#weaving tutorials

[tweedlestrove]

found this tutorial on how to make a 4 shaft weaving loom out of cardboard boxes, tape, glue, skewers, string, and a few other odds and ends.

it may not look pretty, but as an introduction to multi shaft weaving this could be a fun project that doesn't break the bank.

[ihavethemangoes]

WE DON’T GATEKEEP WEAVING TECHNIQUES IN THIS HOUSEHOLD!

So to start this is double cloth (meaning I have two different warps, they’re threaded on 4 frames and each slot in the reed has two strings, one from each warp)

Step one: lift up the entirety of one warp (for me, pedals 2 and 4), then select the design with a pickup stick/sword/the fiber only thingy

Step 2: Go to your OTHER warp (1 and 3 for me) with the stick still in and do a back and forth of plain weave, take the stick out to beat

Step 3: Pick up the background with the stick (aka anything you didn’t pick up before, 1 and 3 for me)

Step four: Plain weave with the other warp AND a different weft (2 and 4 for me) take out the stick and beat

Step 5: Repeat! You can do this with any pixel designs, provided you have enough warp strings to have 2 per square

Fair warning, be EXTREMELY careful with your selvages (edges of the warp), they pull in the sides a lot more than regular plain weave. Happy weaving!

[bevanne46]

Various Log Cabin Quilt Blocks

[comfortabletextiles]

How I make myself a minx loom form test weaves

Take some cardboard box and stick some pins on both sides with desired distance

Like this for example

To test if you like the distance, just wrap.sime yarn around

Now fill opposite sides of the cardboard with the pins

Tadaa make Shure you have the same amount of pins on both sides, stick them into the side of the "waves" so it doesn't binge when you warp it.

Each pin should have one on the opposite. Don't pin them offset

Also make Shure the pointy ends stay in the cardboard, so you don't hurt yourself

Fix your warp yarn and warp :D

Then tread your weave yarn, and weave! (I have some needle tatting needles that make it much more easy)

If done, remove pins and finish as you want the future project to be finished

If you want a fringe elongate the cardboard :D

And now you can make yourself a mini loom for tests :3

[starryfield-sys]

~ tommy fictive

[macrameschool]

DIY Macrame Easter Basket

[alex-makes-art]

Finger-woven bracelet tutorial! (Part one)

Note: this is a very simplified version of what is originally an indigenous craft. I am learning this craft and sharing it with others with respect for its origins.

You will need:

- At least two colours of yarn/string, I recommend thicker yarn while you're learning

- Something to hold it in place

Step one:

Cut yourself two lengths of yarn from each colour. We'll be folding them in half, so make them pretty long- here's what I used, for scale.

Step two:

Fold the yarn in half and tie a slipknot.

Tighten it to your preference- a small slipknot will make it a little bit easier to make into a bracelet.

Step three:

Pin your yarn or thread to something to hold it in place- I use the clasp on my water bottle, but while learning I recommend taping it to a flat surface like a table.

Arrange your colours so that they're alternating.

Step four:

Pick up the colour on the far right (in this case, the blue.) Whichever colour is on the far right, pick up every thread and lay them above the slipknot. This should be every other thread.

Step five:

Pick up the thread that is on the far left and cross it over to the right. It should lay over the other threads of the same colour.

Step six:

Bring the threads above your slipknot back down to their original positions, returning to the alternating pattern. The thread you just crossed over should now be on the far right, and the far left thread should be of the colour you just brought back down.

Step seven:

You're going to repeat steps four to six with the new arrangement of threads. The colour you just crossed over will be lifted over the slipknot this time.

I've hit tumblr's image limit, so I'll continue the tutorial in a reblog!

[goldenstorm0]

feeling good enough again to continue warping up Delilah. I know I'm not doing this correctly. I don't care. I will not stop

[tulliolamonster]

My desire for a mostly-accurate Ancient Greek and Roman wardrobe (and a frankly absurd degree of procrastination) has led me to seriously consider constructing my own vertical warp-weighted loom and learning to weave.

[knght0wl]

Odysseus having the ultimate storytime youtube channel dedicated to telling stories of his travels, the war, and yapping about his wife and son

[tweedlestrove]

For all the people excited about weaving via my earlier post

tbh you can make a loom out of just about anything. you just need something to hold the warp and something to separate the sheds, a shuttle, and something to beat the weft with (like a really long shuttle or a separate stick) Below is a picture of my great grandmother weaving a chinchorro (hammock). Wayuu weaving is a little different than what you're probably used to, but the basic thing to understand is the same. There's a bar at the top and a bar at the bottom, she's using her hands and small balls of yarn to wind the weft through, and tie warps together to make patterned gaps. No shuttle is involved. But if you wanted to you could easily add pickup bars (basically a long stick and shuttles to this type of setup and weave that way. It'd basically be a tapestry loom setup, but tbh you can weave just about anything, you just have to get creative with how you manage the sheds. I'd look up backstrap looms and translate the way the different bars are set in place for this kind of a setup. All you'd need is dowels or sticks of some sort for it. You could figure out a mini one on a box or a picture frame. Abuela had a floor to ceiling setup on one of the walls that was just basically a frame.

I wish I had photos of some of the chinchorros she made, they were beautiful. My uncle has a video somewhere of her weaving one with a horse on it and the artistry to it was absolutely gorgeous. I wish I'd gotten the chance to learn from her tbh, she was a brilliant artist from the work I've been able to see. I think it was cos of her that I inherited my love of weaving and textiles so much.

[bevanne46]

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[cloudiefairie]

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[fantasmadelaciudad]

only con to hand sewing r the ants in my bloodstream

[prontaentrega]

just finished tgaa1. beautifully crafted game but it felt like an insanely long turorial

[lizziemig]

Peyote bracelet pattern that uses 24kt gold beads! Perfect for most occasions, you can find this pattern here https://www.etsy.com/shop/LizzieMig