Dave, I'm 65 years old and spent a lifetime living in the outdoors...years of dirt time, building and using primitive tools, living off the grid, commercial fishing, search & rescue, learning & teaching skills. Yet you amaze me with the primitive skills you bring forth and teach, as well as provide kits to allow others to do the same. You are a force of nature! We are fortunate to have you.
I work in a textile plant as a machinery mechanic. It's super interesting to learn what I do on a daily basis in its most basic form. Even with modern machinery we still use the same exact terminology for the parts of the weaving process. Super cool
That was one of the best instructional videos I have ever seen. Not only did I learn the basics of weaving but I also was taught how to make the tools to do so. I hope you realise how much you are helping struggling people to be more independent . Thank you and blessings from Ireland 🇮🇪 to you and your family and subscriber's. God bless the good Patriots of America 🇺🇸
Outstanding! Thank you for all the knowledge you share with us; having a trusted instructor pass these lessons along is invaluable to those of us out here giving it a go on our own.
That Pathfinder property is magical, I’d have to go to the hardware store to get dowels that straight and uniform! Amazing! I’m sure you make nearly nothing monetarily from UA-cam and I can’t thank you enough for sharing the knowledge and time.
This is not the first weaving video Dave has done, but it's the first one where he made the set up from nature. Once again, Dave shows another of his many facetted abilities. ;-)
Second year growing a little bit of cotton, green, brown and white..... I think it is good to preserve what we use (Including how to make things). Thanks for sharing I really enjoy anything I can learn to make. Shared the fresh cotton seeds with a neighbor for free since they were interested. Making my own thread by the end of the year
Thanks Dave. That kit looks great. Once you get the hang of the basic weaving process, you can splice in different colors, and even skip over strings to make patterns in the weave.
I always wondered how they did this it's crazy simple and complex..it blows my mind that people made blankets and cloth for clothes this way. Can you imagine how many lines and holes you'd have to have to make a blanket😮 very cool video Dave!
This ia such an important skill to acquire, and is a great rainy day activity to keep one's mind engaged. The warp tension and width of the woof determines how close each thread lays into the headle, or how tight the weave becomes.
Hello again, should have waited to comment till your demo was complete. A shuttle could also be made of cardboard. Suggest you tie a strap to the outer edge of your heddle; would help to stabilize it for you. In actual backstrap weaving the strap go around your back to help control the tension. Love what you are showing
Good looking set. Ash wood is right choice. It is durable and weather resistant.👍 It is a important skill to know how to make rope and various straps etc.
the cool think about this is, if youre making these yourself, you can scale this up enough to make clothes and bags too, not just straps. Furthermore, if you managed to get a hold of fluffier plant matter or even wool, you could make yarn like cordage, and make very warm fabric for blankets and such
could also make the frame and use safety pins tied on both ends to the frame as the hole. since many sewing and first aid kits have safety pins. or use tape stuck onto itself with two long sticks and a hole poked through the flats of the tape. your mileage may vary.
oh. i guess you could also make the entire thing with tape stuck to itself then cut the slots and poke holes. could sandwich some twigs in there for rigidity.
the parts of the kit Dave didn't demo today have been used in prior videos to make nets so you would simply need to use those to make a net of the right size and strength then add straps and anchor lines made with the methods shown here edit: here is one video where Dave demonstrates the use of the rest of this kit ua-cam.com/video/1d8HSA45--E/v-deo.html to make a gill net that you could upscale using cordage of sufficient size and strength to make a hammock OR you can follow his method of hammock making from here ua-cam.com/video/wl3ozIhJONU/v-deo.html and proceed using the rest of my comment in keeping with the mentality of the pathfinder school id probably use the upscaled gill net since it could be used for both purposes in a pinch
Thank you for showing that yes, guys CAN practice the "distaff" fiber arts, such as weaving! (Although we call the "distaff" the "female" side of things, a distaff is literally just the stick that flax fibers were bound onto, holding them in a way that they could be drawn out and spun into thread in small amounts at a time, by ANYONE. In fact there are several illuminated manuscripts showing *kings* wielding a distaff and drop spindle, making thread in their spare time!)
Dave, on the lashings inside the frame do you recommend using a constrictor knot when the wood is dry? Thank you for showing me how to make this! I will definitely add this to my kit!
