Dave, I just can't get enough of your "long term" skills videos. Don't get me wrong, the making fire and primitive shelter videos are great but blacksmithing and weaving your own gear is where it's at for me. Thanks again for sharing the tribal knowledge.
Never thought I'd add weaving to my list of outdoors. But there are too many applications in life were these skills are extremely important. Thanks for opening my mind and eyes even more so. Outstanding Dave! Keep it up.
Hello from Vancouver Island Canada! Thank you David for your informative video...I've been searching for a video on string heddles, for a tapestry loom and how to manuever the batten, heddles and stick shed...the videos I've watched so far haven't had a good camera angle on how to remove batten, change sheds, etc...I made a frame loom with the sticks and heddles and trying to weave...now your video showed me a good camera view on how to work all the sticks and heddles! I am usually a floor loom weaver, but have been interested in the past year on tapestry. Thankyou so much for your video!!! It is amazing on how from hundreds of years ago, how this form of tapestry was figured out Backstrap Weaving...the people from Peru have amazing weavings this way, not to mention Navajo and Vikings, etc. Love the idea that a person can weave with the simplest tools.
I have been really enjoying Pathfinder TV "How To' videos with the weaving and Jason Hunt's pack frame. learning a lot on how to make my own stuff. Thanks Dave!!!
listened to this while i worked on my own weaving project. nothing fancy, just a frame, some cotton warp and hand dyed hand spun weft made with local wool, some dyed rabbit fur (from my fuzzy homegirl rukia), milkweed, dogbane and flax. All different fibers, loads of earthtone colors with a sort of a slate blue I made recently and a tumeric rust red color. I've got scraps of rust red wool and army green wool I just added to it. the army green came from either carrot tops mordanted with iron or from black eyed susans mordanted with alum and cream of tartar. Edit: Fair warning, black eyed susan (rudbekia) only produces army green on wool. no clue why.
It is very refreshing to see a male in the bushcraft community that's not afraid to sew, wave, or what in general is considered a woman's task. This is a very valuable skill, I'm currently working on look knitting a pair of socks. As my wife and I are expecting both of us have been working on baby items. This is a very useful skill set to have
I have really enjoyed this weaving series although some segments are difficult to follow due to the camera angles. In all, I am a real fan of your videos and anxiously await the next one.
I watch all your videos and film work and my ability to adapt has improved, and now I know better what to do and plan for too. Thanks you're the best. No bare feet here.
I am enjoying these vids. We do not see many vids on the ´non manly skills´, despite them being just as usefully and important as the mucho stuff. Thank you :o)
Great, thanks I have never seen another video that tells you how to arrange things to be left or to travel. And I find your instructions much easier to follow than a lot of other weaving vids that assume you know too much. Thanks again.
I made a couple of pick up sticks (like your beater stick) out of a couple of paint stirrer sticks I got for free from Lowes. I sanded them down so they looked like yours and they work great!
Thanks for the video. I wish I knew how to do this before I would have made more of my own gear using the loom. Is there a certain way to join the edges together to make bags and stuff or just sew it like normal cloth?
It's funny hearing you call your beater "a sword". I have one front a silk loom used during WW2 to make parachute silk, that I recovered when cleaning out a the building which used to house the looms. Answer a Sword is exactly what comes to mind when you see it, although more like two hitless swords joined at the tang, with beautiful convex beveled edges. Thanks for the weaving series.
Love these videos but I'm waiting on baited breath for the video about building the inkle loom. I drafted plans based upon what have seen in the 3 videos but I am waiting to build it until you release the video. Is it coming soon?
Dave, I am still in high school and have a limited budget. Is there an axe you suggest that will last for a while? I really am looking for something I can afford; I live in Minnesota and I've only got a 24 inch machete for heavy duty tools. I need something to process wood aside from aspen and pine, preferably with a thin head. Thanks for doing these videos, I really enjoy them!
That daisy chaining you did on the end of your cordage is exactly like the weave you get from finger knitting! I like to finger knit then go back and finger knit my finger knitting and can make some seriously strong ropes tramway that are light!
