Here's a simple tip for making Finnish sound more like Finnish: word emphasis always follows the same pattern, and that pattern is really weird to internalise if you're coming from English. If you sound weird to yourself, you're probably about there. In English we're used to bouncing around all over the place with where we intone words - in Finnish, emphasis is always on the first syllable. Lau-tanau-HA doesn't sound like Finnish at all, but LAU-ta-nau-ha (with "au" always sounding like the "ow" in "now", and the "a" like the "uh" in "but") sounds a lot better. Resist the urge to spice it up - the intonation of the Finnish language is about as spicy as the Finnish cuisine, and people here will shed tears over a pinch of chilli. (Because "lautanauha" is a compound word - lauta = board or card in this context, nauha = ribbon - you want to give a little tiny pop of emphasis in NAU-ha too, but not as much as at the start. Besides that little uptick that says "a new word has started", Finnish is basically monotonal.) Probably also worth mentioning that syllables always break up in the same way in Finnish. A lot of native English speakers will for example see the word "Tampere" (a good sized city in Finland) and say "tam-peer", because in English consonants and vowels kind of work together to influence each other. In Finnish, where you see a consonant, that means the syllable is breaking, making that word "TAM-pe-re". Consonant clusters are rare, and the syllable always splits in the middle of them - for example "pilkku" (comma), "PILK-ku", "luuranko" (skeleton) "LUU-ran-ko", "leivänpaahdin" (toaster), "LEI-vän-paah-din" etc. It's a a bit like Japanese in that regard.
That's very helpful, thank you! I kind of knew the rule about the break in the consonant clusters--I have a good friend whose last name is Piukkula. I always wondered what it meant. If you know, I'd love to know! Thanks again!
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 The -la suffix in (modern) Finnish denotes a place (usually for a given activity), as in "pesu-la" combining wash+la to mean "laundry". Names like "Anttila" (Antti-place) and "Jussila" (Jussi-place) are pretty common in Finnish - probably from being formerly attached to some Antti or Jussi's (both common male names) household. I couldn't find any evidence for anyone being named Piukku, though, although it totally sounds like a possible Finnish name... the closest actual word I know of is "piukka", which means tight, and "Piukkala" is also a Finnish surname, of which "Piukkula" may be a dialectical variant? Being named after the trait of a place is also very common in Finnish. Sorry I can only give an educated speculation!
@@jackwright5146 Piukku has been a surname but apparently has died out. Our name registry has less than five people who have had that as a surname, all deceased. There are some Piukku-derived place names, though.
Elewys - Beautiful, and you teach so clearly. No wonder everyone recommends your videos. This is the first I've watched, will go back and start at the beginning. So much to learn. Thank you so much for making your teaching available to us.
I received Applesies and Foxnoses for Christmas from my dear daughter. I'm really grateful to you Elewys for explaining how to use patterns from this book as I would have made mistakes right from the start. Thank you for your invaluable videos.
What a challenge - accepted! Loved the talk before. Thank you for doing so much research. Happy birthday to your dad too. 🎂🎉 80 not out, what a good innings (cricket analogy). Cannot wait to see the Finnish(ed) piece. 😜😜
Looks great! I'm working through Applesies pattern by pattern, and then I'll move on to the next book. Well done with the Finnish, it's not an easy language to jump into. Thanks for the vid!
this is sooo interesting bc i recently bought and received a woven woolen humikkala masku tablet belt, its slightly different but it even has the combed swastikas from finnish motifs that was found in the gravesite. awesome video, and beautiful work!!!
I've heard many weavers say double is hard ,however I find it easier for me .hard is easy and easy can be very difficult for me. Thank you for this video
Paljon kiitos! Thank you so much for these videos (I‘ve been learning finnish with Duolingo for half a year now, it‘s great fun!) This band is particularly stunning. Näkemiin (see you again)!
I dabble in various yarn crafts and since watching your videos, I started using the surgeon's knot to join ends and I don't know why I wasn't using this knot to begin with. It's the only way I join ends now.