That was so awesome, thank you for sharing with us. You explain so well and easy to follow. Be nice to see your final product and the uses for those? Kind of mule tape for your made packframe?
If you already have one end anchored to a tree, you can tie the top of the heddle to a spring pole on the tree and tie a foot strap to the bottom of the heddle.
Dave. I don't find a video on drop spindles. They're probably the easiest way to make the cordage you're weaving. You'll need a minimum length of 2 1/2" fibers (staple) to spin. So you'll need a longer haired dog. :-D What a concept, wearing instead of drinking hair of the dog lol
Is that made of barberry?? I never thought to use that as a bushcraft material. It’s a real pest here so I’m always cutting bits down - I should save the straight bits for carving.
I think a strap project like this might be easier with card weaving. Then you need cards made in the field instead of a heddle, but squares with a hole in each corner aren’t too hard to make either.
Curious, couldn't you just use the cordage and the frame without having to drill the sticks? Cordage with a locked loop in the middle for each bar. Should allow for more dense weaves as the cordage is thinner.
Only a Legend will sacrifice his time to teach & show us simpleton how to make things to survive. Thank you very much DC for taking us to the road not taken. Cheers mate. Today is the last day of our fasting month so tomorrow will be a special day for us. You & your family will be in our prays. Assalam Mualaikum Warathmathullahi Wabarakatu.
So, my brain just figured on a few tips I would do for my own bushcraft weaving kit. Here are my ideas: 1: take larger branches for the top and bottom bars. 2: Whittle/ file the tips of the sticks into a D shape by flattening them on one side then whittle/ file recesses into the larger sticks to allow for a flush fit. 3: before lashing the frame, dollop bee's wax to use as an adhesive. 4: I'd wax and burnish the cordage using scrap cloth to mitigate fraying. It'll also help with synching the weave tighter and provide water resistance. 5: I'd make a marline spike or fid out of a stick to help with knotwork tasks. 6: when in doubt and you have no weaving sword/ beater bar, use a bullroarer ( i.e.: the old school " original cell phone").
I wonder why I don't get notifications for your videos as I am subscribed I'm paranoid but I think The powers that be are trying to suppress this information
Dave, I'm 65 years old and spent a lifetime living in the outdoors...years of dirt time, building and using primitive tools, living off the grid, commercial fishing, search & rescue, learning & teaching skills. Yet you amaze me with the primitive skills you bring forth and teach, as well as provide kits to allow others to do the same. You are a force of nature! We are fortunate to have you.
I work in a textile plant as a machinery mechanic. It's super interesting to learn what I do on a daily basis in its most basic form. Even with modern machinery we still use the same exact terminology for the parts of the weaving process. Super cool
Gotta appreciate someone who sells a product then shows you how to make it.
Marketing genius! Once you see how impossible it is to make it you’ll gladly BUY one! 😂. This guy is amazing for sure.
That was one of the best instructional videos I have ever seen. Not only did I learn the basics of weaving but I also was taught how to make the tools to do so.
I hope you realise how much you are helping struggling people to be more independent . Thank you and blessings from Ireland 🇮🇪 to you and your family and subscriber's. God bless the good Patriots of America 🇺🇸
Awesome demonstration Dave. Very easy to understand and to recreate. Thanks for sharing the knowledge
Outstanding! Thank you for all the knowledge you share with us; having a trusted instructor pass these lessons along is invaluable to those of us out here giving it a go on our own.
Gotta love Dave, comes out with a product on his website, shows you how to make your own. He's truly a good guy
That Pathfinder property is magical, I’d have to go to the hardware store to get dowels that straight and uniform! Amazing! I’m sure you make nearly nothing monetarily from UA-cam and I can’t thank you enough for sharing the knowledge and time.
This is not the first weaving video Dave has done, but it's the first one where he made the set up from nature. Once again, Dave shows another of his many facetted abilities. ;-)
Second year growing a little bit of cotton, green, brown and white..... I think it is good to preserve what we use (Including how to make things). Thanks for sharing I really enjoy anything I can learn to make. Shared the fresh cotton seeds with a neighbor for free since they were interested. Making my own thread by the end of the year
This was such a useful and informative session. All the patience in the prep really pays off in the end. Thank you!!
