look up Beka looms, I guess!

Thank you for this demo. I've always wanted to learn weaving for fabric but so intimidated by all the big looms. I'll have to look into a jack loom or some other table top loom to try. All the heddles do scare me, though, but so did tablet weaving, and I'm now making tablet weaved lanyards for scifi convention art shows (people love them!). Glad to hear your husband is doing better and you're back at weaving. Always learning something new from you.... ***HUGS***

@maryannerick7617

2 жыл бұрын

A jack loom is, in my opinion, the way to go unless you want to spend a lot of money and even more time. A loom, whatever size, is simply a device for holding a warp under tension. Bells and whistles are fine but you don't have to have them. The price of looms has risen so much in the last 40 years. Rigid heddle looms have become very popular - cost is less and they are portable. My floor loom is now 5X its cost 40 years ago. Same loom.

@LuvMyCardiKids

2 жыл бұрын

@@maryannerick7617 even over the last couple of years the price of looms has soared. The loom I bought only a few years ago now costs twice what I paid for it. So glad I bought when I did but I’m now having shaft envy and wish I’d spent the money back then to get a bigger loom with more shafts. But then I think no matter how many shafts is on my loom I’m always going to wish I had more!

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066

2 жыл бұрын

Keep an eye on listings for Facebook Marketplace or Craigslist. A friend of mine recently did a home clean out after a woman passed away and she had...I'm not kidding...FOURTEEN LOOMS of various sizes. You can often find a really great deal in the second hand market.

@LuvMyCardiKids

2 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 that is true you can find some deals on Craig’s list if you’re in a populated area or where weaving is a popular craft. I bought my first shafted loom off Craig’s list and it was a great little table loom. After using it and taking some classes where I got to weave on several different floor looms I decided I wanted a countermarch floor loom. The smallest one available was too big for my space so I ended up with an 8 shaft sinking shed loom which I love.

As an aspiring spinner and weaver, this is so interesting. With more heddles, I'm sure its possible to weave with more folds and expand the possibility even further. I'd never really considered how one would expand their width across the warp, but thinking about its pretty genius the way peoples have maid the most of their limited tools.

Thanks for showing this experiment so we don't have to do it! There's a reason thrift yarns are thrifty, and weaving yarns sold for weaving are more costly...

Just a tiny bit of advice. When rolling on to the back beam having another pair of hands to hold the yarn in the from to create a bit of tension helps enormously. If that is not available you can make a tensioning device with several heavy dowel rods across the side beams and running the warp over/under between them. Also when weaving the fold area is a place where you will have to practice too loose a tension and you will have an open ladder at the fold. Too tight and the fabric will have a permanent fold/distortion. It can be done but it takes time to develop the skill to get it right.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you--I appreciate that! With no storefront weaving places around anymore (the last one closed last year), I have to learn everything online or through experimentation. I didn't have another pair of hands, unfortunately, so I just made it up as I went along!

@myrany8407

2 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 I completely understand. I am almost entirely self taught. I wish I could remember the name of the KZread video where I found the home made tensioning device. I know the lady in the video made it for a rigid heddle loom. I simply adapted the idea for my 8 heddle baby wolf loom (only slightly larger width than your jack loom). Maybe with some hunting you can find it or something like it. :) Edit:I found the video. It is by MK Christiansen and is called DIY Ashford Tensioning Device for Rigid Heddle Loom. You will probably have to adjust how you create the supports for the dowel rods but you are crafty so no doubt you can figure something out.

Hi. A couple of hints for you. You put a white thread to mark the center of the reed and just left it hanging. All of my reeds have the center of the reed marked with a thread thru the center dent and tied on permanently. Just be sure that the thread is at the top of the reed in the beater and it will not be in the way. Secondly, I use key chain chains to hold the beater between the heddles and the front beam. I use the chains around the beam and another around the castle and close them with the closure for key chains for keys. This way they are always the correct length and are easy to put on and take off. Love your videos. Katie

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066

Жыл бұрын

Great tips! Thanks!

Thank you for this video. Do you have a follow up where you take it off the loom and open it?

They have a class on weaving at the Tilburg Textile Museum that I’d like to take some weekend. It looks like a science!

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066

2 жыл бұрын

Another location added to my Bucket List...

I would have had a huge knot.

And then you comb the warp again.

Super ! ke n'ai pas tout compris, mais un peu d'essentiel. Comme je ne maîtrise pas l'anglais, c'est plus facile avec les commentaires oraux. Grogol m'aide. Merci pour ce partage je vais essayer sur mon métier.

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066

2 жыл бұрын

J'ai appris une très petite quantité de français, mais Google translate fonctionne bien ! Pour résumer, les fils sont doublés dans le roseau puis enfilés individuellement dans les lisses. De gauche à droite, ils sont enfilés dans la foule 4, puis 3, puis 2, puis 1. Lors du tissage, vous ne remonterez que la foule 3. Ensuite, les hangars 1, 3 et 4. Au 3ème passage, les hangars 1, 2 et 3. Enfin, seulement le hangar 1. Cela créera un tissu avec un pli sur le côté droit et ouvert sur le côté gauche. J'espère que ça aide... J'espère également que Google a choisi les noms corrects pour shed, heddle et reed (le roseau, les lisses, et la foule).

@marie-theresedeletraz

2 жыл бұрын

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Merci beaucoup.

Just something to consider, your print on your video gets hidden in the weaving. Pretty work

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066

2 жыл бұрын

I know. I tried different colors and moving it around...I think I might have to use a black box behind the words to help it show up.

Can you recommend a good idiot's guide video tutorial on plain double width weaving on a 4 shaft loom from winding the warp onwards? I have read till my eyeballs are rolled back in my head and I THINK I understand the process but I need to actually see it done before I feel comfortable tackling it (and to be honest, in this economy, I don't have the thread to waste).

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066

Жыл бұрын

I will look around a bit for the sources I used. But it sounds like you are very much a visual learner. I totally get that! I wonder if you can find a guild in your community who can give you that one-on-one instruction?

What happened with the cloak?

What kind of loom is it?

@elewysoffinchingefeld3066

Жыл бұрын

It's a Rasmussen 4 shaft. Made in Seattle, apparently. :D

V-VA Ukraine.

I’ve never seen a table loom being threaded before, fascinating! So clever!Sheep to shawl- love it. Like Farm to Fork or Nose toTail but without hurting the animal. 😘 Best news ever your husband is doing well. All us Tube friends are sending our 🙏 for your family our 🇺🇦 friends.