Moving in with my partner and having my partners in my life there are two primary rules: Do NOT use my good scissors for anything, and if you bring any lilies into this apartment with the cats it will be the last thing you do. My partners have started telling everyone else these rules too, which is sweet.
Congrats on your TS! I cared for my son after his, so I know it can be a bit of a struggle the first few days. Please take care of yourself as you heal. I wish you happy healing and a speedy recovery!
For some reason the algorithm gods popped this one up on my feed. I’m not a weaver but I was fascinated by the way you warped the loom. As to the quilting police - there ain’t none. You go ahead and do what you like to your blanket. It’s your blanket and a fine one at that. All the best with your surgery.
it is a very good blanket! i have a similar one but in a rainbow of dishcloth cotton that i use every night of the summer. i have a slightly larger 25" schacht flip that i bought before my disability so mine is woven in 6 strips. congrats on your top surgery! i am also disabled, but i decided to just start indirect warping after i couldn't do direct warping anymore, but the hybrid system you are using now is ingenious imo.
Nice work!!! I like your explanations of how you think of things. Best of luck w surgery and a gentle recovery. Be patient with yourself- it takes time.
Good luck with top surgery! Your binding is perfectly functional and you have nothing to apologize for. I have bound plenty of things by topstitching both sides at the same time.
I've been chewed out by actual quilters before, so I do the disclaimer ahead of time. There's so much gatekeeping in the fiber arts, it's part of why I try to make these videos the way I do.
@@HawksongWeaving Yes to the gatekeeping. Too many fiber folks think they know the only right way to do something. I'm primarily a weaver but also got into knitting and discovered a book by the famous knitter Elizabeth Zimmerman who said that there are no mistakes in knitting, just new techniques. Such a great attitude and it was a huge help to me at the beginning of my knitting and especially when I taught my daughters to knit.
That's interesting that your eyes are affected by EDS. I appreciate you sharing that tidbit about yourself because it gives me (and maybe others) a sense of community in a way. I have all kinds of strange sypmptoms from my various issues and I never know what's normal and what's illness. I love the idea of reclaiming a painful past and playfully weaving healing into a beautiful blanket.
I live in Northampton, MA, and because of the venn diagram stack of pancakes of folks who are drawn to this town I have a lot of friends with EDS. Us getting together and talking about what's going on with our bodies has been SO healing. I honestly suggest titkok, the EDS community there is really good about sharing resources and answers about "hey is this body part supposed to do this?"
First off - congratulations on getting your top surgery! I am also transmasc. My transition is . . . a collection of some of the best decisions of my life. Recovery isn't easy, but I have full faith in you. In addition, I am also planning on making a blanket in this way! I like how you finished up the borders, so I may do that for mine as well. I also love your accordion coatrack trick, so I may have to borrow it. I am not physically disabled (though the auDHD has me firmly in its clutches), but I don't have enough space to wind a large warp. So I may have to copy some of your tricks...!
Thank you! Yeah, same about the transition. I'm transmasc agender, and most of my physical transition is less about running from dysphoria and more about running to euphoria and less physical pain (the Testosterone has helped with the POTS SO MUCH, holy crap). Heck yes for the blanket! Feel free to take what works regarding the adaptive methods and leave the rest!
What a lovely blanket! I hope it brings you comfort as you recover from your surgery. I’m not sure why the algorithm showed me this video as I’m not much of a weaver (that was my mom's particular passion), but I enjoyed spending time in your calm and chatty company
Calm and chatty might be one of the best ways to describe my content, lol! My partner's dad has called me the "Bob Ross of Weaving UA-cam" which I take to mean that I have won at content creation!
@@HawksongWeaving That's perfect! I always look forward to watching your videos. I make an event of it -- have a cup of tea and maybe something sweet while I watch.
What a great blanket! I am also a disabled cricket loom weaver, so it's neat to see how other people adapt different parts of the process to be more accessible. I have made 2 blankets over my years as a weaver, but I have used my larger Flip Loom (30"), but using my larger loom has become more difficult due to my disability. Exciting to consider that I could do something similar on my little Cricket! When I learned to weave, I was taught that acrylic yarns don't tend to drape as nicely as natural fibers, but from the shots at the end, it looks like the drape is nice on this finished blanket. I also like to use thrifted yarns when I can, but it is difficult to find natural fibers.