Thanks Dave. That kit looks great. Once you get the hang of the basic weaving process, you can splice in different colors, and even skip over strings to make patterns in the weave.
You're anazing. Who in the world ever figured that out in the first place? Human ingenuity is incredible.
Excellent training and crafting skills video. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, ideas, time and experiences with us Dave.
Brilliant. With this technique you can create straps, bandages, cloth etc etc etc. what a skill to have
you da man Dave, always full of knowledge and explaining it in a way that's easy to understand.
I’m definitely going to pick this up I hope you guys do more runs!
Thanks for sharing your wisdom and teaching us these skills.
Awesome video David! I'm so happy to have learned this new skill with my wife! Thank you!
I always wondered how they did this it's crazy simple and complex..it blows my mind that people made blankets and cloth for clothes this way. Can you imagine how many lines and holes you'd have to have to make a blanket😮 very cool video Dave!
Great tutorial Dave another tool on the box
Thanks for your tutorial, now I finally understand how that weaving treadle works!
8th ID.
This ia such an important skill to acquire, and is a great rainy day activity to keep one's mind engaged. The warp tension and width of the woof determines how close each thread lays into the headle, or how tight the weave becomes.
Hello again, should have waited to comment till your demo was complete. A shuttle could also be made of cardboard.
Suggest you tie a strap to the outer edge of your heddle; would help to stabilize it for you. In actual backstrap weaving the strap go around your back to help control the tension. Love what you are showing
I've seen your Facebook post in the morning. I hoped for this video! Thanks! 😊
👍 I've made some nets here and there, but haven't tried weaving, yet. Looks like something I'll hafta try. Thanks for the tute.
Thanks for the helpful video! It would be cool to see you use the basket weaving tools in another video.
Nice. Thanks Dave.
Thanks Dave
Love it! Super useful information. Thank you, Dave!
Good looking set. Ash wood is right choice. It is durable and weather resistant.👍 It is a important skill to know how to make rope and various straps etc.
That was all new to me thank you your an amazing teacher
Awesome video my friend
That is so cool David, thank you so much!!!! Can't wait to try making my own.
Excellent! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing this knowledge.
This is an awesome instruction. Thank you cant wait to try this out
Excellent as always 👏🏼👏🏼👌🏽👍🏻😎
Super cool stuff 👍
Wonderful! Thank You.
Seems simple enough, nice setup for hand crafting that set roughly.
This was AWESOME ,👍I always wondered how cloth, bags ,straps were woven, now I know
bloody great video.
the cool think about this is, if youre making these yourself, you can scale this up enough to make clothes and bags too, not just straps.
Furthermore, if you managed to get a hold of fluffier plant matter or even wool, you could make yarn like cordage, and make very warm fabric for blankets and such
could also make the frame and use safety pins tied on both ends to the frame as the hole. since many sewing and first aid kits have safety pins. or use tape stuck onto itself with two long sticks and a hole poked through the flats of the tape. your mileage may vary.
oh. i guess you could also make the entire thing with tape stuck to itself then cut the slots and poke holes. could sandwich some twigs in there for rigidity.
Cool kit I'll have to get one and try making one too. Where did you get that Tiger Stripe jacket? Thanks Dave for sharing your time and knowledge.
Could you make a hammock using that method this looks like a great piece of Kit to have with you in your backpack at all times
the parts of the kit Dave didn't demo today have been used in prior videos to make nets so you would simply need to use those to make a net of the right size and strength then add straps and anchor lines made with the methods shown here
edit: here is one video where Dave demonstrates the use of the rest of this kit ua-cam.com/video/1d8HSA45--E/v-deo.html to make a gill net that you could upscale using cordage of sufficient size and strength to make a hammock OR you can follow his method of hammock making from here ua-cam.com/video/wl3ozIhJONU/v-deo.html and proceed using the rest of my comment
in keeping with the mentality of the pathfinder school id probably use the upscaled gill net since it could be used for both purposes in a pinch
I've actually been Learning about weaving. I'm a big fan of wool and I have done felting, but in the future I would like to try weaving.
Thank you for showing that yes, guys CAN practice the "distaff" fiber arts, such as weaving! (Although we call the "distaff" the "female" side of things, a distaff is literally just the stick that flax fibers were bound onto, holding them in a way that they could be drawn out and spun into thread in small amounts at a time, by ANYONE. In fact there are several illuminated manuscripts showing *kings* wielding a distaff and drop spindle, making thread in their spare time!)