You're very interesting, certainly no counterfeiting going on. The effect is that I think I'm...going...to ...attempt to....weave something! You make this look possible.
I've been finishing projects. really needed the boost in mood and confidence that it provides this week like carving a lucet and making some cord so I can actually wear my hose! but also weaving the hem of my wool tunic. if you can spare the time I highly recommend it! tunic has a whole other weight and fall to it now
I really enjoyed this one. I have been making my way through "Applesies..." but was nervous to try some of the more complex patterns. I am new enough to tablet weaving to need a little help and a confidence booster. Thanks! Oh, by the way. These were my school colors as well!
I start with the left weaving tablet, I do not move the weaving tablets individually forwards or I do not move the weaving tablets individually backwards and then I do not rotate the weaving tablets "forwards" together forwards and then the shifted weaving tablets "backwards" not together backwards , I turn the weaving tablets alone or several immediately 90 ° or 180 ° forwards or immediately 90 ° or 180 ° backwards, I work immediately turn individual weaving tablets or turn immediately with several weaving tablets from left to right at the same time, I am a lot a lot much faster and I also learned to weave the pattern backwards if I made a mistake.
Watching you thread your loom made me wonder if you could just mount the head of a seam ripper (the bladed part, anyway) into one of the posts (somehow so you wouldn't hit it by accident or injure yourself like I inevitably would) as a thread cutter you could use one-handed instead of haivng to go for the scissors each time, like the one on the back of many sewing machines that I didn't realize was non-standard till I got a machine without it?
I enjoy watching you create 😊. Although I'm a multi-crafter, weaving is not yet one of my hobbies. However, I do listen and like to learn, so I have a question. Can you explain the reason why, once you've rotated the cards, you don't (at that point) group them all back together? Instead, you save this step until after you've passed the shuttle through, but I don't know why. Is it in case you need to back up? Note: You're the only weaver I watch, and I'm simply curious. Thanks in advance. Stay safe and create happy.
Yes--I keep them in position to turn them back if I pass the shuttle and something doesn't look right. Sometimes, especially for skip-hole weaves, I need to do the same turn twice, so I keep them separated until after I do the second turn. It just became a habit, I guess.
I'm so late🥴 I have a question; do you have a way to toughen the floss/yard? I got a new purse, and I want to change the strap so it is more secure. I was thinking to do one of these weaves, but I don't want to feel falsely secure when soneone out there could have a really sharp pair of scissors. Crazy, I know, but I just don't wanna lose my purse....
If you're using the heavy cotton warp like I do--Maysville 8/4--it takes two or three cuts to get through it, even with my sharp scissors. And if someone is coming at you with something sharper than that, I'd be more worried for my life than my purse.
Please can you tell me how much in £ sterling would it cost for a large inkle loom or a monster inkle loom to be sent to UK 🇬🇧 including shipping costs?
I don't make or sell looms, so I can't help you with that. There are sellers on Etsy or you can find the patterns online and commission one from a local woodworker in your area.
Width of any piece will vary depending on the thickness of the yarns used. The 8/4 cotton will make a wider band than the 8/2. I think this one finished at about 1" wide, so you could definitely use two or 3 times as many cards to create a guitar strap. Just be aware that if you are using an inkle loom, that could be more threads than your pegs can accommodate.
That basket of little white balls of yarn looks like a basket of garlic bulbs, lol... (that's what I get for not wearing my glasses when I watch, I guess).
Hi, Elewys; nice work with the videos; but, despite the good explanations, i don´t get it at all; i has been wondering if you would help us with a very simple weave, let´s say two color no drawing, no shapes, just straigth stitches... would you? i´ll really apreciate it; Thank you very much. I want to weave myself my own guitar strap instead to buy it!!!
I have more than 20 other videos, including Tablet Weaving for Absolute Beginners and Easy Peasy Applesies, which are great places to start. Check out my other videos for those titles. This Finnish pattern is a really difficult one to start with. :D
I'm dressed up in my Medieval persona. I'm in a history group called the Society for Creative Anachronism. You can find details at www.SCA.org. It's great fun!