The drape definitely depends on the yarn gauges. For a blanket I would recommend a thinner warp and a thicker weft like I did here, that allows for more flexibility and drape. For my table runners I definitely rely on that acrylic stiffness, and I use aryan gauge for both the warp and the weft. I love my little Cricket, it's such a workhorse and it's light enough and sturdy enough that I don't have to worry about slinging it around my studio (I have dropped that thing several times, and it's still going strong!)
@@HawksongWeaving Thanks for the info on the yarns weights! Maybe I'll give it a go next time I'm at a thrift store looking at yarns if there's some nice acrylic ones. The Cricket truly is such a little gem of a loom. I love that it is small and light enough that I can use it in a recliner/reclined in bed.
@@wilyweaver I have a video on ideas for the cheap yellowing white acrylic yarn that you find at thrift stores all the time that you might find useful!
Flip looms are extremely heavy. Schacht makes very sturdy products and they're a great company but the flip loom was way too heavy for me and I ended up selling it (but my floor loom is a Schacht Mighty Wolf). I now use an Ashford knitter loom which folds and is very lightweight. I love weaving on it and I take it on vacation.
From a quilter I wasn't shouting just thinking that I wanted to show you an easier way to bind. Your finished blanket didn't suffer from the way you did it.
Thank you! I mean, it did, the binding was super stiff, but that's because I hyperfocused and did too many rounds of the zigzag stitching. I'm planning on hitting up quilting youtube during surgery recovery.
We went on vacation and so I saved your video to my Watch Later list. Just got to watch it. By now your surgery must be over. Really hope you are doing well, recovering, beginning to feel the relief of the top surgery more than the pain from the surgery. Lovely blanket! I'm awful at sewing so have no criticism of what you did. It looks good to me! It's a great size. The blocks of different shades work really well. And it looks thick and soft. As for the "right" (traditional) way to measure out the warp, the main tradition in weaving is ingenuity. We weavers are always having to come up with solutions using common household items, odd bits of wood and creativity. Your clever warping method (which I'm considering using) is a perfect example of that. I'm working on a 3 panel blanket right now (am weaving the 2nd panel) and I hope it comes out as well as your blanket did.
@@HawksongWeaving I'll say what I'm sure everyone else is saying -- give yourself time! Look at progress in terms of months, not days. Love to all the lovely people and cats in your life.
OMG I laughed soooo hard at your comment on the last Patreon tier description. It’s soooooo spot on! As someone with an invisible disability, I completely identify with this. STOP telling me that a pink sea salt lamp and/or eating burnt toast will cure my genetic neurological disease. Just stop. Gorgeous blanket and peace, love and good juju from me to you. ❤
Thank you once again for sharing your journey and weaving. We are united in health complications and biological people who should be unalive. Please tell your partner I waved back at her when she did her usual surprise (though not so much anymore) cameo 😂. The blanket is a beautiful poem. Probably seems weird to say that, but seems like a beautiful poem representing part of your journey to me. Sending you all the good juju and speedy recovery for the 20th ❤❤❤❤
I will! She delights in being the "weird cryptid partner," I don't have the heart to tell her that pretty much everyone thinks it's adorable. A poem is a good way to put it! Thank you for that image.
@@HawksongWeaving I understand your partner’s plight, my kids tell me I’m adorable when I’m trying to be mad and cranky and then they pat my head because I’m a 5 ft nothing short a** and they get their 6ft height from their dads side. I’m scary dammit 🐭🤣🤣🤣
@@lovecraftwithme The thing is that so much of society views her as this terrifying goth transfemme, and both myself and her/my other partner are like: "This person? This giant newfie coded floof of a sweetheart marshmallow? Really?" My shorter partner does share your frustration though. It helps that I know full well she could kick my a**, not that it's hard to do so. IPolyamory is a quick way of showing that you have a type and mine is "fluffy haired gamer with a heart of gold who could unalive me but thinks I'm funny and adorable instead."
