Thank you for this. I’ve replaced seats on 5 of the 6 authentic 1950’s Moller chairs I inherited from my mother using your wonderful technique. I’m on the last one now and almost regret finishing this satisfying project. You are a masterful teacher. Couldn’t have done it without you. (Btw: the chairs look amazing and everyone thinks I’m a genius haha) Thank you for your generosity in sharing your knowledge.
Hola Patricia!! estoy en argentina y quisiera encontrar el cordón danés..... soy nueva en esto y no se si habrá algún equivalente a ese cordón en mi país. Te agradecería mucho que me cuentes con que cordón lo has hecho vos?
Ed, Thank you a million times over for your patient and thorough explanation! Thanks also to your great camera-person behind the scenes, who knew exactly what we’d want to see. What a team! I’ve got 2 Mahler chairs down now, 4 to go - using my supplies from Peerless Rattan. : )
This video makes weaving this pattern SOOOO understandable. I think I can do this! Thank you so much for explaining the details and offering explanations and helpful hints! AWESOME!!!
Thank you, Mr. Hammond! I am not a very handy person and have never attempted anything like this, but your video got me through the challenge. Thank you for your detailed directions. This is a great video.
Very impressed with your technique and patience in explaining the process to complete amateurs. After seeing the great job you do (I watched three of your videos!), I admit I probably don't have patience to do it as well as I'd like it to be done, but I feel much more qualified to evaluate work when selecting someone to do the job for us. Thank you!
Incredible video - thank you. I have been putting off replacing the cording on my grandmothers Danish chairs for 10 years now and after watching your video, I feel confident that I can do it. I will be ordering the cording soon!
Mr. Hammond, I would say this very respectfully, but I’m in love with you and your art! Love the way you describe every single step of the process, taking your time and not rushing anything . This nowadays that kind of attitude it’s almost extinct! So thank you , thank you, thank you 🙏
thanks so much for your video! I just finished a stool "together" with you here :) - actually it is even the third new danish cord seating, I did in the last years thanks to your great teaching!
Ed - incredibly good instructional video. I have been waiting a long time to replace the weave on my grandparents four chairs (and table) that I inherited. It is one of my most cherished possessions and now that I have the time to do this (quarantined like the rest of us) I am going to do it. Since the estimate I got from a local weaver was about $400 a chair - which I do not have. I would have never attempted this without your video. Thank you! I feel I can do this.
Fantastic vid. I have two pieces that need cord seats woven on them . I've had them over 20 years & have never really felt I could so the cording.Having watched this vid front to back , I feel as if I could do it if I paid attention . I really loved the weave look . I couldn't believe the first seat got cut off , that shocked me. I really liked watching this tutorial. Thank you so very much for the lesson.
Thank you so much for your video, the explanations, your time and sharing your experience! Thanks to you now I can enjoy my "brand" new Danish cord chairs. Really nice work!
A very well done, well explained, step by step video....very useful...I'm very happy there's people willing to share the knowledge...Thank you...Very pro...
BEST VIDEO EVER! I redid the weave on an old vintage chair like a seasoned pro...thanks tO YOU! So much detail to this video and a must watch. Thank You Ed!
I'm from INDIA the country used to have this kind of art. But now a days modern chairs are taking their places. In 1980's 90% people used to have weaved CHARPAI or KHAAT in their Home.Very nice sir.
THANK YOU! You've thoroughly and CLEARLY demystified a job I have delayed for many years. Even just learning the proper tension to use made your great explanation worth the price of admission. Now, my sweetheart will have to find something else to bug me about. Once again, THANK YOU.
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I am in the planning process of refurbishing some chairs using the weaving technique and my biggest dilemma was the type of rope/ twine to use, veering more towards sisal rope; I will be using danish cord. Your chair turned out beautifully... Thank you again!
Love your videos - I have watched several of yours. You really can tell this video is not your first try at a seat like so many other videos on UA-cam. Great work! Hope you are still doing chairs 6 years later.
Beautiful video, Ed Hammond. You're my hero. I am a Dane and I have 6 x N O Møller chairs nr. 71 with cord exactly like in the video. I am inspired but also a bit freightened by your skills. Thank you very much.
I used to count the number of wraps between the double warp strands and try to replicate it, but it would often not work out right. Then I realized I can just wrap until I reached a nail. Centering the warp strands directly over each nail generally works great (though sometimes the guy who put the original nails in didn't space them very evenly, then you have to adjust a bit).
Ed. I'd like to know if you have some suggestion to make a work like that in a metal tubular chair! I have a damaged Wassily! I think its structure would be pretty nice in this work! Thanks!
