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I am planing to do this pattern..question..the set needs to be the same as per plain weave?..I am new weaver..sort off and like to try new things..thanks..for the videos I think I watch some two or three times..thanks..

You asked what we listen to while we weave. You. I listen to you 😅 I somehow always miss your lives due to four little kids at home, but im here with you in spirit ❤️ Or i pray for who i am weaving for.

Thank you. Great explanation. Easy to understand.

will you share the spring for the floating selvage please

Can you use a 4 shaft table loom to weave fabric for sewing with? How do you begin I'd love to know how to do it. Currently I'd be happy to just plain weave from the yarn I've spun into fabric that I can sew.

I love the Weavers Handbook. I have two copies of that one, both vintage. Only one has the paper jacket still.

Looking forward to "Iris " week! Anything is better than pink 😂

Personally, I hate working with purple...I think it only goes with bright yellow (gold). It's just a strong preference that is mine and I'm pretty strict about it! lol

such a great conversation!

Thanks for sharing this, Chris! I have been searching for a 7 or 8 DPI reed for my tapestry loom and I cannot find a reed that would fit in my loom. However, I found a 14 DPI reed that fits-I thought I could use this reed and sley it in a 0-1 pattern to get 7 DPI. I am pretty sure the warp threads would be a bit tight in the slots, although they will run smoothly as I am using cotton. I hardly use the beater while I weave, I mainly use a comb to beat down the weft, so I am primarily using the reed to separate the warp. Do you think this will work? Or should I continue to search for the 7 or 8 DPI. I appreciate your thoughts :) Thank you!

I have both, and use both, it gives greater flexibility

Thank you so much! It was absolutely wonderful! I look forward to more videos like this! Great tips!

What was the book Michelle mentioned for three shaft patterns? I didn’t catch the author even with close captioning on. Came up as ER book. 😂 I thought I’d check my guild’s library for it…and keep an eye out for a used one for me. 😊

Both!!!! I love the versatility of the four shaft and the convenience and portability of the rigid heddle looms:)

This was explained beautifully..... I'll remember it when I need to talk about the differences.

I've had requests from some of my friends and family to talk about different ways they can weave when they have absolutely little to no budget for it. I'm not as familiar with rigid heddles, so this helped.

Hi Chris, Thanks for your video, it’s making me think again about my wool stash. So far my favorite use of wool has been in Krokbragd..a cotton warp and wool weft.

Major unanswered question- the origin of her studio name 'Mingos Corner'.

Thanks for taking the time to explain. Very interesting and learnt lots.

you didn't mention the fact that wool keeps you warm even when wet. that is why fishermen like it.

When I retire and am ready for an apprenticeship, I would love to choose you!

The safety pins are such a great idea!!! Thank you.

I started spinning before I started weaving. So, I am very comfortable working with wool. It is cheaper to work with wool in weaving if you are a spinner. You get to use the same fiber for two hobbies with one purchase. Wool is very complicated because there are so many breeds and cross breeds. Like the advice in the Prioritize video, pick out a feature and find the type of wool that best suits that choice. Do you want something that is super soft and fuzzy, or do you want something that is super soft but sleek. Ask around, search RUclips, do a little reading, just don't be afraid, have fun.

I am planning to make an overshot lap blanket and was thinking of 8\2 cotton warp and a Harrisville wool warp. Would that work, do you think? No idea if the two different fibers would react differently to the final finishing wash?

I learned some things that I didn't know about wool - thank you! I do enjoy weaving with wool and in fact have a lambswool twill scarf on my loom right now. I am in the UK and am using Uppingham yarn which comes treated with some sort of substance that makes it easier to weave with. I have wool on both warp and weft. When hand washed the substance washes out and the wool blooms beautifully and feels much softer. So far no warp threads have broken 🤞. I always feel a profound sense of personal failure when that happens. I know - it's irrational. 😊

Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis is a wonderland and saves me decorating. I'd rather knit and weave.

This sounds so much like what happened with my last warp! I wanted all of the columns to be cream colored, and hoped I'd have enough to use for warp. I ran out and ended up adding 6 columns of blue in the center and some on each end to keep the floating selvedges and warp threads matching. I had chained them by color, so I mixed and matched 3 sets of warp chains. So much sweating!

Hi there, could you please answer this question about how to treadle the following: FYI: obviously, I do not have weaving software!!! I want to do a 2 dark,2 light houndstooth on a 4 harness loom using a 8/4 cotton thread. If using a straight draw … 1, 2, 3, 4 .. do I treadle 1-2, 3-4, or 1-3, 2-4???? Thanks so much!!!

Like you, I have hesitated to weave with wool because of the price...however I actually have plenty of wool yarn I bought for knitting that I could use in weaving. I'm just really fond of cotton for weaving and haven't ventured away from it lol😂

Thank you for an informative video Chris. In the UK farmers don't get paid much for their sheep fleeces, Our local farmer was going to burn them if nobody wanted it so I took some of his hands, scoured them, washed them. dyed them, carded them and then spun them, now I weaving with wool We are weaving a lovely scarf for the farmer to say thank you.