@@HawksongWeaving I love that, but I think we all know society is effed up and will see 'what's scary' in the wrong traits. The neat and well dressed church leader = abusive (my experience not a baseless assumption), me, tattooed, pierced with dreadlocks = not to be trusted, but you will be so safe with me....unless of course you hurt someone then yeah I will become a problem for you. Plus I'm a crafter, I'm creative I know how to hide bOdies and from all the hot glue I have no fingerprints lol. AndI love watching your channel, because I can tell, you can see the realness of people, not just the performative aspect. I feel like you are my people
Love your finished blanket! I'm not a quilter or sewer either, and it looks pretty perfect to me. 😊 Good luck with your surgery. I hope everything goes smoothly, and your recovery is quick, and as pain-free as possible. ❤ Tamantha
It takes practice. Keep in mind I'm a year+ into figuring out my adaptive methods and what works for me. There was a LOT of swearing and frustration and tears when I was first figuring things out.
Lovely blanket! I got a tiny loom years ago as a gift and played around with it a bunch but it simply wasn't as fun as the real thing. I wish you the best with your upcoming surgery!
I love to learn new crafts and someday I hope to try weaving. I love your sense of humor; your description of your highest Patreon tier made me cackle! I'm excited to have found your channel.
The UA-cam algorithm blessed me this morning with this video. I really enjoyed watching your process! I love the blanket, and I wish you a super successful surgery with easy, uneventful healing. I also am disabled from hEDS and it's myriad of associated symptoms. I'm also a recent-ish tongue cancer survivor, and I'm still learning how to manage all that comes with post-cancer self-care and symptom management in a body as wonky as mine, with fatigue, pain, and a weird brain. As a result, I haven't crafted to any significant degree in ages, and what projects I have attempted are rarely completed, mostly due to executive dysfunction. Now, being 3 years out from my surgery, and 2.5 years out from a very difficult series of revision surgeries, I'm working to reclaim crafting as a thing that brings me joy. It hasn't been super easy, but I'm slowly but surely engaging more of that creativity, and basking in the glow of "omg, I made that myself!" I'm looking forward to delving into other videos of yours. Thanks for sharing your awesomeness with the internet, and again, I hope you have an excellent outcome from your top surgery.
Mwhahahaha!!! Now you are warped and ONE OF US!!!! You cannot escape my vile clutches, but instead get cozy weaving with occasional disabled kvetching content!!! Mwahahaha!!!
I have a tshirt I made for events this June that reads "Living in Massachusetts, not Massive Huge T*ts, Teat Yeet, August 2024" that I'm going to turn into either a pillowcase or something else post surgery.
The use of the small accordion coat rack is BRILLIANT!!! Do you have a more detailed video lesson on how to use it? This is perfect for my situation. I'm a (hopefully) new weaver. I am saving for my first loom, so I don't have anything yet. This setup is perfect for me since I have zero space.
I do! Head to the Playlists tab, there's a Disability Adaptive Tutorial playlist, I have two in detail videos on the adaptive warping method I developed.
Another HEDS crafter! (And also nb transmasc? Wild we’re more similar than i thought) thank you for sharing stuff that works for you! I’ll have to try it out and see if it helps with some of the soreness i encounter while working on a piece
Transmasc agender technically (I went into it more in the "Gender Journey Shawl" video), but nonbinary has a better flag, lol. And absolutely for showing what works for me! I came to this from knitting and I just can't maintain the tension anymore, my fingers have gotten too loose. And losing knitting was a Loss. So any adaptive crafting methods I can share I will.
The short answer is: I wing it. The longer answer is: Due to my Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome I’m effectively dyslexic, so I guesstimate, and I keep track of how much spring the yarn has and use my loom as a measuring tool.
It's an accordion coat rack, I got mine on Amazon for about $8.00. I love that thing so much, it's so much more affordable and easy to use than a traditional warping board. With it I can also get a direct warp on in a fraction of the time.
Thank you so much for your comment! It really helps boost the algorithm to get my content paid, and to people who appreciate it! I hope you have a great day!
