How to Weave Rope Seats
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
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Demonstrates the process of weaving twine warp and weft into a strong and decorative seat or chair back with a checkerboard style design. Learn an ancient woven art form soon to be lost forever to mechanization. Shows how to make tools required for the job. #knots #tying #furniturerepair
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Alright so today on Repairs101 I’ve got a really cool one for you. I’m going to show you how to replace a missing seat or chair back by weaving rope, string, yarn, twine, whatever into this really cool checkerboard pattern. Alright? Stick around, you’re going to want to learn this one.
So as I progressed into this project I remembered all the details I’d forgotten like leave enough slack in the Warp because otherwise it gets so tight that you won’t be able to finish it and you’ll have to pull it all apart.
You’re going to need a couple of different sized shuttles to wind your cord onto and I made these out of eighth inch plywood. So just load up your shuttles by winding it around.
OK so the Warp is the underlying structure of the weave. Start by securing the cord with a Clove Hitch. If you don’t know how to tie one check out my video “Ten Plus Knots You Want To Know”.
OK so this is very important - at the beginning and end of every five turns I wrap a crossbar to make a spacer row in the Warp.
OK so I learned this skill probably twenty five years ago when I was an outpatient in the Workers’ Compensation Hospital’s vocational rehabilitation program. So I made this one back then and gave it to my parents as a Christmas gift because, back then, um I was pretty much penniless and to tell you the truth as soon as the Workers’ Compensation Hospital was through with me I was homeless too. Although, OK not exactly homeless, I had this garage that I rented and in spite of the fact that I was living there and I was months behind in my rent and it was not zoned for residential use - the gentleman who owned the place, Don, he um, he was kind enough not to throw me out. OK so the point of my story is: I come back to my garage after working all day and I kick back on my work bench. So I’m laying there on my back with a bag of day -old donuts that I bought for two dollars and I fell asleep eating them with the light on. And so a couple of hours later I wake up and I open my eyes and perched here on my chest, right about here, is a big fat hairy rat about six or eight inches long and he’s eating my donuts!
Use your separator sticks to hold the Warp apart in groups and pass the shuttle in between them. And, yeah, you have to weave both sides for this to hold securely. OK so it’s just a matter of passing the shuttle around through five times, wrapping the sixth as a spacer and then continuing weaving five rows at a time opposite to the next five rows and separated by a wrap around the crossbar.
Now as the space gets tighter you’ll be glad you heard what I said about making sure you weave the Warp loosely. Switch to your smaller shuttles and smaller spacer sticks. For your last group of five you’ll probably only have room for a crochet hook. Then just take a few minutes to space all the cord out evenly. And maybe you want to give it a haircut if you bought the cheapest kind of twine available, like I did.
Alright and there you have it: it’s a skill that’s being lost to mechanization around the world.
Alright so thanks for watching and don’t forget to subscribe and if you enjoyed today’s video please share it with your friends.
And I was real grateful that he trusted me that way and of course I paid him up in full before I did move on and I thank him for trusting me to do that. - Навчання та стиль
What an amazing story and so glad the gentleman who let you stay in his garage whilst you got your life on track. Always pay it forward and so nice if you to acknowledge him! Have subscribed to your channel 👍
kudos to you for your effort to keep traditional skills like this alive!!!! Thanks a million and great video. I tried it recently even though I forgot to move the spacer every 5 rows , so now it looks like 2 separate levels , but I'm going to add another level and weave it right . Just one suggestion to all , if the twine is not good quality then it tends to unravel and split apart making it hard to pass the shuttle through at some point , so get a good quality twine , you'll be sitting on it likely for many years, so thanks again for all the good stuff you share with us !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, thanks. I've just followed your instructions and am really happy with the result. I used cotton baker's twine, more expensive but not prickly.
You weaved it so well, thank you, for such beautiful video.
Awesome, I enjoyed how you opened up about your past and showed your vulnerability.
Thanks Ozz
Very neat skill, thank you for sharing. I must admit that you captured me with the story so much that I couldn't pay all that much attention though. Need to watch it again :-) What a story, I bet you have more of those! :-)
+Carina Wilberg - Thank you. I was careful to put the story over the (monotonous and boring) wrapping of the Warp as not to distract from the lesson. And yes, I have a lifetime of stories like that one that I occasionally work into my videos :) Thank you again!
Repairs101 nice video
Awesome video. Clarity and no music is perfect thanks
Glad you liked it!
Thanks for this. I have an antique stool that was made by my great-great uncle and the cord has started to break due to age. I wanted to weave without using nails. This method will be perfect!
I miss content like this from UA-cam I should watch more of these
Nice one, thanks, these skills are only known to old chair restorer nowadays. My great grandmother used to do this job when she was a teenager, in Sicily, around 1910. Bulrush straw was the material in use until the 70s. All disappeared in Europe, I wonder if it's still in use in Asia.
This is amazing! Thank you for passing this skill on. New subscriber here.
Thank you for your help repairing my chairs.
I'm building a weird modernist chair and I couldn't figure out whether I wanted to do seat cushions or something else, but I think this video made me decide on weaving at least the back. Thanks for putting this out!
