Hi, i am new to weaving and was trying to find twill weave warping (which i couldn't on UA-cam) when I found this series of yours and I'm so grateful for it. You have put everything so simply that even a beginner like me can understand it all. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Hope to see more such series for rigid heddle loom.
Thank you so much for your patience in showing us and demystifying double heddle weaving! With your calm guidance I have my warp on!....Now the fun begins....ha!
I am watching these videos with great fascination! I don’t even own two heddles (yet), but this looks quite doable! Thank you for the inspiration, and I love the color combinations!
thank you so much for making your videos on this. I wasn't getting it at all until I watched your videos . Now, I think I will try it. Great instructions and just enough information without being overwhelming.
Thank you very much for your informative videos. Your instructions are so clear and detailed but nothwithstand this I had to thread more than once the heddles to get the right sequence but at last I did it and I am so happy with the result.
Commented on the first in this series, now the last, thank you. I am now subscribed, think you sis a great job in explaining and walking us through, start to fabric. outstanding. When I get a few more under my belt, I am SO doing this. I look forward to seeing more from you
Thank you soooo much for patiently walking us through this with your instructions. My next project will be that, first try, and this has been very helpful!
I’m warped, threaded and anxious to start weaving so I can see the magic unfold. Your videos made it so easy to figure out (tho patience is a must). I’m confounded as to how someone would figure this out! Back slot, front hole; 2 slots back, hole, slot front. How do you figure it out? And where do you find more patterns like this? I have weaving books but they don’t show this type of pattern.
Thank you so much for the diagram and videos! It took much concentration to thread the heddles but I split the work into the 14 threads and it worked!!! I used pearl cotton so the threads would not stick with 10 dent reed-great!!!
Thank you soooo much for the series of videos. I can’t wait to try it out. I really want to understand the relationship behind the threading and heddle/pick up stick placements to create patterns. In other words, how one translates a pattern into the threading, heddle sequences. I’m sure that will come with time and practice.
Thanks so much for this series. I am a not-yet weaver and I was reluctant to buy a rigid heddle loom because I thought you couldn’t do a twill weave. You’ve revealed that with two heddles you can do a very complex weave. All it takes is a lot of concentration and patience. Have you thought about writing the heddle sequence on the forward heddle?
Think that is where I'm going wrong. Using fluffy warp. Well not taking it apart for the 5th time. Will do a new project after this one 'without fluffy yarn'.
This is such an informative series of videos. Thank you very much. It would be great to see how you decide which slots and holes the warp threads need to go through in your diagram. May I request you to make a video on that please. TIA.
Thank you so much for doing this video series. I am just completing a sample of the pattern and it is working out well. I used an ash ford loom with 7.5 heddles. Hope to see a new pattern soon!
These videos are great, and I was so eager to try this! I'm . . . not sure what I did wrong -- possibly a lot of things! -- but I did not manage to make beautiful diamonds like this. I'll try again! I noticed that you didn't appear to need to catch the last thread on either side, but I needed to grab it frequently. So perhaps I just really messed up threading.
@@hens-n-chicksfiberarts i love it! Thanks so much. So could a regular twill be woven with this threading as well? So sorry to bombard you with question I’m sort of new!! I plan to play with the treadling patterns tomorrow! You should totally upload more if you are still weaving I love your videos so much!!
Using your instructions, I would like to weave a scarf. Is there a way to introduce a 3 or 4 warp edge on each side of the twill pattern? Maybe with rod heddles? Thank you for your detailed and clear instructions.
Have any of you noticed that occasionally the last warp thread isn’t lifted opposite the last step? I don’t see her having to lift the end thread to put the shuttle under it but I have to twice or three times in every 14 step sequence. Am I doing anything wrong? Want to know before I’m beyond my header (which I’ve just finished.