It's crazy to run into someone with so many similar intersections. GenderQueer trans masculine person here with heds and I was shocked to find out how well just low dose testosterone treats both my gender Dysphoria and reduced a lot of symptoms associated with my EDS. I went from deteriorating towards bed bound to being physically active with high impact activities ~almost~ weekly. I still struggle with internal issues associated and I still have occasional subluxations and my pots got mildly worse on T but overall T stabilized my joints and allows me to make and retain enough muscle mass to avoid repetitive ligament injuries. But also ugh I'm pretty sure my eyes are destabilizing again after eye surgery a few years ago 🫠 I'm in so many goddamn therapies for hEDS it's ridiculous
@@uarestrong76 Oh that's such a mood. I know so many folks with these intersections but I live in Northampton, MA, which draws AFAB genderqueer folk due to Smith. SO MANY OF US have the intersection of HEDS/POTS/MCAS/AUDHD and gender.
Anyone who works with fibre and/or cloth needs a 'don't ask how much these cost' pair of scissors!
Moving in with my partner and having my partners in my life there are two primary rules: Do NOT use my good scissors for anything, and if you bring any lilies into this apartment with the cats it will be the last thing you do. My partners have started telling everyone else these rules too, which is sweet.
@@HawksongWeaving Didn't know about lilies and cats. Now I'll be sure never to have any around my grandcats.
Congrats on your TS! I cared for my son after his, so I know it can be a bit of a struggle the first few days. Please take care of yourself as you heal. I wish you happy healing and a speedy recovery!
I've got a really good support network, so I'm better off than most. I'm glad your son had you!
For some reason the algorithm gods popped this one up on my feed. I’m not a weaver but I was fascinated by the way you warped the loom. As to the quilting police - there ain’t none. You go ahead and do what you like to your blanket. It’s your blanket and a fine one at that. All the best with your surgery.
Thank you! And I'm glad you found me!
it is a very good blanket! i have a similar one but in a rainbow of dishcloth cotton that i use every night of the summer. i have a slightly larger 25" schacht flip that i bought before my disability so mine is woven in 6 strips. congrats on your top surgery! i am also disabled, but i decided to just start indirect warping after i couldn't do direct warping anymore, but the hybrid system you are using now is ingenious imo.
Oh, I hadn't considered dishcloth cotton for a blanket, especially in the summer that makes so much sense! I love it! Thank you!
Nice work!!! I like your explanations of how you think of things. Best of luck w surgery and a gentle recovery. Be patient with yourself- it takes time.
Thank you!
Awesome blanket! I hope you recover quickly without complications after your top surgery!
Thank you!
Good luck with top surgery! Your binding is perfectly functional and you have nothing to apologize for. I have bound plenty of things by topstitching both sides at the same time.
I've been chewed out by actual quilters before, so I do the disclaimer ahead of time. There's so much gatekeeping in the fiber arts, it's part of why I try to make these videos the way I do.
@@HawksongWeaving Yes to the gatekeeping. Too many fiber folks think they know the only right way to do something.
I'm primarily a weaver but also got into knitting and discovered a book by the famous knitter Elizabeth Zimmerman who said that there are no mistakes in knitting, just new techniques. Such a great attitude and it was a huge help to me at the beginning of my knitting and especially when I taught my daughters to knit.
Hope the surgery goes well and you recover smoothly! It’s a lovely blanket.
Thank you!
I enjoyed your video. Thx for sharing so much of yourself. I look forward to watching more
That's interesting that your eyes are affected by EDS. I appreciate you sharing that tidbit about yourself because it gives me (and maybe others) a sense of community in a way. I have all kinds of strange sypmptoms from my various issues and I never know what's normal and what's illness. I love the idea of reclaiming a painful past and playfully weaving healing into a beautiful blanket.
I live in Northampton, MA, and because of the venn diagram stack of pancakes of folks who are drawn to this town I have a lot of friends with EDS. Us getting together and talking about what's going on with our bodies has been SO healing. I honestly suggest titkok, the EDS community there is really good about sharing resources and answers about "hey is this body part supposed to do this?"
First off - congratulations on getting your top surgery! I am also transmasc. My transition is . . . a collection of some of the best decisions of my life. Recovery isn't easy, but I have full faith in you.
In addition, I am also planning on making a blanket in this way! I like how you finished up the borders, so I may do that for mine as well. I also love your accordion coatrack trick, so I may have to borrow it. I am not physically disabled (though the auDHD has me firmly in its clutches), but I don't have enough space to wind a large warp. So I may have to copy some of your tricks...!