+Cooper Crowell - It'll look awesome. Thanks for commenting!
Sou fã desse tipo de artesanato manual.
thats great !! i have 2 child size chairs that they rope have been torn apart and i didnt want to throw the chairs away since they are cute and tiny !!! now i can finaly fix them
So simple yet so beautiful!
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Closed captioning and transcript to follow tomorrow. Sorry for any inconvenience.
+Repairs101 Closed captioning for this program is now available
Hola me dejas sin palabras espectacular le felicito me encantaría seguir viendo los tutoriales
Very good ... thanks for sharing this story and it is a nice way to show how to make this weaving technique.
Thanks, Andre!
Thank you so much for sharing this lost art! Too many people are willing to let this ancient skill just fall by the wayside...
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Thanks for sharing this story and interesting work.
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Dude.......great video. I enjoyed your story.
i can relate to your story. .one reason i subscribed to channels in the how to category. .i thank more than my vocab demonstrates!
+Lucky Five - thank you! :)
Nice work, thx for sharing
Thank you so much for sharing this lost art!
:)
You're so smart! Thanks for your instructions! Although I've never done this before, I'd like to give it a try someday.
I'm not so smart. It's just another skill anyone can learn.
Great thanks!! Just made a shaker chair on my lathe, and then saw the cost of shaker tape.
Parabéns pelo seu artístico trabalho! Muito lindo!👏👏👏👏
Muito obrigado! :)
instead of hair-cutting the ropes, may be socking the ropes to transparent burnish or some sorts of socked treatment like fermented juices of tender velvet apple that make the rope stronger and resistant to rotting due to humidity over the year.
We in the south Asia use this technique for strengthening our fishing nets against rotting in water, it creates a dark ash color, but highly effective.
can you give more info on that ?? you say fermented juice??? can you explain the process ????? thanks
Great story!! and skill. Thanks for sharing
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that was neat now I need to find a project to try it on thank you for sharing it
+Thomas Covert - Cool! Thanks for commenting!
What an interesting job
Good stuff. Thanks for posting.
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bravo Monsieur!
Trust and honor are another kind of attribute that are being "lost to mechanization" - that is to say, the loss of classic human qualities. It is good to see someone acknowledge the values of old. Let us all bring those forward and into the future.
Very cool vid BTW!!!
beautiful ❤️
Super cool!!
Wonderful 👌👌
Very nice video Sir thank you for sharing it
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Wonderful Amazing great Art 👍👍
Wow amazing!! thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Desperte o artesão que existe em você com várias técnicas de trabalhos manuais.
wow. very nice
very interesting!! I've been looking into rushing and caning for a project I have in mind but this process looks pretty cool too! I wonder how supportive the seat is and how well it holds up to use. The blue one you did doesn't look too bad. I really identify with being broke and not having enough money for your christmas presents, your story was almost as good as this skill, so thanks for sharing!
The blue one is more than 25 years old and still doesn't sag.
thanks for not making this video a half hour long. i plan on weaving out a rack similar to this to put my futon up in my camper. wonder what your thoughts on misting it with beezwax or lindtseed oil or both for preservation?
How did you make the base.. Can you share a video on how to make that please.. Thank you so much..
Hi...what kind of a knot do you use to tie the twine together when you move to the Small shuttle. Roughly how much twine is needed for this?
I really like it
:)
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Looks like it would be really comfy to sit on
And it is!
i like the story too fall then standup what a good message thankyou so much for bouth then
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Thanks for videos,bellisimo. ))
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That looks awesome!
+Shake the Future :)
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when you switch from the big shuttle to the small one, (or run out of twine), how do you start the new piece of twine? Do you just tie it to the old piece and like tuck the knot in somewhere to hide it?
Yes use a simple square knot to join the two pieces and arrange so it is hidden on the underside. Good luck! 10+ Knots You Want To Know ua-cam.com/video/yMRNeqomLjE/v-deo.html
I am gonna try this on my cot tomorrow first thing
Hope it works for you!
Will this work if the bars on the sides are higher than the bars on the front and back?
Un cabecero con ese tramado se vería hermoso.
I am going to try this now. Excited!! And wondering how it will work...
It will be awesome!
Amanzing!"UA-cam "I'm going to try it☀️
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Nice
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Hi, what size string did you use? I need to repair a rocking chair.
Even today here in India we uses variety of ancient woven art to weave beds and seats.
Are these stools popular world wide? They remind me of my farming cousins in the west of ireland, and very happy holidays. Hoping to repair one and love this video. Amazing story, sounds as ancient as the chair, v glad u got back on ur feet and had a nice landlord.
Theyre called súgán chairs n stools here.
OK SO I HAVE THIS CRAZY IDEA.. I WANT TO WEAVE ROPE AROUND THE FRAME OF MY MOTORCYCLE TO MAKE A FLUSH SEAT ON MY RAT BUILD BUT NOT SURE IF IT WILL HOLD UP DOES ANYONE FILL IT IS POSSIBLE AND OR SAFE WHAT KIND OF ROPE WOULD BE BEST TO USE FOR STRENGTH AND DURABILITY???