I take two balls of "black" and two balls of "white" then I take all of the "black-black-white-white" patterns weaving tablets 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17 in one hand and I thread the four threads black-black-white-white through all the weaving tablets, I tie a knot, with each round I let go of a weaving tablet pattern, it only takes me a few seconds to stretch all the eleven weaving tablets on my loom, then I take it I have two balls of "red" and two balls of "white" then I take all of the "red-red-white-white" pattern weaving tablets 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14 in one hand and thread through all the pattern waving tablets four threads red-red-white-white through, I make a knot, with each round I let go of a weaving pattern, for me it only takes a few seconds to stretch all the six weaving tablets on my loom, it takes only a few seconds until I have stretched all 17 weaving tablets on my loom.
This is a gorgeous pattern. I really enjoyed watching this on!. I'll have to translate this one into bead weaving.
Here's a simple tip for making Finnish sound more like Finnish: word emphasis always follows the same pattern, and that pattern is really weird to internalise if you're coming from English. If you sound weird to yourself, you're probably about there. In English we're used to bouncing around all over the place with where we intone words - in Finnish, emphasis is always on the first syllable. Lau-tanau-HA doesn't sound like Finnish at all, but LAU-ta-nau-ha (with "au" always sounding like the "ow" in "now", and the "a" like the "uh" in "but") sounds a lot better. Resist the urge to spice it up - the intonation of the Finnish language is about as spicy as the Finnish cuisine, and people here will shed tears over a pinch of chilli. (Because "lautanauha" is a compound word - lauta = board or card in this context, nauha = ribbon - you want to give a little tiny pop of emphasis in NAU-ha too, but not as much as at the start. Besides that little uptick that says "a new word has started", Finnish is basically monotonal.)
Probably also worth mentioning that syllables always break up in the same way in Finnish. A lot of native English speakers will for example see the word "Tampere" (a good sized city in Finland) and say "tam-peer", because in English consonants and vowels kind of work together to influence each other. In Finnish, where you see a consonant, that means the syllable is breaking, making that word "TAM-pe-re". Consonant clusters are rare, and the syllable always splits in the middle of them - for example "pilkku" (comma), "PILK-ku", "luuranko" (skeleton) "LUU-ran-ko", "leivänpaahdin" (toaster), "LEI-vän-paah-din" etc. It's a a bit like Japanese in that regard.
That's very helpful, thank you! I kind of knew the rule about the break in the consonant clusters--I have a good friend whose last name is Piukkula. I always wondered what it meant. If you know, I'd love to know! Thanks again!
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 The -la suffix in (modern) Finnish denotes a place (usually for a given activity), as in "pesu-la" combining wash+la to mean "laundry". Names like "Anttila" (Antti-place) and "Jussila" (Jussi-place) are pretty common in Finnish - probably from being formerly attached to some Antti or Jussi's (both common male names) household. I couldn't find any evidence for anyone being named Piukku, though, although it totally sounds like a possible Finnish name... the closest actual word I know of is "piukka", which means tight, and "Piukkala" is also a Finnish surname, of which "Piukkula" may be a dialectical variant? Being named after the trait of a place is also very common in Finnish. Sorry I can only give an educated speculation!
@@jackwright5146 Piukku has been a surname but apparently has died out. Our name registry has less than five people who have had that as a surname, all deceased. There are some Piukku-derived place names, though.
Elewys - Beautiful, and you teach so clearly. No wonder everyone recommends your videos. This is the first I've watched, will go back and start at the beginning. So much to learn.
Thank you so much for making your teaching available to us.
I received Applesies and Foxnoses for Christmas from my dear daughter.
I'm really grateful to you Elewys for explaining how to use patterns from this book as I would have made mistakes right from the start.
Thank you for your invaluable videos.
What a challenge - accepted! Loved the talk before. Thank you for doing so much research. Happy birthday to your dad too. 🎂🎉 80 not out, what a good innings (cricket analogy). Cannot wait to see the Finnish(ed) piece. 😜😜
My only concern is this: the tea. Did it get cold? I worry about these things. The weaving is just lovely and so fun learning the half-turn technique!
