What I Learned Weaving a Traditional Tartan On a Floor Loom (Almost) Warping, Fixing Mistakes.
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- I finally did it! I had a better time warping my floor loom (Dolly) this time and weaving a traditional tartan (almost). I'm sharing the mistakes and what I learned. I have finally made peace with warping Dolly, and I feel like I turned a corner, and it took a WHOLE YEAR!
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A TIP FOR NEXT TIME, from a longtime bagpiper and novice weaver: the Scottish Registry of Tartans will actually provide you with the threadcounts of any tartan in their database for free! You just have to register an email address with them, and they’ll happily send you the same documents that the professional mills use to weave genuine traditional tartan!
Thanks for the info. I'm battling to find the sett for the McCulloch clan I shall send them a message right away.
As long as it is not a private restricted use tartan, many are. (I'm a tartan weaver and designer.)
Wonderful to know, thanks!
Thank you so much for this ❤😊 Have a great day from Australia
Thank you so much for that tip! I am studying textiles and I forgot about this and I am weaving tartan in 2 weeks
"We're not gonna talk about it." What I say to my husband when new squish mail comes in! 🤣🤣🤣
You understand ❤️
I am totally impressed. Kudos to anyone who knows how to use a multi-shaft loom. Just for your info, I live near Red Stone Glen Fiber Center which Tom Kinsley ( author of articles for Handwoven ) owns with his daughter Sarah. He is a renowned weaver and teacher. The center even has a retreat B&B for week long classes. Tom actually taught a novelty spinning class that I took early on my spinning journey and Sarah does all the rigid heddle classes ( took a few of those, too) Maybe you'll come out this way some day. Thanks for including all of us as you create.
I sure wish I could go for Week of weaving classes. What a dream.
My older sister did a DNA test recently from 23 & me. We were always told our heritage was primarily British. Her DNA test came back as 30% Scottish. Surprise! I'm love all plaid. Thanks for sharing this project!
It really made me want to weave more plaid!
I feel like I actually kind of understand weaving and looms after watching this! It turned out beautifully!!! In a time when so many things are manufactured I think those kinds of inconsistencies show the love that went into this 💕
I’m so totally relieved that someone else gets deliveries and they sit!!!! 🥰 I don’t have a retirement fund…. I have a retirement stash!
Oh, I was mad at myself LOL. I would love to say I'll learn, but I won't!
I love that "retirement stash" -- I am finally semi-retired and I am definitely going to start using that as a description of my little stash.
I love the warping mill. I also love your dedication to accuracy and that scarf is incredible cool. I absolutely love it!!! I think your selvage is fine and it is home made and you are new with your loom so I would stop being so hard on yourself. No one would notice. I suspect there are no weaving police. LOL You Rock.
Love your woven tartan! Decades ago I dated a Scot named John Murray. I needlepointed a pillow for him in one of the Murray tartans. Lots of history and stories behind the patterns.
Yeah, it's so interesting really. I've never really wanted to recreate a traditional fabric before, because I always want to make new things, but it was fun.
WOW that is so amazing. Your hubby will be so proud
I think he's going to love it.
"I shipped it expedited so I could wait three months to open it. what the hell?" LOLOL. Either way, this is beautiful and the warping of your loom was fascinating and terrifying!
Just keeping it real, real annoying 😂😜
Tartan is on my "someday" wish list. Lovely scarf!
Oh I hope you try it. It was a little slow but there was something cool about it.
My husband wears tartan kilts, and he love that one too. Well done.
Oh, how long are they from the waist? Are they traditional? Fascinating.
They are from the bellybutton to the knee. Full 8 yards pleated 100% wool. Yes they are traditional we buy them from a shop in Scotland. And no we are not Scottish and don’t have a family pattern.
Wow, I'm so in awe. I'm still scared to warp and yet look at you. You have every right to be chuffed with yourself
I screwed up every warp I tried for a year so it does feel like a victory 🤣
I so get a kick out of you. Expedite shipping and then wait months to get started. The scarf is beautiful. Can’t wait to see yours!
I was trying to remember if it wasn't much more or something, but that's just excuses honestly. I am really this much of a mess LOL
Wounderful Tarten weaving you did a beautiful job.