Thanks for taking the time to make a great video with super clear instructions I can now attempt my two danish chairs with your great help Many Thanks again
thank you very much!!. i want to weaving danish cord.. but, can not find solution, except your lesson. thnak you so much! i just repeat you method. And its result so good. thank you thank you ^^
Excellent video . Just about to tackle my chairs but they have staples instead of nails to hold the cord in place. I am going to use the nails and wanted to know what distance should the nails be apart
Hi Ed, Fantastic video - I'm preparing to weave 5 Moller #78 chairs. I've noticed that the first series of longer wraps (completed at 13:00) have some play in them. Should they flop a little early on or should I be able to pluck them like a guitar sting (obviously not that tight but taught)? Many thanks!
Very nice.. I’m a danish apprentice as a cabinet-maker. I’ve just made my first chair and I will use your video for instructions to make the weave. Looking forward to it! Thanks! Also: do you have the inside dimensions for this chair? I’m trying to calculate how many nails I need :-)
Regarding the number of wraps between each pair of strands - when I did my chairs, before removing the original seat, I counted the total number of wraps on each rail - that is strands around plus actual wraps. So I had 2x4 strands then 15 x 2 strands - 38 in total plus 16 gaps with 4 or maybe 5 wraps per gap, sometimes 3, sometimes 6! To keep the seat symmetrical, each side of the centre pin had alternating wraps of 5 and 4 (so each side had 36 wraps starting with 5 and ending with 4 wraps closest to the outer rail where there is 4 strands. You can have 4 either side of centre but then you end with 5 wraps and 4 strands which I felt looked a bit 'heavy'). The front rail, being slightly wider, had more wraps
Thank you for this. My mom has four Danish teak chairs that desperately need a repair of the rope seat. I think I maybe can do this. I just saw above where you can buy the cord too. Thank you so much.
Beautiful work, Mr. Hammond. A suggestion: a tool that might be handy for this material, and probably some others, would be an old-fashioned button hook. I'm not sure where you'd find one, but I don't think they're all that scarce.
I've been watching only for a few minutes so I don't know if my question will be answered later on, but here it is. The thing is I have the frame of an old little bench that I would like to weave this way and it was originally weaved in the backrest too. I can't find anyone around here who can do the job and it always frightened me to do it myself as I don't know where to begin really, but maybe with the help of this wonderful video I can consider the feat! The thing is my bench doesn't even have any nails left in it, so I would have to do that part of the job too...How to understand the spacing and positioning of the nails, the use of space in the bench and so on? Should I use the same width of the cord as you have even if the bench is bigger than a chair ( I suppose so) and how should I understand how much cord I need in advance? The bench seating is 94x47 cm (37x18,5 inches) and the backrest is 94x22 cm (37x8,66). They both have a wooden bar in the middle (so it's like two chairs united sharing one side). I hope you can provide some advice, thankyou!
it ws really help full , do u have any tutorial on how to put all these nails the spacing to keep between them ? why are some niails upa dn down some are in strgiht line
Hi Ed, I was wondering how to weave the backrest on a chair like the Hans J Wegner CH25? This is still the same pattern but its closed on the back?? What technique is that?
Hi nice video thank you! I’m just finishing a copy of a Wegner ch23, trying to figure out spacing/layout for the nails. I see that the nails on the front and back rails are spaced wider. Any specific measurements for front/back and sides? Thanks
Ed, this is a great video. I was so excited and ready to follow your instructions until realize my chairs have 3 sides that will be wrapped around by cord and one (back) that is exposed. Originally danish cord was stapled, no L-shaped nailed used. do you have experience/advice about how to hand it. thanks in advance.
The tacks that you are bending back, are they special L shaped nails, or are they nails that have been knocked in so far and bent over? otherwise I can't find and L shaped nail in Amazon UK.
Can this type of weaving be done just as easily in a chair that doesn’t have a square seat? The seat of the chair I’m looking at is square in the front but rounded in the back. Would there be different techniques to use for that type of seat?
Such an awesome video!! Thank you! Where did you get your papercord? I got some off of amazon and now that I'm starting to reweave the chair, what I got doesn't seem exactly like what you are using and what is on my old chairs.
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Thank you for this. I’ve replaced seats on 5 of the 6 authentic 1950’s Moller chairs I inherited from my mother using your wonderful technique. I’m on the last one now and almost regret finishing this satisfying project. You are a masterful teacher. Couldn’t have done it without you. (Btw: the chairs look amazing and everyone thinks I’m a genius haha) Thank you for your generosity in sharing your knowledge.