Thank you for showing us this nice weaving method. This will be definitely one of my next projects. I'll do a utility belt for multiple use. Cheers Uwe
I just want to say I'm loving these "non macho" videos. I learned to sew from watching your videos and it's a skill I've already put to use for both pleasure like making a bag for my diamond rod and necessity like sewing my clothes.
G'day Dave, Well done, very nice... Were you ever a Limbo Dancer ? I caught that "Looming-Method", but had to let it go through to the keeper, too slippery by far for me to hang onto..! ;-p Ciao !
Quick question, If i understand this method correct. What happens when you get so far along in the project that you can't reach to pass the shuttle through the project while keeping tension on the strings?
If you widen the beam, and spread out the string (binders twine works well) and insert straw or soft evergreen or break grass for the weft, you can quickly weave a durable, comfortable sleeping mat.
Dave,
I just can't get enough of your "long term" skills videos. Don't get me wrong, the making fire and primitive shelter videos are great but blacksmithing and weaving your own gear is where it's at for me.
Thanks again for sharing the tribal knowledge.
Never thought I'd add weaving to my list of outdoors. But there are too many applications in life were these skills are extremely important.
Thanks for opening my mind and eyes even more so.
Outstanding Dave! Keep it up.
Keep it up. We love these no nonsense, straight-forward tutorials.
Thanks brother, it's through you that I understood making the sheds. I just couldn't seem to get it with other videos 😊
Hello from Vancouver Island Canada! Thank you David for your informative video...I've been searching for a video on string heddles, for a tapestry loom and how to manuever the batten, heddles and stick shed...the videos I've watched so far haven't had a good camera angle on how to remove batten, change sheds, etc...I made a frame loom with the sticks and heddles and trying to weave...now your video showed me a good camera view on how to work all the sticks and heddles! I am usually a floor loom weaver, but have been interested in the past year on tapestry. Thankyou so much for your video!!! It is amazing on how from hundreds of years ago, how this form of tapestry was figured out Backstrap Weaving...the people from Peru have amazing weavings this way, not to mention Navajo and Vikings, etc. Love the idea that a person can weave with the simplest tools.
I have been really enjoying Pathfinder TV "How To' videos with the weaving and Jason Hunt's pack frame. learning a lot on how to make my own stuff. Thanks Dave!!!
Awesome video series Dave.
best backstrap weaving video of the over 20 videos I’ve gone through to try find a good angle and good pace of talking.
listened to this while i worked on my own weaving project. nothing fancy, just a frame, some cotton warp and hand dyed hand spun weft made with local wool, some dyed rabbit fur (from my fuzzy homegirl rukia), milkweed, dogbane and flax. All different fibers, loads of earthtone colors with a sort of a slate blue I made recently and a tumeric rust red color. I've got scraps of rust red wool and army green wool I just added to it. the army green came from either carrot tops mordanted with iron or from black eyed susans mordanted with alum and cream of tartar.
Edit: Fair warning, black eyed susan (rudbekia) only produces army green on wool. no clue why.
Very nicely done Dave!! Amazing stuff!
It is very refreshing to see a male in the bushcraft community that's not afraid to sew, wave, or what in general is considered a woman's task. This is a very valuable skill, I'm currently working on look knitting a pair of socks. As my wife and I are expecting both of us have been working on baby items. This is a very useful skill set to have
Another fine example of your knowledge and willingness to learn new skills and share those skills with us. Thank you!
I have really enjoyed this weaving series although some segments are difficult to follow due to the camera angles. In all, I am a real fan of your videos and anxiously await the next one.
Love finding your site.
Enjoying this series, thanks for sharing
Yet another use for the all important toggle great job Dave.
I watch all your videos and film work and my ability to adapt has improved, and now I know better what to do and plan for too. Thanks you're the best. No bare feet here.
Really enjoying the weaving series, thanks. ATB, Ralf
I imagined Vikings of old sitting around in the deep of winter weaving like this. So amazing. Such a good video.
Thanks dave for another tool, for knowledge tool box
Very interesting.