Could I ask what weight yarn you used I have 2x7.5 and 2x12.5 heddles so I am torn between the two , would the 12.5 produce a finer drape but loose the detail ? Or should I go with my trusted 7.5 and do a ??? Yarn sorry if this is a bit confused what I would like to produce is a shawl with a nice drape but no clue on yarn to use 🤦♀️
I did everything exactly like you said but I used a 8 dent reed. It doesn’t work.The two heddles down leaves a gap that makes floats. I went through the top shed on the first sequence so that’s not the problem. I checked the threading numerous times so that’s right. Is it the 8 dent reed? So sad I couldn’t get it to work.
Thanks for these great videos - I feel ready to try this now but I have a stupid question - how did you estimate the amount of warp you needed? The usual calculation of sett times width times length doesn't seem to work? Or does it?
It was a rough estimate. I've made several cowl and have gone off previous projects. Does that make sense? Kind of trial and error. I'm now working on a table top loom and working more on calculating my warp :)
Thank you so much for this video. I truly appreciate your time in making this. I will give this a try this week. I am excited to get started. Did you use a 10 dent reed? What is the weight of your yarn?
I’m getting closer .... my yarn was super grabby so all yarn kept sticking together. I solved some of the shed problems. However the 2 sequence with the front heddle down and the back heddle up makes 4 threads up and three threads down . I get a three three float on that one. Any thoughts why?
Thank you so much! I have a gorgeous handwoven shawl in a diamond twill and I’ve always wanted to recreate that pattern in my RH weaving. Did you weave the header in pattern? Is there an advantage/disadvantage to doing that? I probably would default to weaving a plain weave header.
Usually, the twill weave is tighter than plain weave so the header (theoretically) will be wider than the twill portion unless you do it with a weft yarn that is quite a bit thinner than the weft yarn used in the twill. For example, when I do towels in 8/2 cotton in a twill, I do the header in 10/2 or 16/2. That makes the hem easier to deal with. If you don’t have a hem, then the fanning out of the header is a preference.
OK. I tested this out with some cheap cotton and I have two more stupid questions - (1) do you get long floats on the edges? I have a couple rows where the weft doesn't catch the selvedge edge in a row - alternating sides of the fabric. Is this normal? and (2) I added one extra set of two threads at the end to make it seem symmetric (back heddle: slot, hole; front heddle: first thread doubles in the last slot, then skip a hole and then use next slot). Is this right? Thank you in advance!
I am so aggravated. I have NO up-up shed, and NO down-down shed. Flat. My up/neutral and down/neutral sheds are messy. I. Am. So. Aggravated. It took me all day just to thread the front heddle, after it took me all day to thread the back heddle. (To be fair, that's stop/start/stop/start to deal with other distractions). But ugh. I KNOW the back heddle is threaded according to this chart, I double, triple, and quadruple counted and checked it. I sure hope it's just the front heddle, something I did wrong, though I counted out loud the entire time, I'm about to unlash it and re-sley the front heddle. I have been having more trouble getting 2 heddles threaded right the first time lately, the WORST time of it. Unnngh!
Hello Val, I am so sorry to hear you are aggravated :-( First thing there will never be a heddle in the down position while the other is in neutral. 1: Front heddle up Back heddle neutral 2: Back heddle up Front heddle neutral 3: Both heddles down. Hopefully you can try this before having to retread your from heddle. Also make sure no threads are crossed. Hope this helps. Keep me posted!
Hens-n-Chicks Fiber Arts I was just trying to put a little header on, not start the weaving yet. There is up-up and down-down, however, and for that I have no shed at all. Never had this problem before. Not YOUR fault, all on my end. I’ll pull the front heddle off, check the back again, and redo the front again tomorrow.
@@valrog6924 when I did my header I did it in the pattern sequence. The first time I did it in plain weave and it was a mess. Maybe try that first if you have not already tore out.
Okay. I rethreaded the front heddle. I think what I have is sticky yarn, never would have thought mercerized cotton would be sticky. I was having to manually fix the shed for every pick except 2, with 3 being the worst. So, with the shed open for 3, I inserted a pickup stick and keep it shoved to the back. Every time I get to 3, I pull it forward to pop open the shed, then shove it back. Success! I only have to slow down and be really careful with 1, keeping the stick shuttle firmly against the top. I have now done three full sets, and can clearly see a flawless diamond twill when I step back.