Thank you! Yeah, same about the transition. I'm transmasc agender, and most of my physical transition is less about running from dysphoria and more about running to euphoria and less physical pain (the Testosterone has helped with the POTS SO MUCH, holy crap).
Heck yes for the blanket! Feel free to take what works regarding the adaptive methods and leave the rest!
How am I just discovering your channel ...I heart you❤❤❤❤..New Subbie!!!!
Thank you!
What a lovely blanket! I hope it brings you comfort as you recover from your surgery. I’m not sure why the algorithm showed me this video as I’m not much of a weaver (that was my mom's particular passion), but I enjoyed spending time in your calm and chatty company
Calm and chatty might be one of the best ways to describe my content, lol! My partner's dad has called me the "Bob Ross of Weaving UA-cam" which I take to mean that I have won at content creation!
@@HawksongWeaving That's perfect! I always look forward to watching your videos. I make an event of it -- have a cup of tea and maybe something sweet while I watch.
I just found your channel and so glad I did. The work is so beautiful and it's amazing how you found adaptations to help you do something you love.❤
Thank you!
What a great blanket! I am also a disabled cricket loom weaver, so it's neat to see how other people adapt different parts of the process to be more accessible. I have made 2 blankets over my years as a weaver, but I have used my larger Flip Loom (30"), but using my larger loom has become more difficult due to my disability. Exciting to consider that I could do something similar on my little Cricket!
When I learned to weave, I was taught that acrylic yarns don't tend to drape as nicely as natural fibers, but from the shots at the end, it looks like the drape is nice on this finished blanket. I also like to use thrifted yarns when I can, but it is difficult to find natural fibers.
The drape definitely depends on the yarn gauges. For a blanket I would recommend a thinner warp and a thicker weft like I did here, that allows for more flexibility and drape. For my table runners I definitely rely on that acrylic stiffness, and I use aryan gauge for both the warp and the weft.
I love my little Cricket, it's such a workhorse and it's light enough and sturdy enough that I don't have to worry about slinging it around my studio (I have dropped that thing several times, and it's still going strong!)
@@HawksongWeaving Thanks for the info on the yarns weights! Maybe I'll give it a go next time I'm at a thrift store looking at yarns if there's some nice acrylic ones.
The Cricket truly is such a little gem of a loom. I love that it is small and light enough that I can use it in a recliner/reclined in bed.
@@wilyweaver I have a video on ideas for the cheap yellowing white acrylic yarn that you find at thrift stores all the time that you might find useful!
@@HawksongWeaving Oh great! I'll go take a look at that!
Flip looms are extremely heavy. Schacht makes very sturdy products and they're a great company but the flip loom was way too heavy for me and I ended up selling it (but my floor loom is a Schacht Mighty Wolf).
I now use an Ashford knitter loom which folds and is very lightweight. I love weaving on it and I take it on vacation.
From a quilter I wasn't shouting just thinking that I wanted to show you an easier way to bind. Your finished blanket didn't suffer from the way you did it.
Thank you! I mean, it did, the binding was super stiff, but that's because I hyperfocused and did too many rounds of the zigzag stitching. I'm planning on hitting up quilting youtube during surgery recovery.
We went on vacation and so I saved your video to my Watch Later list. Just got to watch it. By now your surgery must be over. Really hope you are doing well, recovering, beginning to feel the relief of the top surgery more than the pain from the surgery.
Lovely blanket! I'm awful at sewing so have no criticism of what you did. It looks good to me! It's a great size. The blocks of different shades work really well. And it looks thick and soft. As for the "right" (traditional) way to measure out the warp, the main tradition in weaving is ingenuity. We weavers are always having to come up with solutions using common household items, odd bits of wood and creativity. Your clever warping method (which I'm considering using) is a perfect example of that.
I'm working on a 3 panel blanket right now (am weaving the 2nd panel) and I hope it comes out as well as your blanket did.
Thank you so much! I'm healing well, mostly the struggle is combating brain fog from my POTS/MCAS symptom management being disrupted.
@@HawksongWeaving I'll say what I'm sure everyone else is saying -- give yourself time! Look at progress in terms of months, not days.
Love to all the lovely people and cats in your life.