It'll be closer to perfect next time. Thank you so much!
That’s so awesome and beautiful! As a 34% Scottish person, I love this. I used to read about tartans when I was a highland dancer, and they are fascinating. The “ancient” setts with the natural dyes are so cool.
It was pretty fun figuring it out!
You did a great job and John will be proud to wear it! I'm in awe of people who weave on a floor loom and will content myself with using a rigid heddle loom, but BRAVO!!
I used to say that too 🤣🤣
I am proud of you too! What a beautiful personal project. Go Clarks!
That's right, Clarks forever. Just a warp that I didn't have to spend forever fixing was a win 🤣🤣
The finished piece is so pretty. I've been planning to weave the MacKenzie tartan for about a year now, even have the thread. The MacKenzies also have multiple tartans, so I asked my grandma which tartan we use. She was so excited to help me plan the project, she even brought out her tartan scarf that she had tucked away. Good luck with the next tartan and happy weaving.
Thanks! I think it'll be a few sets of towels first!
That is sooooo cool! Turned out awesome! Waaaay beyond my weaving abilities, but man do I love watching!
That's how I end up doing this stuff. I don't know enough to know that I don't have the skills yet 😂😜
That warping mill looks very comfortable to use as opposed to leaning over a warping board. Also, those colors look so nice together ❤ 😍
I liked it. Not sure I'd want it for my rigid heddle, but for the floor loom it was pretty slick.
Hi Trish, I hope you're OK.
John will be so Proud to wear His Scarf.
I'm so in awe of you.
Happy weaving and spinning.
Take care and stay safe.
Love you too xxxx Jen 💕💕💘
Hi Jen! I can't wait to show him. ❤️❤️
I have an Irish surname too and I would love to weave a tartan, I don't know why it didn't occur to me that that was something I could do. This was great and so helpful and made me way less scared of getting a floor loom because I have been so afraid of the warping process. It's on my to do list for next spring!
I was so scared of the warping, and I have messed it up every time in one way or another. I console myself with the fact that I make new mistakes. 😂😂
The only weavings that I have done were several small to medium sized tapestry pieces about 40 years ago and some rag rug weaving on a large floor loom designed for that ( I did mostly long hall rugs and stair rugs so that I did not have to warp the loom very often) and those were done 45-50 years ago. I love watching you figure out the designs and make your pieces.
Thank you so much, Candy! I never know how it is for others to watch, but I like to watch people make stuff, so why not, right?
I could happily watch you weave all day it's so relaxing! 😊
Weavetube LOL! Glad you can never hear me swearing.
“I’m really excited let’s go do this!”…2 months pass. 😊 SAME. Delayed gratification Is good though cause that plaid turned out flipping AWESOME.
Beautiful! I love weaving. Just finished second project of dish towels. Still need to sew the seams..
You should be so proud of yourself. The scarf is beautiful
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Thank you so much, Lori! I am getting better on Dolly 😂😂
I'm working on a winter hat with the Juanita color way. I keep thinking I have went too far, my husband keeps pushing me along saying you do big.. Yeah. Big. Toboggan. Big. rofl. Thank you for posting this, I have been so curious about tartan after doing our family genealogy. My clan is Scott. Which has 16, yeah... 16 different tartans. My son wants a kilt and until I have knowledge on twill this is a no go for me. I know some reading is in my future. Your project is absolutely beautiful!
So you understand, there's a point where you just pick the tartan you like best that goes with your clan 😂
Always inspiring. I've got my craft cave now, which means I can get my loom out of its box and give it a go, as soon as I finish the sewing wip covering my work table and I finish plying that same silk, seriously, that silk is taking forever and a year.
I understand. You will get there eventually!
I love that you are weaving tartan. My husband has strong Scottish roots and mine are Irish and he has recently started weaving and wants to weave his own family tartan. This video was the first time I was able to understand the warping process (I am not a weaver!) because of the way you explain what you are doing. Thanks!
Beautiful weaving, for sure a labor of love.
It was, but now I find out how much I like weaving plaid LOL
You amaze me on your creativity and talent!!!