Hola Patricia!! estoy en argentina y quisiera encontrar el cordón danés..... soy nueva en esto y no se si habrá algún equivalente a ese cordón en mi país. Te agradecería mucho que me cuentes con que cordón lo has hecho vos?
Ed, Thank you a million times over for your patient and thorough explanation! Thanks also to your great camera-person behind the scenes, who knew exactly what we’d want to see. What a team! I’ve got 2 Mahler chairs down now, 4 to go - using my supplies from Peerless Rattan. : )
I am about to repair six chairs and this video has taken the fear away. Absolutely brilliantly clear. Thank you for introducing me to a new skill
This video makes weaving this pattern SOOOO understandable. I think I can do this! Thank you so much for explaining the details and offering explanations and helpful hints! AWESOME!!!
Thank you so much for this thorough video! I have rewoven seven of these chairs using your instructions. You have saved me hundreds of dollars!
Sincere thanks for helping us FINALLY complete a project we've put off for years and years, nearly done thanks to your easy to follow instructions!!
shawna hills That is great news! Congrats on completing your project.... now look for another type of chair to weave! :-)
Thank you, Mr. Hammond! I am not a very handy person and have never attempted anything like this, but your video got me through the challenge. Thank you for your detailed directions. This is a great video.
Very impressed with your technique and patience in explaining the process to complete amateurs. After seeing the great job you do (I watched three of your videos!), I admit I probably don't have patience to do it as well as I'd like it to be done, but I feel much more qualified to evaluate work when selecting someone to do the job for us. Thank you!
A beautiful job weaving this beautiful chair! Could watch you all day long weaving, thanks for sharing!
Incredible video - thank you. I have been putting off replacing the cording on my grandmothers Danish chairs for 10 years now and after watching your video, I feel confident that I can do it. I will be ordering the cording soon!
+James Kuhnert Great, I think you will enjoy weaving it!
Ed by far that is prettiest weave of all the ones I've seen. Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
I’m not even repairing a chair, this was just satisfying to watch. Great work!
Incredibly well done instructional video. Perfect pace and instructions. Thanks for posting this Mr. Hammond.
You are welcome!
Mr. Hammond, I would say this very respectfully, but I’m in love with you and your art! Love the way you describe every single step of the process, taking your time and not rushing anything . This nowadays that kind of attitude it’s almost extinct! So thank you , thank you, thank you 🙏
He is rushing :) Pun intended !!!
Watched this with great admiration! Excellent video, love your craftmanship.
thanks so much for your video! I just finished a stool "together" with you here :)
- actually it is even the third new danish cord seating, I did in the last years thanks to your great teaching!
Ed - incredibly good instructional video. I have been waiting a long time to replace the weave on my grandparents four chairs (and table) that I inherited. It is one of my most cherished possessions and now that I have the time to do this (quarantined like the rest of us) I am going to do it. Since the estimate I got from a local weaver was about $400 a chair - which I do not have. I would have never attempted this without your video. Thank you! I feel I can do this.
I'm sure you can! We sell the Danish cord at peerlessrattan.com
Fantastic vid. I have two pieces that need cord seats woven on them . I've had them over 20 years & have never really felt I could so the cording.Having watched this vid front to back , I feel as if I could do it if I paid attention . I really loved the weave look . I couldn't believe the first seat got cut off , that shocked me.
I really liked watching this tutorial. Thank you so very much for the lesson.
Thank you so much for your video, the explanations, your time and sharing your experience! Thanks to you now I can enjoy my "brand" new Danish cord chairs. Really nice work!
I did repair one of my danish corded chairs following this video and it turned out splendidly. Saved a bunch of money, but it was hard on my hands.
Thanks to this video I finished my first weaved stool. Thank you very much. From argentina!
A very well done, well explained, step by step video....very useful...I'm very happy there's people willing to share the knowledge...Thank you...Very pro...
BEST VIDEO EVER! I redid the weave on an old vintage chair like a seasoned pro...thanks tO YOU! So much detail to this video and a must watch. Thank You Ed!
Wonderful!
I'm from INDIA the country used to have this kind of art. But now a days modern chairs are taking their places. In 1980's 90% people used to have weaved CHARPAI or KHAAT in their Home.Very nice sir.
Thank you so very much! I will now tackle the job with great enthusiasm.
Your instructions are so clear. I really appreciate your sharing.
You're such a great teacher, thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙏🏾
THANK YOU! You've thoroughly and CLEARLY demystified a job I have delayed for many years. Even just learning the proper tension to use made your great explanation worth the price of admission. Now, my sweetheart will have to find something else to bug me about. Once again, THANK YOU.
I am glad you liked the video, good luck with your weaving!