Hi, i am new to weaving and was trying to find twill weave warping (which i couldn't on UA-cam) when I found this series of yours and I'm so grateful for it. You have put everything so simply that even a beginner like me can understand it all. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Hope to see more such series for rigid heddle loom.
Very helpful thank you. You do need to explain about needing to watch the selvages to make sure you are catching the edge threads.
Здравствуйте. Я увлеклась ткачеством совсем недавно.
Вы мне очень помогли. Большое спасибо за ваш труд.🌿
Am I glad I found your video 😀 I made the same mistake, I also went through the wrong shaft. Thank you for sharing 👌💕
Thank you so much for your patience in showing us and demystifying double heddle weaving! With your calm guidance I have my warp on!....Now the fun begins....ha!
You are welcome 😊
Such a pretty pattern! Thank you so much for your clear tutorial series. Can’t wait to try it🥰
I am watching these videos with great fascination! I don’t even own two heddles (yet), but this looks quite doable! Thank you for the inspiration, and I love the color combinations!
Thanks for the side view of shed #1. That helps a lot!
thank you so much for making your videos on this. I wasn't getting it at all until I watched your videos . Now, I think I will try it. Great instructions and just enough information without being overwhelming.
Thank you very much for your informative videos. Your instructions are so clear and detailed but nothwithstand this I had to thread more than once the heddles to get the right sequence but at last I did it and I am so happy with the result.
I finished my sampler and am so happy about how it turned out. I used 2 10-dent heddles and 8/4 cotton. Thank you for making these videos.
Thank you for this video, I am happy making diamonds easily on my rigid heddle loom, after watching your instructions.
That was fantastic, I learned so much. So inspirational!
Commented on the first in this series, now the last, thank you. I am now subscribed, think you sis a great job in explaining and walking us through, start to fabric. outstanding. When I get a few more under my belt, I am SO doing this. I look forward to seeing more from you
Thank you soooo much for patiently walking us through this with your instructions. My next project will be that, first try, and this has been very helpful!
I’m warped, threaded and anxious to start weaving so I can see the magic unfold. Your videos made it so easy to figure out (tho patience is a must). I’m confounded as to how someone would figure this out! Back slot, front hole; 2 slots back, hole, slot front. How do you figure it out? And where do you find more patterns like this? I have weaving books but they don’t show this type of pattern.
Thank you so much for the diagram and videos! It took much concentration to thread the heddles but I split the work into the 14 threads and it worked!!! I used pearl cotton so the threads would not stick with 10 dent reed-great!!!
Здравствуйте. После ваших уроков я занялась проэктом. У меня всё получилось. Большое вам спасибо за обучение. 💫💥🫠
Thank you soooo much for the series of videos. I can’t wait to try it out. I really want to understand the relationship behind the threading and heddle/pick up stick placements to create patterns. In other words, how one translates a pattern into the threading, heddle sequences. I’m sure that will come with time and practice.
Thanks so much for this series. I am a not-yet weaver and I was reluctant to buy a rigid heddle loom because I thought you couldn’t do a twill weave. You’ve revealed that with two heddles you can do a very complex weave. All it takes is a lot of concentration and patience. Have you thought about writing the heddle sequence on the forward heddle?
Good idea :)
Really enjoyed watching the videos and am about to buy my second heddle to try it myself.
Thank you so much for the wonderful instructions!🙂
I got it. I changed the warp. Just tell people not to use a fluffy yarn for the warp. Thank you. Looking forward to more videos.
I'm so glad!
Happy weaving!
Think that is where I'm going wrong. Using fluffy warp. Well not taking it apart for the 5th time. Will do a new project after this one 'without fluffy yarn'.
I think I finally have the confidence to try this. Thank you so much.
Thank you for a great video and for the instructions! I hope you do more!
This is such an informative series of videos. Thank you very much. It would be great to see how you decide which slots and holes the warp threads need to go through in your diagram. May I request you to make a video on that please. TIA.
Super Awesome! This is definitely going to be my next project!
Thank you so much for doing this video series. I am just completing a sample of the pattern and it is working out well. I used an ash ford loom with 7.5 heddles. Hope to see a new pattern soon!
Absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for posting!
Thank you for your time and generosity!! Beautiful design and very helpful videos 💚
Happy weaving and youtubing 💚 😁
My pleasure!
Thank you so much for great videos
What a fantatsic video, thank you! Now I know what I want to do next!
absolutely gorgeous! great job and thank for the walk through! 👍
thank you so much for the diagramme!
Beautiful pattern. Thanks for sharing.
These videos are great, and I was so eager to try this! I'm . . . not sure what I did wrong -- possibly a lot of things! -- but I did not manage to make beautiful diamonds like this. I'll try again!
I noticed that you didn't appear to need to catch the last thread on either side, but I needed to grab it frequently. So perhaps I just really messed up threading.
I should have.
I just didnt.
It looks great! Thanks for sharing
I'm so glad!
Thank you so much!!🌺🌺🌹🌹
Thank you so much! :)
Very beautiful
Thank you are you going to try doing the pattern?
@@hens-n-chicksfiberarts I copy the pattern later with pause mod😁
What other patterns can be woven with this threading? Thank you so much for this video I am loving the results so much!!!
I also did a zig zag pattern there is a video on that as well.
@@hens-n-chicksfiberarts i love it! Thanks so much. So could a regular twill be woven with this threading as well? So sorry to bombard you with question I’m sort of new!! I plan to play with the treadling patterns tomorrow! You should totally upload more if you are still weaving I love your videos so much!!
You might be able to.
I would just play that's how I found the zig zag.
My son keeps me quite busy these days but hopefully some day I can.
Using your instructions, I would like to weave a scarf. Is there a way to introduce a 3 or 4 warp edge on each side of the twill pattern? Maybe with rod heddles? Thank you for your detailed and clear instructions.
Sorry 😞 not sure
Are you meaning you want them to be plain weave on the edges?
Did you ever come up with more 4 shaft conversions? I really enjoy and understand your videos. Thank you.
Sorry unfortunately not yet.
My toddler keeps me super busy.
what weight yarn or whatever it is called did you use? Knitter who has taken up weaving here.......
Have any of you noticed that occasionally the last warp thread isn’t lifted opposite the last step? I don’t see her having to lift the end thread to put the shuttle under it but I have to twice or three times in every 14 step sequence. Am I doing anything wrong? Want to know before I’m beyond my header (which I’ve just finished.
Beutiful thanks
Oh how I wish I could print your warping sheet
Could I ask what weight yarn you used I have 2x7.5 and 2x12.5 heddles so I am torn between the two , would the 12.5 produce a finer drape but loose the detail ? Or should I go with my trusted 7.5 and do a ??? Yarn sorry if this is a bit confused what I would like to produce is a shawl with a nice drape but no clue on yarn to use 🤦♀️
I may have answered my own question I just found some 4 ply merchandise cotton 2 huge cones I forgot I had but still which heddle 🤦♀️
I used fine sock yarn weight. #1
As for your cotton what size weight is it?
Hens-n-Chicks Fiber Arts - thank you so much it’s a 4ply but quite fine needs a 3.25mm knitting needle
Pry the 12.5s
I did everything exactly like you said but I used a 8 dent reed. It doesn’t work.The two heddles down leaves a gap that makes floats. I went through the top shed on the first sequence so that’s not the problem. I checked the threading numerous times so that’s right. Is it the 8 dent reed? So sad I couldn’t get it to work.
Hard to say without seeing photos should work just fine with the 8 dent.
Is this the same warp threading as the zigzag?
It is :)
Thanks for these great videos - I feel ready to try this now but I have a stupid question - how did you estimate the amount of warp you needed? The usual calculation of sett times width times length doesn't seem to work? Or does it?
It was a rough estimate.
I've made several cowl and have gone off previous projects. Does that make sense? Kind of trial and error. I'm now working on a table top loom and working more on calculating my warp :)
Thank you so much for this video. I truly appreciate your time in making this. I will give this a try this week. I am excited to get started. Did you use a 10 dent reed? What is the weight of your yarn?