Aw, Kathy. I think really I don't know enough to be scared to try things LOL
The finished cloth is wonderful, you have loads of patience. Years ago I wanted a loom, now I’m older, I think it’s too fiddley for me, so I’ll stick to spinning and knitting. Wonderful video.
I was holding my breath for you the whole time. Congratulations to you and Dolly!
Were you worried? I'm really happy with it. Not perfect, but pretty awesome!
Not worried, just unfamiliar.
Wow! Beautiful. I will watch this over and over to learn from
I'm not sure I'm doing it the best way but it worked great!
Always so awesome to watch (as a non weaver)
Beautiful I watched your presentation twice just to make sure! I learned a lot. I hope I will use your knowledge in my future weaving thank you.
wow, just wow, that is amazing, it is beautiful! I am with the Clan Gunn, my mom’s maiden name was Wilson. Still trying to track them back to specifically where my family was from in Scotland, tho the Tartan colors are really pretty.
Thank you! It was a pretty interesting project!
It turned out so awesome! Way to go Trish!😀
Oh wow - you did it! What a wonderful scarf. I totally get how scary it must be to handle the cross in warping - terrifying! I find the whole warping my rigid heddle loom scary! Well done - what a great fabric you made!😊
It's funny that I knew it was time to untie the cross, but I was still scared to do it 😂😂😂
It’s seems like a lot of work setting up but oh so worth it 😍 it turned out gorgeous!
That is beautiful!! It was interesting to see how you did your warping. I know that fear of losing your cross.
I'm going to try a different method next time. I wasn't in love with this method, but I'm learning!
It looks like it warped up pretty easily! I have a fiber artist friend who has a big floor loom and she told me she HATES to warp it! Very pretty colors. I should make one for my husband who's Scottish mothers maiden name is Hyslop. Project for the winter!
That’s beautiful, Trish! My maiden name is Clark, Johnson by marriage. I researched the colors of these clans a few years ago so I could weave, but never got to it😞. I do have the yarn, so I should get to it, thanks for the inspiration
This is so cool 😊 I will have to look up mine and my husbands. Thanks for sharing
My original plan was to weave an extra small piece of each and frame them together somehow. It might still happen someday 😂😜
Your tartan scarf came out beautiful! Hopefully, this winter I’ll get my loom set up and get to work on dish towels…..
That warm pink colour looks great on you! I am so impressed with your tartan scarf. It looks amazing.
Thank you!
Oohh that looks so good! Such a pretty pattern 😍
Thank you!
That is so cool! I love how the tartan pattern turned out.
Thanks! I'll do more someday, but first I need a break 🤣
What a coincidence! My son actually wanted a kilt for Christmas, but my loom isn’t that wide (plus it would be like an 8 yd warp), so I decided on a scarf - Ferguson tartan. I’m still waiting on the yarn. I jus got notice today that the back ordered colors are on their way. Hope mine turns out as well as yours!
I'm sure you'll do great! I didn't look at the Ferguson tartan, but now I'm curious.
Love this! I've been thinking about this for a while, think i may go for it when i get a table loom.
Oh good, TRY IT!!
Beautiful scarf you always make everything look so easy to do lol. Stay well
That is so cool. Thanks for showing the steps in setting up the loom.
Omg!! this project is beautiful!!! I am soooo glad you talked about a warping mill today and showed us all how you did it. I bought a 38" RHL because your towel videos inspired me. An unexpected move later (thank work), I attempted to warp my loom and have failed twice because there tension. First attempt was in the hotel trying to direct warp, the peg flew off and the warp got all tangled. 2nd attempt was after I attempted to do a hybrid indrirect/direct warp from the bottom of the loom. Because of where the reed is my tension became super loose at the edge and I have spend 4 weeks (about an hr a day) and I still havent got very far and the more I try the more the edge gets loose. I looked up a warping mill but the few videos I found didnt go into details on how to incorporate that cross area when on the loom. Just that it is important.
I feel so much better about getting a warping mill now. Because I really want to make dish towels
I'm so glad it was helpful for you. Warping pegs and I never did get along.
What a lovely piece !!! such creativity
Thanks! It's your tartan too!
You should be proud! It is perfect. I wish you would have shown threading the yarn thru heddles. Just because I am not familiar with floor looms. I have a rigid heddle.
Next time!