Ricopolico
Thank you so much for making this video. It is incredibly well thought out and helpful!
Thank you very much! I did this from a book a few years ago and didn’t learn the technique quite as well.
Thank you for this video! I was able to do my first Danish cord chair with confidence. Thank you so much for that!!
Wow, what beautiful work you did. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I am in the planning process of refurbishing some chairs using the weaving technique and my biggest dilemma was the type of rope/ twine to use, veering more towards sisal rope; I will be using danish cord.
Your chair turned out beautifully... Thank you again!
Glad I could help you come to a decision.
Love your videos - I have watched several of yours. You really can tell this video is not your first try at a seat like so many other videos on UA-cam. Great work! Hope you are still doing chairs 6 years later.
Yes, we are.
Excellent job! A beautiful result that will last for many years.
Great job of explaining and demonstrating. I am sure I will watch again before starting my project.
How did your project turn out?
Beautiful video, Ed Hammond. You're my hero.
I am a Dane and I have 6 x N O Møller chairs nr. 71 with cord exactly like in the video.
I am inspired but also a bit freightened by your skills.
Thank you very much.
Carsten Hansen Glad you liked the video. It's not hard to do this, you will enjoy the experience.
You are the best weaving teacher , Thanks .
Thank you for this video & great instructions! Redid one chair past weekend an have got one more to go. Your video was so helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Beautiful job, so neat and even. Thanks for sharing!
Great tutorial. Thanks so much for taking the time to make this and upload it.
I'm glad you liked it, Dave! Hopefully it will help you out.
Very nice n better than best with all yr demonstration.
Thank you very much n always stay blessed.
thank you for your professionalism
I did it! Thank you so much! God bless you! I saw other videos and were missing a lot of detail.
You are such a pro, so clever at this, It is nice to watch you
Aw shucks, thanks!
I'm inspired! Beautifully done...
So detailed, very good instructional video, thank you sir!
Beautiful finish. Great to see the method from start to end.
+Andy Midd I'm glad you found the video helpful!
Such a great tutorial! Thanks for sharing.
Excellent video! Good hint on the pre drilling the holes for nail replacement or addition.
marie lynne Yes, I was speaking from experience!
I'm not one for leaving comments but this is awesome I've just started woodworking and plan to paracord a chair the same way many thanks 😎
fantastic, comprehensive video, thanks!
I used to count the number of wraps between the double warp strands and try to replicate it, but it would often not work out right. Then I realized I can just wrap until I reached a nail. Centering the warp strands directly over each nail generally works great (though sometimes the guy who put the original nails in didn't space them very evenly, then you have to adjust a bit).
You are doing things correctly!
Ed. I'd like to know if you have some suggestion to make a work like that in a metal tubular chair! I have a damaged Wassily! I think its structure would be pretty nice in this work! Thanks!
Super video very informative, excellent workman ship.
Amazing work, amazing lesson! Thanks!
glad you liked it!
Thanks for taking the time to make a great video with super clear instructions I can now attempt my two danish chairs with your great help Many Thanks again
That's great! Let me know when you finish, I'd love to see photos of them!
Great video. Thank you very much. It's very helpful.
Thank you so much for this video and your patience, I'm looking forward to accomplish my own woven chair.
You can do it!
An amazing work! I liked it very much. And iI learned a lot I love manuals works and this one resulted ordered and clean.. mis saludos desde Chile.
thank you very much!!. i want to weaving danish cord.. but, can not find solution, except your lesson.
thnak you so much! i just repeat you method. And its result so good.
thank you thank you ^^
You are welcome!
Thank you. This was very helpful.
thank you so much for sharing your knowledge , love what you do
Thanks for watching!
Maravilhoso/Marvellous Parabéns/Congratulations
Amazing lesson ,thanks
THANK YOU!!!! This is uber helpful!
Beautiful!
That piece that you removed would look beautiful framed
Excellent video . Just about to tackle my chairs but they have staples instead of nails to hold the cord in place. I am going to use the nails and wanted to know what distance should the nails be apart
Thank you so much. My chairs look amazing now. Although 50 ft. is way to much for step two.
Hi Ed, Fantastic video - I'm preparing to weave 5 Moller #78 chairs. I've noticed that the first series of longer wraps (completed at 13:00) have some play in them. Should they flop a little early on or should I be able to pluck them like a guitar sting (obviously not that tight but taught)? Many thanks!
Very nice.. I’m a danish apprentice as a cabinet-maker. I’ve just made my first chair and I will use your video for instructions to make the weave. Looking forward to it! Thanks!