HA HA HA! The tea was still hot...or at least warm. :D
Looks great! I'm working through Applesies pattern by pattern, and then I'll move on to the next book. Well done with the Finnish, it's not an easy language to jump into. Thanks for the vid!
Oh! Clicked back in because Finland and happened to find the feature for my kingdom. Love watching you work.
this is sooo interesting bc i recently bought and received a woven woolen humikkala masku tablet belt, its slightly different but it even has the combed swastikas from finnish motifs that was found in the gravesite. awesome video, and beautiful work!!!
i love the addition bits you add in. *bloop* *sound effects optional*
I've heard many weavers say double is hard ,however I find it easier for me .hard is easy and easy can be very difficult for me. Thank you for this video
Yayyyyy I’ve found you ! Looking forward to having a binge of all your videos xx
Welcome!
This one is stunning. The texture is amazing.
I just did a Norwegian pattern where I had reverse ABCD labeling, I just turned them to face the opposite way and it worked great just like you did :)
Paljon kiitos! Thank you so much for these videos (I‘ve been learning finnish with Duolingo for half a year now, it‘s great fun!) This band is particularly stunning.
Näkemiin (see you again)!
I dabble in various yarn crafts and since watching your videos, I started using the surgeon's knot to join ends and I don't know why I wasn't using this knot to begin with. It's the only way I join ends now.
You're very interesting, certainly no counterfeiting going on. The effect is that I think I'm...going...to ...attempt to....weave something! You make this look possible.
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING ❤🙏
I've been finishing projects. really needed the boost in mood and confidence that it provides this week
like carving a lucet and making some cord so I can actually wear my hose!
but also weaving the hem of my wool tunic. if you can spare the time I highly recommend it! tunic has a whole other weight and fall to it now
Thank you for this! Very enjoyable.
The final fabric (?) ribbon looks so cool. I still haven't bought a loom, but will someday. Always wanted to learn Finnish.
I really enjoyed this one. I have been making my way through "Applesies..." but was nervous to try some of the more complex patterns. I am new enough to tablet weaving to need a little help and a confidence booster. Thanks! Oh, by the way. These were my school colors as well!
Thank you for making this video!
I start with the left weaving tablet, I do not move the weaving tablets individually forwards or I do not move the weaving tablets individually backwards and then I do not rotate the weaving tablets "forwards" together forwards and then the shifted weaving tablets "backwards" not together backwards , I turn the weaving tablets alone or several immediately 90 ° or 180 ° forwards or immediately 90 ° or 180 ° backwards, I work immediately turn individual weaving tablets or turn immediately with several weaving tablets from left to right at the same time, I am a lot a lot much faster and I also learned to weave the pattern backwards if I made a mistake.
That's another great option--whatever works for you!
Lol,I have the same lazy kate. An amazon box with dowel’s poking through it.
Watching you thread your loom made me wonder if you could just mount the head of a seam ripper (the bladed part, anyway) into one of the posts (somehow so you wouldn't hit it by accident or injure yourself like I inevitably would) as a thread cutter you could use one-handed instead of haivng to go for the scissors each time, like the one on the back of many sewing machines that I didn't realize was non-standard till I got a machine without it?
An interesting notion, but like you, I would invariably slice myself open with it. Usually I restrict myself to the use of Kindergarten scissors.
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Finnish tablet weave and Fiskars scissors, thumbs up!
beautiful. love the Finnish as well. I've been teaching myself Latin :)
wow my first time weaving along with elewys! (not on tablet weaving though, on a lap loom) still cool tho!
So lovely, but sooooo difficult!
I was a Wildcat… in a small Canadian prairie town lol.
I enjoy watching you create 😊. Although I'm a multi-crafter, weaving is not yet one of my hobbies. However, I do listen and like to learn, so I have a question. Can you explain the reason why, once you've rotated the cards, you don't (at that point) group them all back together? Instead, you save this step until after you've passed the shuttle through, but I don't know why. Is it in case you need to back up? Note: You're the only weaver I watch, and I'm simply curious. Thanks in advance. Stay safe and create happy.
