Weaving Videos

INTRODUCTION TO WEAVING

Deborah Chandler

BEGINNING FOUR HARNESS WEAVING

Deborah Chandler

You begin by measuring the warp on a warping board & then warping the loom from front to back. You will learn how to read a weaving draft, how to tie up the loom (direct tie-up), and how to weave a number of different weave structures from the pattern draft that is provided. You will explore plain weave, basket weave, rib weave with one and two colors, several twill combinations and the basics of doubleweave. (Note: If you have not woven before, "Introduction to Weaving" is a prerequisite.) 86 minutes $34.95

Candace Crockett

This weaving technique allows you to weave without a loom. It involves simple tools; card weaving cards. and yarn. A set of 25 cards is included with the video. All you need is some yarn. This video teaches the basic techniques of card weaving, how to measure the warp, thread the cards, set up and weave patterned bands and how to stitch bands together to form larger fabrics. Once the pattern (included) is determined & the cards are threaded, the weaving goes very quickly. This course involves two projects. The first project is a cotton band which can be used as a belt, neck piece or strap. The second project using wool, involves a completely different warping and weaving process and produces numerous patterns which will be woven in four bands which can be stitched together to form a handsome tote bag or purse. 97 minutes $34.95

COLOR INTERACTION FOR HANDWEAVERS

Donna Sullivan

This video offers a systematic approach for applying color principles to hand-woven structures, from warp-faced to weft-faced and in between. Woven examples illustrate the range of color interactions in weaving. Yarn sequences, needle weavings, & hand-woven samplers are suggested as initial opportunities to study color effects ranging from blending to vibration. You will learn how to successfully use color. and how the color interaction is affected by your choice of fiber and weave structure. size, distance and lighting. Your hand-woven pieces will be even more spectacular and successful once you understand these principles. A valuable guide for all handweavers. 40 minutes $19.95

DOUBLEWEAVE

Clotilde Barrett

If you have a small loom, you'll love the flexibility that this technique gives you to weave a wider width cloth. If width isn't a concern. you will find many challenges in weaving a double layer of cloth, making one side one color or pattern. and the other side a different color. You will weave a beautiful sampler which incorporates just about all the four harness techniques which are based on the double-weave principle. The sampler will remain an excellent reference for later study. The techniques include weaving two separate layers, folded cloth, tubes, slits, color-and-weave effects, pique, stitching, quilting and double-weave pick up patterning. 95 minutes $34.95

WARPING AND LOOM PREPARATION

Sallie Guy

Successful warping is just a video away! This comprehensive video includes warping from back to front with a paddle, using a raddle. Weavers can measure warps easily using anywhere from 4 to 20 ends at a time with a stationary warping paddle. The motion is rhythmical; crosses are made quickly, and all warp ends remain untwisted. When combined with a back to front beaming this method is ideal for multi-color warps and all types of yarn (course, textured, fine, or delicate). Also includes all aspects of loom preparation including reading weaving drafts, plus threading, treading and tie-up as they relate to jack, countermarch and counterbalance looms. 88 minutes 29.95

HAND-WOVEN FABRIC-Structure and Pattern  

Madelyn van der Hoogt

Let Madelyn assist you, as she answers your questions about weave structure and pattern as she classifies and clarifies the difference. Graphed drawdowns, cross sections, and woven samples illustrate the descriptions. A pocket dictionary is included which features a "Family Tree" of Weaves. A great way to really understand what you are weaving. You might think of This as a course in the Theory of Weaving. Teachers and students of textile history as well as handweavers will find the information a valuable resource of textile construction. 45 minutes $19.95

RIGID HEDDLE WEAVING Level 1

Betty Davenport

If you've always wanted to weave. but don't have space for a large floor loom. this is a great way to get started. Betty will amaze you with what this small. inexpensive and very portable rigid heddle loom can do. She guides you through two processes and offers tips and techniques as you create a wool scarf. Finishing techniques. including washing and fringe treatments are also presented. Then you weave a set of cotton placemats using pick-up sticks to create different weave structures. Pick-up pattern instructions are provided on the written insert. "introduction to Weaving" is a prerequisite to this course unless you know how to calculate & measure the warp. 93 minutes $34.95