Also: do you have the inside dimensions for this chair? I’m trying to calculate how many nails I need :-)
Regarding the number of wraps between each pair of strands - when I did my chairs, before removing the original seat, I counted the total number of wraps on each rail - that is strands around plus actual wraps. So I had 2x4 strands then 15 x 2 strands - 38 in total plus 16 gaps with 4 or maybe 5 wraps per gap, sometimes 3, sometimes 6! To keep the seat symmetrical, each side of the centre pin had alternating wraps of 5 and 4 (so each side had 36 wraps starting with 5 and ending with 4 wraps closest to the outer rail where there is 4 strands. You can have 4 either side of centre but then you end with 5 wraps and 4 strands which I felt looked a bit 'heavy'). The front rail, being slightly wider, had more wraps
Thanks for such a useful video
You are very welcome, thanks for your kind comments!
Thank you for this. My mom has four Danish teak chairs that desperately need a repair of the rope seat. I think I maybe can do this. I just saw above where you can buy the cord too. Thank you so much.
Beautiful work, Mr. Hammond. A suggestion: a tool that might be handy for this material, and probably some others, would be an old-fashioned button hook. I'm not sure where you'd find one, but I don't think they're all that scarce.
Yes, many people will think of and find nice tools to help them, thanks for contributing!
Perfect job!!!! I think in the market there are two end nails like U shape if someone want to keep the rope in secure point.
I've been watching only for a few minutes so I don't know if my question will be answered later on, but here it is. The thing is I have the frame of an old little bench that I would like to weave this way and it was originally weaved in the backrest too. I can't find anyone around here who can do the job and it always frightened me to do it myself as I don't know where to begin really, but maybe with the help of this wonderful video I can consider the feat! The thing is my bench doesn't even have any nails left in it, so I would have to do that part of the job too...How to understand the spacing and positioning of the nails, the use of space in the bench and so on? Should I use the same width of the cord as you have even if the bench is bigger than a chair ( I suppose so) and how should I understand how much cord I need in advance? The bench seating is 94x47 cm (37x18,5 inches) and the backrest is 94x22 cm (37x8,66). They both have a wooden bar in the middle (so it's like two chairs united sharing one side). I hope you can provide some advice, thankyou!
it ws really help full , do u have any tutorial on how to put all these nails the spacing to keep between them ? why are some niails upa dn down some are in strgiht line
I've doin that work for almost 16 yrs. Till now.
After you finish the nailing can you wrap 2 cords toward each side?
excellent video!
Thanks, Susan.
Hi Ed,
I was wondering how to weave the backrest on a chair like the Hans J Wegner CH25?
This is still the same pattern but its closed on the back?? What technique is that?
Hi nice video thank you! I’m just finishing a copy of a Wegner ch23, trying to figure out spacing/layout for the nails. I see that the nails on the front and back rails are spaced wider. Any specific measurements for front/back and sides? Thanks
Ed, this is a great video. I was so excited and ready to follow your instructions until realize my chairs have 3 sides that will be wrapped around by cord and one (back) that is exposed. Originally danish cord was stapled, no L-shaped nailed used. do you have experience/advice about how to hand it. thanks in advance.
Does my chair seat have to be perfectly square? Most chairs I see are slightly tapered. Thanks.
The tacks that you are bending back, are they special L shaped nails, or are they nails that have been knocked in so far and bent over? otherwise I can't find and L shaped nail in Amazon UK.
Me encanta, y si fuera en español seria la repera
so good
Very simplified and nice.. It helped me ... It would be great if you show some video of making woven rope bed...
Thanks for the suggestion, if we ever get a rope bed in here to weave, we'll make a video of it.
Can this type of weaving be done just as easily in a chair that doesn’t have a square seat? The seat of the chair I’m looking at is square in the front but rounded in the back. Would there be different techniques to use for that type of seat?
Maybe a crochet hook or latch hook would work the best for the last few rows. You do great videos. Thank you for your work.
Ed- Would you ever treat the finished chair with some kind of sealer? Like a spray?
Such an awesome video!! Thank you! Where did you get your papercord? I got some off of amazon and now that I'm starting to reweave the chair, what I got doesn't seem exactly like what you are using and what is on my old chairs.
Awsome👌👌👌 work. ❤❤❤🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🙏🙏
gentle Ed, in the first part of the assembly, what is the distance between one nail and the other? Thank you
Have you ever tried to use a crochet hook for those last couple rows? It might be easier than the tack remover.
My chair had no nails to attach the original seat. How do I know where to to nails in before I begin to weave?
Is sisal string a type of seagrass?
for making new bench, what should be the distance between two danish nails?
Great video! Whats the name of the L-shaped nails? Cant find them in my area