Yes--I keep them in position to turn them back if I pass the shuttle and something doesn't look right. Sometimes, especially for skip-hole weaves, I need to do the same turn twice, so I keep them separated until after I do the second turn. It just became a habit, I guess.
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Understood. Thank you for the info.
I'm redesigning this pattern to make 4"-5" wide sashes
Hello. I am new to this part of weaving. I was wondering what you would use these materials for? Thanks. Sheri
Belts, purse straps, shoe laces, dog leashes, curtain tie backs, decorative trim on clothing...
I'm so late🥴 I have a question; do you have a way to toughen the floss/yard? I got a new purse, and I want to change the strap so it is more secure. I was thinking to do one of these weaves, but I don't want to feel falsely secure when soneone out there could have a really sharp pair of scissors. Crazy, I know, but I just don't wanna lose my purse....
If you're using the heavy cotton warp like I do--Maysville 8/4--it takes two or three cuts to get through it, even with my sharp scissors. And if someone is coming at you with something sharper than that, I'd be more worried for my life than my purse.
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Thank you very much! Truly appreciated👍
This seems like a very difficult pattern. Takes a lot of concentration.
Please can you tell me how much in £ sterling would it cost for a large inkle loom or a monster inkle loom to be sent to UK 🇬🇧 including shipping costs?
I don't make or sell looms, so I can't help you with that. There are sellers on Etsy or you can find the patterns online and commission one from a local woodworker in your area.
We're the wild cats here too!
How wide did this band make? I’m thinking of doing this for the guitar strap I want to make by repeating the cards in between the border cards
Width of any piece will vary depending on the thickness of the yarns used. The 8/4 cotton will make a wider band than the 8/2. I think this one finished at about 1" wide, so you could definitely use two or 3 times as many cards to create a guitar strap. Just be aware that if you are using an inkle loom, that could be more threads than your pegs can accommodate.
Wow!
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Have you done brocade? Hexagonal? ❤🙏
That basket of little white balls of yarn looks like a basket of garlic bulbs, lol... (that's what I get for not wearing my glasses when I watch, I guess).
so in this pattern, the colors are only there to hint at the final look?
Hi, Elewys; nice work with the videos; but, despite the good explanations, i don´t get it at all; i has been wondering if you would help us with a very simple weave, let´s say two color no drawing, no shapes, just straigth stitches... would you? i´ll really apreciate it; Thank you very much. I want to weave myself my own guitar strap instead to buy it!!!
I have more than 20 other videos, including Tablet Weaving for Absolute Beginners and Easy Peasy Applesies, which are great places to start. Check out my other videos for those titles. This Finnish pattern is a really difficult one to start with. :D
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Thank you so much.
I have born in Masku, and have get married in this church.
I've noticed you wearing a gown and head covering. I would like to know why. Please
I'm dressed up in my Medieval persona. I'm in a history group called the Society for Creative Anachronism. You can find details at www.SCA.org. It's great fun!
It's so sad that the grave finds aren't matched with a name of the human found.
Birdy
I'm confused bc the numbers you are saying don't match the pick lines you say you are doing......
I didn't mark the pick lines on the pattern, so I lost track of which pick I was on. :D
I take two balls of "black" and two balls of "white" then I take all of the "black-black-white-white" patterns weaving tablets 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17 in one hand and I thread the four threads black-black-white-white through all the weaving tablets, I tie a knot, with each round I let go of a weaving tablet pattern, it only takes me a few seconds to stretch all the eleven weaving tablets on my loom, then I take it I have two balls of "red" and two balls of "white" then I take all of the "red-red-white-white" pattern weaving tablets 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14 in one hand and thread through all the pattern waving tablets four threads red-red-white-white through, I make a knot, with each round I let go of a weaving pattern, for me it only takes a few seconds to stretch all the six weaving tablets on my loom, it takes only a few seconds until I have stretched all 17 weaving tablets on my loom.
I would love to see a demonstration of that!
Finnish is one of the hardest language in the world to learn. You may rather try Norwegian, far far easier. 😊
So. Not complicated at all. 😮