TAPESTRY WEAVING - Level 1 

Nancy Harvey

Tapestry is a pictorial weaving technique and can be woven on any type of a loom, even a simple self-constructed frame loom. and instructions for making one are included in the video. This course includes technical considerations as well as many tapestry techniques. You will learn how to weave horizontal vertical, diagonal, circular. vertical curving and horizontal curving shapes, using a variety of tapestry techniques as you complete three projects which can be made into pillows. Finishing & mounting methods are also presented. This course builds a solid foundation for any further tapestry exploration & is a prerequisites for Tapestry Weaving - Level II. If you have not woven before. Introduction to Weaving" is a helpful prerequisite. 110 minutes $39.95

TAPESTRY WEAVING - Level II

Nancy Harvey

This course continues where Level I left off, and includes tips and techniques as they apply to weaving from the back or the front. Techniques include horizontal shading, hatching, hachures and floating bars, vertical shading, vertical outlining and refinements of many interlocking techniques. The student will be involved in many of the planning & weaving decisions. The finished piece will be constructed into a functional tote bag. 107 minutes $39.95

TIPS, TRICKS & PROBLEM SOLVERS
for the Handweaver

Sallie Guy

The solutions are here!! Sallie points out many potential problems encountered in the handweaving process, and then offers a variety of practical. successful solutions. She begins with "Planning & Preparation". which includes tips on yarn, & color. as well as planning rectangular shaped garments, and how to adjust commercial patterns to the width of your hand-woven fabric. Tips on dressing the loom, record keeping. using a raddle, correcting mis-threading, treadling, & shuttle tricks, are presented along with solutions to many other common and not so common problems that weavers will undoubtedly encounter at one time or another.105 minutes $29.95

TUBULAR WOVEN FINISHES
Backstrap Loom Techniques

Jacquetta Nisbet

Learn how to weave beautiful edgings & finishes for your woven pieces. After a demonstration of how a traditional large backstrap loom works, you'll quickly make a small 1" to 2" wide warp and learn how to weave a plainweave flat band, that teaches you the basic techniques of backstrap weaving. Then you'll progress to a flat patterned band. a tubular plain band, a tubular patterned band and finally a tubular patterned band that is attached to the edge of another woven piece while the band itself is being woven. Patterns for all bands are enclosed with the video. including the complex and beautiful crossed & diverted warp tubular weave - "the little band of many eyes". These exquisite finishes are like those you see on ponchos and coco bags from Peru and Bolivia. 73 minutes $29.95

WEAVE DRAFTING, The Easy Way - Part I

Constance LaLena

This course begins with a simplified method of writing weaving drafts. You learn how to write a weave plan and develop the threading, tie-up and treadling from the weave plan. You will be introduced to the concept of blocks. drafting shortcuts and a simple method of writing an actual drawdown which will match the weave as you see it. on the loom. You will also learn about color and weave effects. You should be familiar with a 4-harness loom. 69 minutes $29.95

WEAVE DRAFTING, The Easy Way - Part II

Constance LaLena

You will learn to design your own weaves, work with two-thread constructions, diagonal drafts and profile drafts. You will learn many tips and shortcuts as you explore lace weaves, waffle weave, overshot and twills for 4 and 6 harnesses. "Part 1" is a prerequisite. unless you are familiar with the information described above in Weave Drafting I. 74 minutes $29.95

WEAVING FOUR SELVEDGE TEXTILES
(on our floor looms)

Martha Stanley

In 1977 rug weaver Martha Stanley adapted the indigenous process of weaving four-selvedge textiles so they could be woven on our floor looms. The method described in this lecture. utilizes a continuous figure-8 warp to create a textile with four selvedges similar to that of a Navajo rug. While slower than working on a cut warp, it is substantially quicker Than the indigenous methods of This hemisphere since the sheds are loom-controlled clear up to the end of the warp. Martha works on a large loom making the process very clear & easily adaptable to any type of floor loom. No more fringes or hems when you use this process on your rugs!!81 minutes $39.95