Thank you Mjane :)
I did use two 10 dent reeds(heddles)
With size #1 yarn.
Best of Luck Happy Weaving!
Hens-n-Chicks Fiber Arts Thank you so much for your immediate reply. I love your videos!
I’m getting closer .... my yarn was super grabby so all yarn kept sticking together. I solved some of the shed problems. However the 2 sequence with the front heddle down and the back heddle up makes 4 threads up and three threads down . I get a three three float on that one. Any thoughts why?
What kind of loom do you have?
Thank you so much! I have a gorgeous handwoven shawl in a diamond twill and I’ve always wanted to recreate that pattern in my RH weaving. Did you weave the header in pattern? Is there an advantage/disadvantage to doing that? I probably would default to weaving a plain weave header.
Hello Daniel,
I did weave the header in the pattern. Not sure if there is a advantage or disadvantage.
Best of luck happy weaving!
Usually, the twill weave is tighter than plain weave so the header (theoretically) will be wider than the twill portion unless you do it with a weft yarn that is quite a bit thinner than the weft yarn used in the twill. For example, when I do towels in 8/2 cotton in a twill, I do the header in 10/2 or 16/2. That makes the hem easier to deal with. If you don’t have a hem, then the fanning out of the header is a preference.
Hi could you please tell me how many colours you used and what size heddle thanks
I believe I used 5-6 and I believe it is a 10 dent heddle.
I meant to say I get a three thread float and then three two thread floats then it repeats starting at the three thread float again.
OK. I tested this out with some cheap cotton and I have two more stupid questions - (1) do you get long floats on the edges? I have a couple rows where the weft doesn't catch the selvedge edge in a row - alternating sides of the fabric. Is this normal? and (2) I added one extra set of two threads at the end to make it seem symmetric (back heddle: slot, hole; front heddle: first thread doubles in the last slot, then skip a hole and then use next slot). Is this right? Thank you in advance!
Yes sorry floating selveges should be used.
@@hens-n-chicksfiberarts So this is not shown on your threading diagram?
I have a Schacht flip loom
I am so aggravated. I have NO up-up shed, and NO down-down shed. Flat. My up/neutral and down/neutral sheds are messy. I. Am. So. Aggravated. It took me all day just to thread the front heddle, after it took me all day to thread the back heddle. (To be fair, that's stop/start/stop/start to deal with other distractions). But ugh. I KNOW the back heddle is threaded according to this chart, I double, triple, and quadruple counted and checked it. I sure hope it's just the front heddle, something I did wrong, though I counted out loud the entire time, I'm about to unlash it and re-sley the front heddle. I have been having more trouble getting 2 heddles threaded right the first time lately, the WORST time of it. Unnngh!
Hello Val,
I am so sorry to hear you are aggravated :-(
First thing there will never be a heddle in the down position while the other is in neutral.
1: Front heddle up Back heddle neutral
2: Back heddle up Front heddle neutral
3: Both heddles down.
Hopefully you can try this before having to retread your from heddle.
Also make sure no threads are crossed.
Hope this helps.
Keep me posted!
Hens-n-Chicks Fiber Arts I was just trying to put a little header on, not start the weaving yet. There is up-up and down-down, however, and for that I have no shed at all. Never had this problem before. Not YOUR fault, all on my end. I’ll pull the front heddle off, check the back again, and redo the front again tomorrow.
@@valrog6924 when I did my header I did it in the pattern sequence. The first time I did it in plain weave and it was a mess. Maybe try that first if you have not already tore out.
Okay. I rethreaded the front heddle. I think what I have is sticky yarn, never would have thought mercerized cotton would be sticky. I was having to manually fix the shed for every pick except 2, with 3 being the worst. So, with the shed open for 3, I inserted a pickup stick and keep it shoved to the back. Every time I get to 3, I pull it forward to pop open the shed, then shove it back. Success! I only have to slow down and be really careful with 1, keeping the stick shuttle firmly against the top. I have now done three full sets, and can clearly see a flawless diamond twill when I step back.
@@valrog6924 I'm so glad!
what loom is this
Schatch Flip 20 inch
8