Keep it up brother✊🏻💪🏻
Really good skill I'll add it to my list
outstanding, my mother taught me to weave.
Dave, on the lashings inside the frame do you recommend using a constrictor knot when the wood is dry? Thank you for showing me how to make this! I will definitely add this to my kit!
dip the ends of the jute in some molten wax then dip them in cold water, it'll be much easier to string the heddle
Thank you Dave…
Nice. Thanks.
That was so awesome, thank you for sharing with us. You explain so well and easy to follow. Be nice to see your final product and the uses for those? Kind of mule tape for your made packframe?
Thank you.
Hello Dave, will there be any more of the cast iron cooking sets anytime soon? Thanks Man!
Could you do another video on the stevens m301 single shot shotgun
If you already have one end anchored to a tree, you can tie the top of the heddle to a spring pole on the tree and tie a foot strap to the bottom of the heddle.
Very nice, how is the end tied ?
21:00. Tie all of the ends to 1 stick instead of a knot
You can make heddles from string or wire as well.
Have videos on this in my folk skills playlist
Would it not be a good idea to put a small flat on nthe side of each stick where you tie it down to hold the stick in its correct spot?
Dave. I don't find a video on drop spindles. They're probably the easiest way to make the cordage you're weaving. You'll need a minimum length of 2 1/2" fibers (staple) to spin. So you'll need a longer haired dog. :-D What a concept, wearing instead of drinking hair of the dog lol
Can you use this kit to weave a woane?
Very impressive.
Time for a rope walk? Can be used to make cordage too.
Real interesting Dave.
To tell the truth, I've never considered trying WEAVING, until now. 👍
A bit of pine pitch glue would hold that rig together with out relashing.
Is that made of barberry?? I never thought to use that as a bushcraft material. It’s a real pest here so I’m always cutting bits down - I should save the straight bits for carving.
thanks for this video, if made wider it came be use to made cloth
Magnificent David, but how to finish it off would also be a great video...!
Thank you sir Dave! Excellent content. Amateur radio is much gooder though-😂😂😎
I think a strap project like this might be easier with card weaving. Then you need cards made in the field instead of a heddle, but squares with a hole in each corner aren’t too hard to make either.
Is there a reason that the two outside sticks on the heddle can not also have holes?
No reason just wanted a stable frame with no material reduction
I love life sized NPC Skyrim man, I love you ❤🐦🙏
Curious, couldn't you just use the cordage and the frame without having to drill the sticks? Cordage with a locked loop in the middle for each bar. Should allow for more dense weaves as the cordage is thinner.
chapeau ! ❤
Thanks
Only a Legend will sacrifice his time to teach & show us simpleton how to make things to survive. Thank you very much DC for taking us to the road not taken. Cheers mate. Today is the last day of our fasting month so tomorrow will be a special day for us. You & your family will be in our prays. Assalam Mualaikum Warathmathullahi Wabarakatu.
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good to know
Love you brother!
Skills
Very fun
So, my brain just figured on a few tips I would do for my own bushcraft weaving kit. Here are my ideas:
1: take larger branches for the top and bottom bars.
2: Whittle/ file the tips of the sticks into a D shape by flattening them on one side then whittle/ file recesses into the larger sticks to allow for a flush fit.
3: before lashing the frame, dollop bee's wax to use as an adhesive.
4: I'd wax and burnish the cordage using scrap cloth to mitigate fraying. It'll also help with synching the weave tighter and provide water resistance.
5: I'd make a marline spike or fid out of a stick to help with knotwork tasks.
6: when in doubt and you have no weaving sword/ beater bar, use a bullroarer ( i.e.: the old school " original cell phone").
Weaving is Ancient
Thank you Dave I’m pretty sure that was you. Thank you for your service as well brother!
Never really cared or bothered with this type of weaving.
But I'm definitely going to build one of these just cause.
I wonder why I don't get notifications for your videos as I am subscribed
I'm paranoid but I think
The powers that be are trying to suppress this information
unbeweaveable
I failed at basket weaving. This in worse. I am out. Thanks anyway. St.Paul.
By the way Dave, you never respond to my comments and this is Bob from the 8thID, CAB.
Thanks for your service brother