One day…I rewatch your videos to keep inspired. I’ve been too dizzy to do much fabric crafting so I wait for my neck to heal again, and watch videos to keep my spirits up. My latest weave is only half finished, so it’s on the sidelines until I can look down. Took a fall three years ago and occasionally I have my neck give me fits. Bulging disc causes me to be an actual dizzy blonde. I’m so glad I found your videos or all I would have made is scarves! Scarves are nice, but garments are better. Have a blessed week and keep teaching. You are needed!
Oh, ouch, that sounds painful. You must take care and not do anything to aggravate your neck, not worth it in the long run. Your weaving won't go anywhere, it'll be there when you're ready 😉
As an ancient history enthusiast, I do favour square construction methods and maintaining selvedge edges. Granted, I'm not new to sewing, but there is one tip I can share with people coming to terms with cutting anxiety... lightweight fusible tricot interfacing. Thin strips of tricot are magic for holding a complex cut edge together. Painters tape is also useful. I sometimes lay down two pieces of painters tape and cut in between them. The tape is a great temporary hold for both cut edges.
Super informative! I am not a confident sewer & will begin my weaving journey so its all so overwhelming. So thank you for this. I will begin with squares first!
No, unless you find it on ebay. I have Elisabeth's agreement to share the pages, I'll be putting them in my etsy shop shortly www.etsy.com/shop/uk/GetWeaving
Hi June, they measure 10in x 30in plus 2x5in for fringes. You need to allow for weft draw in -I add 10%- and warp take up- 10%- and loom waste 20in. So your warp is 11in wide x 30 + 3 + 20= 53in long. Your loom waste can be the fringes. This is for a rigid heddle loom by the way.
Would you recommend serging as an alternative? I own a really nice serger/ cover stitch machine and with the air threading feature it speeds up the process
My usual preference is iron on woven interfacing and a serger, I'm just showing the steps we took to reach it! I've done a video called Cutting Without Fear, a bit earlier. Even so, the first cuts are the scariest so I'm trying to keep things simple for now, for early sewers.
I’m becoming more confident after watching. Much Gratitude! 💚💫
@ashersinclaire that's good to hear! And I remember the saying- the person who never made mistakes never made anything. Very true 👍
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One day…I rewatch your videos to keep inspired. I’ve been too dizzy to do much fabric crafting so I wait for my neck to heal again, and watch videos to keep my spirits up. My latest weave is only half finished, so it’s on the sidelines until I can look down. Took a fall three years ago and occasionally I have my neck give me fits. Bulging disc causes me to be an actual dizzy blonde.
I’m so glad I found your videos or all I would have made is scarves! Scarves are nice, but garments are better.
Have a blessed week and keep teaching. You are needed!
Oh, ouch, that sounds painful. You must take care and not do anything to aggravate your neck, not worth it in the long run.
Your weaving won't go anywhere, it'll be there when you're ready 😉
Thanks Sarah. There is so much one can do with simple shapes.
Absolutely, just needs a bit of thought
I purchased your book and some patterns last year. Haven't made anything yet, but it is on my bucket list. Love that hoodie!
As an ancient history enthusiast, I do favour square construction methods and maintaining selvedge edges. Granted, I'm not new to sewing, but there is one tip I can share with people coming to terms with cutting anxiety... lightweight fusible tricot interfacing. Thin strips of tricot are magic for holding a complex cut edge together. Painters tape is also useful. I sometimes lay down two pieces of painters tape and cut in between them. The tape is a great temporary hold for both cut edges.
Great tip! I'll try that, as long as its the low tac so it doesn't lift the surface. Clever you 👍👌👏
Super informative! I am not a confident sewer & will begin my weaving journey so its all so overwhelming. So thank you for this. I will begin with squares first!
Keep watching....I'm trying to share everything I've learnt.....so far! Happy weaving 😊
Thanks for the wonderful tips! 👍👍👍
You're welcome 😊
Thank you!
Do you have a pattern for the hooded shirt you are wearing?
Yes, its T009 in my etsy shop but I'm afraid it's out of stock, I'll re-stock by the end of this week
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/GetWeaving
Excellent advice and video thank you. Is your first book still available?
No, unless you find it on ebay. I have Elisabeth's agreement to share the pages, I'll be putting them in my etsy shop shortly
www.etsy.com/shop/uk/GetWeaving
can you put the links to your etsy (and other sites) on your youtube channel?
The site won't let me do this at the moment but I'll keep trying!
Thanks Sarah. Is it possible that you can produce a woven pattern for those little cross overs scarfs. I don't know where to start. Thanks June
Hi June, they measure 10in x 30in plus 2x5in for fringes. You need to allow for weft draw in -I add 10%- and warp take up- 10%- and loom waste 20in. So your warp is 11in wide x 30 + 3 + 20= 53in long. Your loom waste can be the fringes. This is for a rigid heddle loom by the way.
Then fold the fabric in half putting one twist in, stitch the ends together just inside the fringes. I hope that helps!
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Would you recommend serging as an alternative? I own a really nice serger/ cover stitch machine and with the air threading feature it speeds up the process
My usual preference is iron on woven interfacing and a serger, I'm just showing the steps we took to reach it! I've done a video called Cutting Without Fear, a bit earlier. Even so, the first cuts are the scariest so I'm trying to keep things simple for now, for early sewers.
@@getweaving8459 gotcha! And thanks for your response! It’s nice seeing the steps you went through to get to your current practice