Hi there, love the video and have the stool frame ready to order up the twine; can't wait to get going. Can you let me know how to work out how much to purchase please? Cheers Helen
Measure the span of the seat from outside to outside front to back x 2 for top and bottom (and side to side if not square x2 for top and bottom) then x 10 per inch of space between the stretchers side to side.
the best
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Looks good. Well, so much for the top, what does the bottom look like?
+Dok Bob The underside looks identical to the topside - watch the video again and see!
begs the question how long did it take to do
Great video! I have woven a few chair bottoms with a thicker Sisal rope. I have read that you can put a light coat of polyurethane on the rope seat after it is finished to protect it from stains and also to smooth down the itchy fibers. It for sure needs something to block stains and dirt, but i'm just thinking that maybe with a natural fiber rope the poly may degrade the rope over time and make it brittle. Im thinking if i were to use this method, perhaps i might do a light spray-on coat or two and leave it at that. The rope i use is about the size of a pencil, so Im not entirely sure if the light coats of poly would hurt it at all. Have you tried that method before?
No I leave it "natural" and if it was to get ruined I'd just weave another.
lol. well as far as my chairs go, i kinda say the same, but this is an antique mini rocking chair that is still in heavy use by kids. maybe i should just shrink wrap it when im done. :) lol.
or just let it patina with baby poop and cool-aid. :)
nice
Thanks!
What if the size of the chair isn't square but a bit wider at the front? How fo you proceed?
Well, his pattern is to wrap a single spacer every 5 turns, 1 on the front bar and one on the back bar between each group of 5 full windings. If I was going to try something like this on a chair with a slightly wider front, I would modify this method by adding a second winding spacer on the front bar (keeping the original single-space winding on the back bar) between each group of 5 full windings. I think it would be subtle enough with thin twine/rope like what he's using to still maintain the "almost square" appearance without leaving any gaps of uncovered bars. Depending on just how wide the front is compared to the back, using 3 "spacer" windings on the front may be needed if there is a larger/wider difference between front and back, but thicker twine/rope might make this 3-space approach more noticeable/less aesthetic.
i might do this to my seat base on my old car, the original bases or diaphragms are made of rubber and perish/crumble away
Coupla questions:
1. How much give is in the seat as it’s wrapped here? It’d be nice to see ya test the final product.
2. Is it possible to adjust the tightness once it’s wrapped? (Without starting over.)
3. Most importantly, what about the rat? What happened to the rat?
1.) very little give even years after use - hard to make changes once video is uploaded
2.) it would take a lot of patience
3.) i'm told he moved to the interior and runs a roadside donut stand
Here in India we weave such that there remains a provision to adjust tightness.
We generally uses tightness adjustment in beds because its length vary 78 to 80 inch so due to higher lenght ropes elongates over a period of time.
In seats tightness adjustment is not required due to lesser lenght and less bearing capacity.
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Out of curiosity how strong is the seat after its used with twine? And whats the approximate cost using twine? Doing a rope chair for my construction studies project.
super strong my cost less than $5 CDN
Repairs101 Thanks man great video too
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How much yarn required?
How much it's cost
Hi there, the spacer disappears at about 1 minute 49 seconds into the video, but the string still looks really tight and the spacer doesn't return. Has something been missed out there or have I missed something?
+Jay Scazzer - So the thing about making instructional videos for (almost) no money is you have to accept that they aren't perfect - and so do the viewers.
Sorry, I wan't critisising, I think it is a great video, I am just not sure whether to keep the spacer in the whole way through.
+Jay Scazzer Use the spacer stick to ensure slack in the warp or consciously wrap the warp loosely. The footage without the spacer was filmed before the footage with the spacer and before I remembered it is impossible to weave if the warp is tight. So I unwrapped the whole thing and started again with the spacer. I only did this once before so I was remembering as I went along. And I made the same mistake the first time. But in the end I did try to impress upon the viewer that they would need to ensure there is slack - whether they used a spacer or not.
Thank you for teaching us I wonder will such chair withstand a tall guy who weights 120 kg ?
Yes it will.
@@repairs101 thx
For the 8th grade stool weaving 1st layer, you can not hear much at all. Yes my audio is on. I had to listen from behind my tablet, then turn it over to watch. Please have speakers turned up. Thanks love the stool!
Try watching from another device. Then maybe pick up a new tablet.
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How much material aprox will be used in this in gms
Measure length not weight.
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Ha,ha who'da thunk sitting back on the couch tying knots could be so much fun eh.
+naturebc :)
You weaved so fast I had a hard time following. Do you weave it on the underside too then? Or just on the top and then loop it back around sloppy like in the side you won’t see?
The answer is in the video. You can slow down playback speed using the button at the bottom right of your UA-cam player.
Can we make it like circle
I imagine.
what mm rope you use?
Super sir. Nice work.
what about the rat?
what size twine did you use?
I don't know. Twine size?
Liked and subscribed for rat story LOL
+Pavel Sedach - Thanks :)
Is this safe to seat on it ??
+Firdaus Zainal - yes!
Ratws usually pick lower companions to hang out with..,.just saying!
long time..
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