Dave Keep up the GOOD work You are good in what you do
Weaving with String Heddles
I am enjoying these vids. We do not see many vids on the ´non manly skills´, despite them being just as usefully and important as the mucho stuff. Thank you :o)
Really neat information in here. Thank you!
wow this is so awesome dave thank you so much again
Really appreciate these weaving videos. Keep them coming
love and Good luck
Wonderful video's, very clever, but very simple!!
Great, thanks I have never seen another video that tells you how to arrange things to be left or to travel. And I find your instructions much easier to follow than a lot of other weaving vids that assume you know too much. Thanks again.
But what do you do when the woven part gets longer than your arms?
And it's wholly expandable to make textile for clothing as well.
great instructor!
I made a couple of pick up sticks (like your beater stick) out of a couple of paint stirrer sticks I got for free from Lowes. I sanded them down so they looked like yours and they work great!
Thanks for the video. I wish I knew how to do this before I would have made more of my own gear using the loom. Is there a certain way to join the edges together to make bags and stuff or just sew it like normal cloth?
Thats unbeweavable
It's funny hearing you call your beater "a sword". I have one front a silk loom used during WW2 to make parachute silk, that I recovered when cleaning out a the building which used to house the looms. Answer a Sword is exactly what comes to mind when you see it, although more like two hitless swords joined at the tang, with beautiful convex beveled edges.
Thanks for the weaving series.
I love it,Knowledge is the lightest thing to carry...
Love these videos but I'm waiting on baited breath for the video about building the inkle loom. I drafted plans based upon what have seen in the 3 videos but I am waiting to build it until you release the video. Is it coming soon?
Dave, I am still in high school and have a limited budget. Is there an axe you suggest that will last for a while?
I really am looking for something I can afford; I live in Minnesota and I've only got a 24 inch machete for heavy duty tools. I need something to process wood aside from aspen and pine, preferably with a thin head.
Thanks for doing these videos, I really enjoy them!
Thank you.
That daisy chaining you did on the end of your cordage is exactly like the weave you get from finger knitting! I like to finger knit then go back and finger knit my finger knitting and can make some seriously strong ropes tramway that are light!
That's basic principal of weaving. So I can lern to warp and how to do the heddle works.Good for understand the method for new weaver.
Thank you for showing us this nice weaving method. This will be definitely one of my next projects. I'll do a utility belt for multiple use.
Cheers Uwe
I just want to say I'm loving these "non macho" videos. I learned to sew from watching your videos and it's a skill I've already put to use for both pleasure like making a bag for my diamond rod and necessity like sewing my clothes.
This looks really cool! Thank you for sharing. I'll need to try it :)
Finally I got it explained simply. Thank you.
Thanks.
Wonderful
Where can we get the cordage?
nice dave this knowledge with always be with me bro....
What did you dye the hemp with?
G'day Dave,
Well done, very nice...
Were you ever a Limbo Dancer ?
I caught that "Looming-Method", but had to let it go through to the keeper, too slippery by far for me to hang onto..!
;-p
Ciao !
P.S.
I never saw "Headle" spelt thay way, with no A but two D's, is that an AmeriKanism. ?
;-p
Ciao !
WarblesOnALot www.woolery.com/Store/pc/Rigid-Heddle-Looms-c52.htm
Quick question, If i understand this method correct. What happens when you get so far along in the project that you can't reach to pass the shuttle through the project while keeping tension on the strings?
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***** i even watched that video. I must have forgot.
Haha, I had the same problem, but watching the older video again gives the answer.
You sir are the video equivalent of the FOXFIRE books.
BTW I Love this weaving Videos, it´s a VERY necessary Skill to know
Like Sewing etc.
these weaving vids rock.keep em coming! maybe do some pottery vids next?
That’s a really nice simple weaving technique! Thanks!
Today i see youon tv in dual siurvival
LOVE your weaving videos! Keep them coming. BTW, when you are lifting the heddle strings, it is called, changing sheds; I am a floor loom weaver.
great
If you widen the beam, and spread out the string (binders twine works well) and insert straw or soft evergreen or break grass for the weft, you can quickly weave a durable, comfortable sleeping mat.
I like the not special tools idea.
Neat :-)
I think it is time to get yourself a good woman :)
He has one. Iris ties a mean paracord bracelet.