Thanks - what a great video. You explained everything really well and the camera angle showed everything you were doing. I can't wait to try this myself!
Okay, it is 3:30 at night here, I couldn't sleep because I was thinking about my garden plan (we're redoing the garden as per my request) and I needed a snack. But then I found the triangle loom video. Do you know what I tried to design the last time I couldn't sleep? A foldable/click-into-place big loom, because I have all this wool but absolutely not the neck strength to knit or crochet fancy patterns and I also low key just want to make a blanket or a rug that doesn't drive me to tears when I can't even finish the first row without getting a headache. And also I don't have the space for a loom that makes a 3x3 meter rug. I did design the loom and it's pretty neat. But this.... This is way easier and it's a small half an hour thingy, I can do one and just... Walk away again. And I don't have to block it (it blocked itself) and then just sew them together. 😮 I love it.
You have discovered the beauty of "modular weaving"! Indeed, those little pieces of self-contained fabric weave up quickly, and you can sew them together as you go. I have my annual "low-stress patchwork project" where I do just that ... it sounds like this could be something you might enjoy ... and shrink your yarn stash over time (no guarantees on the latter, though) ...
Gabi, thank you so much for this helpful video! I truly appreciate you sharing your passion for this kind of weaving and I look forward to sharing pictures of my first project soon. Cheers! -Noony
Thank you for your kind comment, Noony, and I sense a level of enthusiasm in you, too? I'm looking forward to seeing your first (and then many) hexagons!
Hi Sarah! Yes, I'm left handed. Most of the more recent videos focus on right handed use, as an example you can check out the Elf Basket ... ua-cam.com/video/pvhxH2--a48/v-deo.html
Hello, Meg! Thanks for your feedback! You can use the two tails when you sew hexagons together. That way you will always have "the right color where you need it", particularly if you work with hexagons in different colors. If you want to use your hexagon on its own, as a coaster for example, you would weave in the ends. I recommend to weave each end in along one side of the hexagon, and then clip it off. That will look good, and the ends won't travel out too easily. Hope this helps!
Hi Charlotte, The description for the video includes a link to "How to Weave on the TURTLE Loom When You are Right Handed", but all the newer videos show instructions for right handed people. Here is one more example ... ua-cam.com/video/pvhxH2--a48/v-deo.html ... Contact us if you have further questions!
Gabi, you mentioned weaving the middle pin twice to fill in if needed. How do you do that? I tried it but it doesn't look right, so I'm assuming I'm doing it wrong.
Let me see if I can explain that ... You are weaving the second part where you fill in the center of the hexagon by weaving back-and-forth.When you get to the 5th pin on a side, instead of guiding the yarn around that pin, go around the previous pin that you wove the last time you were on that side. Then weave just as usual to the other side and do the same there. When you look at your loom you now have one pin on each side that has two loops instead of one around it. Your instructions booklet has a photo of what those pins look like at that state. Now continue to weave as normal to the end. What you have done is adding two rows of weaving to the center of your hexagon. When you take the hexagon off the loom and wiggle, you will not see any difference in those rows. This fills it up a little more, which comes in handy when you work with slightly thinner yarn. This is just an example. Give it a try and let me know how it goes!
So, anyone else trying this --- you will need to take into account that there are two extra rows of yarn that are being used and you may not have enough left to complete your weaving, which is what happened to me just now. I had to take the 2 rows out because I just did not have enough yarn.....but lesson learned, which is always a good thing :) Thanks again, Gabi :)
Hello Angie, sorry to hear that you have trouble with the volume ... you can try this video, which also shows you how to weave a hexagon (no need to change colors, though): ua-cam.com/video/pvhxH2--a48/v-deo.html. If you have further questions, please contact us!
Excellent tutorial
Thanks - what a great video. You explained everything really well and the camera angle showed everything you were doing. I can't wait to try this myself!
Thank you, Debbie, for your kind comment, and happy weaving!
Excellently explained, thank you!
Thank you for your kind comment, Angela!