Woolen allergies can be very complex. I'm actually allergic to the protein in the wool fiber itself, not the lanolin - but I am allergic to that too. Then there are the scales on the fiber itself, which is the itchy for the sake of insanity bit. Wools and fleeces are tricky because they are a living product. They react on their own to weather, water, friction, and anything else we throw at it. Think of our own hair. Mine is bone straight in the winter due to lack of humidity. In the summer, I look like Coco the poodle on a humid day. My hair also resists dye, my sister's hair takes it beautifully. Perm mine? Nope. Her's like a dream. The whole reason natural fleeces are difficult, is because they are unpredictable within a frame of predictability. We usually blend one type of fleece or wool with another to add, or counteract, one trait and strengthen another. Many add wool to alpaca, or acrylic to alpaca, as alpaca has no memory. It easily looses shape and doesn't go back to its intended shape after washing or wearing without blocking. Adding another fiber to that yarn corrects that. Great topic!

What I learned from a Navajo weaver: Wool warp threads need to be fairly thick to be sturdy enough to withstand the tension of being warp. It was suggested that warp threads could be strengthened by blending with long human hair, as it is fairly strong. Warp threads should also be of a newer spin, and not worn, older spins. For myself, I usually use a thicker cotton warp and wool weft

My wool processing placemats camels!!! 7 of them as a matter of fact

Did a wool gamp when I first started weaving. Haven’t put wool on any loom since. Have plenty, process and spin, and even a bunch of Teeswater specifically for weaving with its long thick fibers, but have always gone to cottons when a project called. Thanks for the reminder! I’ve two naked looms right now.

My only experience with wool is using Knitpicks Palette to make a small blanket on my RHL. I chose it because it was somewhat affordable and also for the array of colors since I was trying out a gamp. It was stretchy in the warp, thus forgiving, and that was a plus, since I didn't break any warp threads. It worked well in the weft, especially because I could split the plys when changing colors.

I learned to weave in Australia. There, wool is god! So i learned on wool. Nowadays, I do mostly cotton but special items i do with wool. I use 10 or 12 dent for the warp. As you mentioned, Chris, you need to test the strength of the yarn. When weaving, I beat pretty lightly so the item does not become packed. I don’t have percentages for shrinking but know I will loose inches. I generally wash in the machine on gentle and hang to dry. And ... i have a sweater that WAS Norm's..... he decided to help with laundry. It would now fit a toddler and is hanging in my studio as a reminder.

Looking back, I think my first weaving project was linen in both warp and weft. Didn't seem to be any problems working with it, but maybe that was just beginner's luck! Next, moved on to wool and used that for a great deal of weaving from that point on. Love weaving with cotton as well, and once I work my stash down, looking to try cotton/linen blend. I like both cotton and wool, but find wool to be a little more forgiving than cotton, mostly because of its fuzziness! But I am open to using (or trying to use!) just about any fibers. It's all; good!

I have some alpaca silk yarn from Brassard that has worked very well and wove into gorgeous fabric in both weft and warp. I used some plain wool from Brassard to make a blanket and the warps all broke along one side before it was done so I learned about replacing warp ends. I am about 1 year into my weaving journey so started with cotton and have experimented with a few different fibres. I am using knitting yarn now to weave a scarf using a textured waffle weave and am a bit nervous to take it off the loom. Got a ways to go but so far it is weaving up well.

There are different kinds of wool that act differently. For example, alpaca can be very “stretchy” so not good as warp but makes very soft beautiful cloth in the weft

Hi Chris, l love wool. I spin wool and alpaca, knit it up into a super large hat then felt it. So much fun as l am finding the weaving rabbit hole. Fibre friend from Western Australia. Love and learning lots from your wonderful channel.

That swap trick is great!

Thank you for this video. I've been imagining it as a strong, metallic thread (tensile strength x tinsel) 😅

I am soooo happy to have found this video (I subscribed within minutes of the video starting). I have recently developed arthritis in my thumbs and wrists so I need to find new ways to do things. This is very, very helpful AND encouraging. Thank you one and all.

Oh I wish I'd seen this video 2 days ago. I'm threadng up my first warp using my new to me second hand loom. I'm a begnner and only noticed after winding on the back beam that I had two shafts with no heddles on. Managed to move some heddles onto those shafts - erroneously thinking that each shaft would need the same number of heddles and threads - WRONG! It's not a straight draft! I'm almost through threading and realise I have two shafts with insufficient heddles. I'm two or three heddes short per shaft. Argh!

Thank You!!!

I love weaving all months but having a special mon😅is cool. And in December makes sense because a lot of us are concentrating to get Christmas presents done. I have one cuddle blanket left and put-together stuff to do.

The first kind of weaving I started with was actually inkle weaving. So I learned warp faces first. Still love going back to my inkle looms

Great explanation, thanks! Do you have any tips for creating the warp without too many headaches?

Awesome, I knew you'd have just the video for my next project. I figured it all out except I knew I'd need instruction on the pics. You've done it again! Thank you!