OMG I laughed soooo hard at your comment on the last Patreon tier description. It’s soooooo spot on! As someone with an invisible disability, I completely identify with this. STOP telling me that a pink sea salt lamp and/or eating burnt toast will cure my genetic neurological disease. Just stop.
Gorgeous blanket and peace, love and good juju from me to you. ❤
100% I don't know what's worse, not being believed, or being lectured at with things that absolutely WILL NOT HELP.
You did a great job! Be proud.
This was a relaxing video to watch on a bad pain day. Good luck with your surgery!
Thank you! I try to make the content that I needed/want to see, especially for pain days.
Thank you once again for sharing your journey and weaving. We are united in health complications and biological people who should be unalive. Please tell your partner I waved back at her when she did her usual surprise (though not so much anymore) cameo 😂. The blanket is a beautiful poem. Probably seems weird to say that, but seems like a beautiful poem representing part of your journey to me. Sending you all the good juju and speedy recovery for the 20th ❤❤❤❤
I will! She delights in being the "weird cryptid partner," I don't have the heart to tell her that pretty much everyone thinks it's adorable. A poem is a good way to put it! Thank you for that image.
@@HawksongWeaving I understand your partner’s plight, my kids tell me I’m adorable when I’m trying to be mad and cranky and then they pat my head because I’m a 5 ft nothing short a** and they get their 6ft height from their dads side. I’m scary dammit 🐭🤣🤣🤣
@@lovecraftwithme The thing is that so much of society views her as this terrifying goth transfemme, and both myself and her/my other partner are like: "This person? This giant newfie coded floof of a sweetheart marshmallow? Really?"
My shorter partner does share your frustration though. It helps that I know full well she could kick my a**, not that it's hard to do so.
IPolyamory is a quick way of showing that you have a type and mine is "fluffy haired gamer with a heart of gold who could unalive me but thinks I'm funny and adorable instead."
@@HawksongWeaving I love that, but I think we all know society is effed up and will see 'what's scary' in the wrong traits. The neat and well dressed church leader = abusive (my experience not a baseless assumption), me, tattooed, pierced with dreadlocks = not to be trusted, but you will be so safe with me....unless of course you hurt someone then yeah I will become a problem for you. Plus I'm a crafter, I'm creative I know how to hide bOdies and from all the hot glue I have no fingerprints lol. AndI love watching your channel, because I can tell, you can see the realness of people, not just the performative aspect. I feel like you are my people
Love your finished blanket! I'm not a quilter or sewer either, and it looks pretty perfect to me. 😊 Good luck with your surgery. I hope everything goes smoothly, and your recovery is quick, and as pain-free as possible.
❤ Tamantha
Thank you! It's so surreal that I'm going to be able to live my life in less pain. I can't wait!
THE TOWEL!!! It is everything ❤ Thank you. My warping is so wild I shouldn't even show it😂😂😂
The towels make SUCH a difference! I love them and when they get really squished down and less effective they can be washed and refloofed!
You make this all seem so easy, I've been quite hesitant to try weaving, but I may try it after watching this
It takes practice. Keep in mind I'm a year+ into figuring out my adaptive methods and what works for me. There was a LOT of swearing and frustration and tears when I was first figuring things out.
Good luck with your top surgery!
Thank you!
The using the accordion peg hook thingie for wrapping is genius! I really enjoyed the video, good luck with your surgery
Thank you!
Lovely blanket! I got a tiny loom years ago as a gift and played around with it a bunch but it simply wasn't as fun as the real thing. I wish you the best with your upcoming surgery!
I get what you mean, but I'd argue that it is the real thing still. Thank you for your well wishes!
I love to learn new crafts and someday I hope to try weaving. I love your sense of humor; your description of your highest Patreon tier made me cackle! I'm excited to have found your channel.
You've got to laugh or you'll spend your entire life sobbing and it's hard to sob and weave at the same time, lol!
The UA-cam algorithm blessed me this morning with this video. I really enjoyed watching your process! I love the blanket, and I wish you a super successful surgery with easy, uneventful healing.
I also am disabled from hEDS and it's myriad of associated symptoms. I'm also a recent-ish tongue cancer survivor, and I'm still learning how to manage all that comes with post-cancer self-care and symptom management in a body as wonky as mine, with fatigue, pain, and a weird brain.