Okay, it is 3:30 at night here, I couldn't sleep because I was thinking about my garden plan (we're redoing the garden as per my request) and I needed a snack. But then I found the triangle loom video. Do you know what I tried to design the last time I couldn't sleep? A foldable/click-into-place big loom, because I have all this wool but absolutely not the neck strength to knit or crochet fancy patterns and I also low key just want to make a blanket or a rug that doesn't drive me to tears when I can't even finish the first row without getting a headache. And also I don't have the space for a loom that makes a 3x3 meter rug. I did design the loom and it's pretty neat. But this.... This is way easier and it's a small half an hour thingy, I can do one and just... Walk away again. And I don't have to block it (it blocked itself) and then just sew them together. 😮 I love it.
You have discovered the beauty of "modular weaving"! Indeed, those little pieces of self-contained fabric weave up quickly, and you can sew them together as you go. I have my annual "low-stress patchwork project" where I do just that ... it sounds like this could be something you might enjoy ... and shrink your yarn stash over time (no guarantees on the latter, though) ...
Gabi, thank you so much for this helpful video! I truly appreciate you sharing your passion for this kind of weaving and I look forward to sharing pictures of my first project soon. Cheers! -Noony
Thank you for your kind comment, Noony, and I sense a level of enthusiasm in you, too? I'm looking forward to seeing your first (and then many) hexagons!
Great video and instructions! Are you left handed as I was finding it very awkward by following you (I'm a rightie).
Hi Sarah! Yes, I'm left handed. Most of the more recent videos focus on right handed use, as an example you can check out the Elf Basket ... ua-cam.com/video/pvhxH2--a48/v-deo.html
@@BluebonnetCraftersLLC Thank you! I thought I was just being awkward!
Great video and explanations, thank you
Excelente; muchas gracias por compartir ☺️👏👏
Gracias, Estela!
Excellent video! Thank you!
Thank you, Vicki! Here's to many, many hexagons! ... Happy weaving!
Hello! I would like to buy the original Turtle Loom but went on Etsy and sold out! Do you have any in stock to sell? Thanks!
We are currently sold out, but there will be more early next week. You can sign up to be notified on Etsy or at the Woolery.
@@BluebonnetCraftersLLC I will do so!
great video; this really helped me! what do you do with the two strands of yarn left at the end? can i just snip them off?
Hello, Meg! Thanks for your feedback! You can use the two tails when you sew hexagons together. That way you will always have "the right color where you need it", particularly if you work with hexagons in different colors. If you want to use your hexagon on its own, as a coaster for example, you would weave in the ends. I recommend to weave each end in along one side of the hexagon, and then clip it off. That will look good, and the ends won't travel out too easily. Hope this helps!
thank you!!
Is there a demo for a right handed person? I cannot weave with my left hand
Hi Charlotte, The description for the video includes a link to "How to Weave on the TURTLE Loom When You are Right Handed", but all the newer videos show instructions for right handed people. Here is one more example ... ua-cam.com/video/pvhxH2--a48/v-deo.html ... Contact us if you have further questions!
Gabi, you mentioned weaving the middle pin twice to fill in if needed. How do you do that? I tried it but it doesn't look right, so I'm assuming I'm doing it wrong.
Let me see if I can explain that ... You are weaving the second part where you fill in the center of the hexagon by weaving back-and-forth.When you get to the 5th pin on a side, instead of guiding the yarn around that pin, go around the previous pin that you wove the last time you were on that side. Then weave just as usual to the other side and do the same there. When you look at your loom you now have one pin on each side that has two loops instead of one around it. Your instructions booklet has a photo of what those pins look like at that state. Now continue to weave as normal to the end. What you have done is adding two rows of weaving to the center of your hexagon. When you take the hexagon off the loom and wiggle, you will not see any difference in those rows. This fills it up a little more, which comes in handy when you work with slightly thinner yarn. This is just an example. Give it a try and let me know how it goes!
Thank you so very much, Gabi! That is a fantastic explanation! I will try it now and see how it goes :)
So, anyone else trying this --- you will need to take into account that there are two extra rows of yarn that are being used and you may not have enough left to complete your weaving, which is what happened to me just now. I had to take the 2 rows out because I just did not have enough yarn.....but lesson learned, which is always a good thing :)
Thanks again, Gabi :)
Yes, that's in the instructions booklet, too.
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Yo quiero saber como se teje con el telar esagonal
Can hardly hear the speaker!!
Hello Angie, sorry to hear that you have trouble with the volume ... you can try this video, which also shows you how to weave a hexagon (no need to change colors, though): ua-cam.com/video/pvhxH2--a48/v-deo.html. If you have further questions, please contact us!