As a result, I haven't crafted to any significant degree in ages, and what projects I have attempted are rarely completed, mostly due to executive dysfunction.
Now, being 3 years out from my surgery, and 2.5 years out from a very difficult series of revision surgeries, I'm working to reclaim crafting as a thing that brings me joy. It hasn't been super easy, but I'm slowly but surely engaging more of that creativity, and basking in the glow of "omg, I made that myself!"
I'm looking forward to delving into other videos of yours. Thanks for sharing your awesomeness with the internet, and again, I hope you have an excellent outcome from your top surgery.
That is so cool. I have the same loom and wondered how to make blankets. Thank you!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Accidentally came across this video and I think I'm staying. Good luck with the yeet
Mwhahahaha!!! Now you are warped and ONE OF US!!!! You cannot escape my vile clutches, but instead get cozy weaving with occasional disabled kvetching content!!! Mwahahaha!!!
The blanket looks great!
Congrats on the yeeting :D
I have a tshirt I made for events this June that reads "Living in Massachusetts, not Massive Huge T*ts, Teat Yeet, August 2024" that I'm going to turn into either a pillowcase or something else post surgery.
Watching this was a great way to start a week.
I'm so glad!
Love the blanket!, love your skills AND attitude ;-D
Thank you!
I miss my job. I miss threading and warping glass threads. All 810 of them.
Ok, I need to try that accordion coat hanger idea. I don’t have the space for a long direct warp or the funds for a warping peg board.
The use of the small accordion coat rack is BRILLIANT!!! Do you have a more detailed video lesson on how to use it? This is perfect for my situation. I'm a (hopefully) new weaver. I am saving for my first loom, so I don't have anything yet. This setup is perfect for me since I have zero space.
I do! Head to the Playlists tab, there's a Disability Adaptive Tutorial playlist, I have two in detail videos on the adaptive warping method I developed.
Another HEDS crafter! (And also nb transmasc? Wild we’re more similar than i thought) thank you for sharing stuff that works for you! I’ll have to try it out and see if it helps with some of the soreness i encounter while working on a piece
Transmasc agender technically (I went into it more in the "Gender Journey Shawl" video), but nonbinary has a better flag, lol. And absolutely for showing what works for me! I came to this from knitting and I just can't maintain the tension anymore, my fingers have gotten too loose. And losing knitting was a Loss. So any adaptive crafting methods I can share I will.
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How do you determine warp with thrifted yarn for width and length.
The short answer is: I wing it.
The longer answer is: Due to my Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome I’m effectively dyslexic, so I guesstimate, and I keep track of how much spring the yarn has and use my loom as a measuring tool.
@@HawksongWeavingthank you. I just need to find thrifted yarn and try it. 👏🏽😃
What are you using to warp your loom
It's an accordion coat rack, I got mine on Amazon for about $8.00. I love that thing so much, it's so much more affordable and easy to use than a traditional warping board. With it I can also get a direct warp on in a fraction of the time.
Your next video-' Kitty as a Fabric Weight'.
@@loganpollock1689 Oh that is a good idea!
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Lol, thank you!
Don't need the queer crap.
No one needs your negativity.
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@@HawksongWeaving I love this!
It's crazy to run into someone with so many similar intersections. GenderQueer trans masculine person here with heds and I was shocked to find out how well just low dose testosterone treats both my gender Dysphoria and reduced a lot of symptoms associated with my EDS. I went from deteriorating towards bed bound to being physically active with high impact activities ~almost~ weekly. I still struggle with internal issues associated and I still have occasional subluxations and my pots got mildly worse on T but overall T stabilized my joints and allows me to make and retain enough muscle mass to avoid repetitive ligament injuries.
But also ugh I'm pretty sure my eyes are destabilizing again after eye surgery a few years ago 🫠 I'm in so many goddamn therapies for hEDS it's ridiculous
@@uarestrong76 Oh that's such a mood. I know so many folks with these intersections but I live in Northampton, MA, which draws AFAB genderqueer folk due to Smith. SO MANY OF US have the intersection of HEDS/POTS/MCAS/AUDHD and gender.