@@FiberLoveDiary That would be FANTASTIC. Thank you for your videos, and your personality.
That is epic! Thank you for the video...plus (I haven't managed to watch you for a while) and I can't believe how much I've missed your gorgeous personality ❤️
Aww Helen. I'm recovering from covid and this made my day. I'm glad you're back!
@@FiberLoveDiary oh no!! You re doing really well considering you are under the weather! Get well soon ❤️
PS I have a loom now so I'm truly inspired by what you are doing (previous I've been spinning wool) x
SO freaking cool. I'm so glad you're proud of yourself, I'M proud of yourself. :). Excellent, thorough walk-through the process, too. Thank you for sharing everything you do!
Oooohhhh it looks sooooo good 😍😍😍
You are so talented! Such beautiful weaving. You are right to be proud of yourself!❤️
Most of my floor loom projects haven't gone quite this well 🤣🤣
This was so much fun to watch.
I'm so glad. I never know for sure if it'll be boring!
Hi this in my eyes is an amazing process. OK Im not into weaving and most likely never will. This wraping and calculating stuff scares my to death and I must commit, that you took me quite well through those tricky parts of the process. Thank you for that. The tartan wrap turned out beautifully and if you would knit such a thing Im convinced not all stitches would lool like the same. How ever if you look at it looks even awesome and you put all your love in it....you never gonna find something similar if you look out for an industrial one. Kind regards Bille
Thank you! I still struggle with imperfections, but I think it does drive me to get better. I try to just look at how far I've come, and how much I've improved, but it's difficult! 😂😂
Awesome tartan. Hope I can work on one for my family pattern. Your scarf is beautiful ! ♡
so very pretty, I love it! I've been collecting the plaids from GK Textiles to make some history bounding/Outlander inspired skirts but have yet to begin any of them. I just stroke the fabrics and call them 'my precious', lol. But these colors and the pattern you have for John's tartan are absolutely beautiful.
Thanks so much! I will definitely want to weave something I can see with someday after trying this.
This turned out great!
Love it Turned out beautiful 😍. Weave seem complicated. Lol someday I might try
It was, but I might be hooked on tartans now LOL
You’ve motivated me to try weaving a tartan!
Oh, wow! That's awesome. Which clan or county?
@@FiberLoveDiary No clans in my ancestry - I just love tartan fabric. I even made a kilt for myself many moons ago..🤪
just an fyi, if you tie your lease sticks to the loom you wont have to do all the jiggling of the sticks and you wont have to worry about them moving while you wind on the warp. Looks great though, good job Trish.
I'm intrigued. This warp was so sticky, I don't know how I could have advanced it without wiggling the lease sticks. I'll have to see if I can find a video or something.
@@FiberLoveDiary Great job with this project! I was about to say the same thing about the lease sticks: if they are firmly attached, it will be easier with the warp. I put 2 hooks on the back part of the castle on my floor loom, about the same height as the back beam. I also use two long strings to tie the lease stick between the hooks and the back beam. I'm not sure my description is clear... Anyway, still an awesome result!
@@dominiquemichaud7945 Any chance you would be able to send me a photo of your setup for that? I'd really like to see how that works.
It's beautiful! I love it.
This came out beautifully.
I'm still struggling to get into weaving. I just had to cut the warp on my Ashford 16" because the threads were messed up. Seeing this gives me hope that some day I'll get the hang of it. Can't wait to see your colours.
Honestly, the rigid heddle loom took me a while to feel like I had mastered warping, and then I went through the same thing with Dolly. But I'll say once I developed a method that worked for me, it was all a lot more fun.
It's so cool looking Trish!!! Love it. I know you wanted it to be perfect in your own eyes but give yourself a huge pat on the back for that one!!
It took me a really long time to learn that it doesn't have to be perfect to be awesome, but I do like perfect too 😂😜. I'm definitely improving. That is for sure!
I was just given a warping mill. I would love to see you use yours for dishtowels and then warp on to the rigid heddle. I'm still learning how to use mine.
Well, I think I will still be using my warping bar for my rigid heddle loom. It's much simpler to warp with, but not really suited to a floor loom.
That's so beautiful! You are very inspiring!
You are so ambitious! #goals!
I think I'm actually too ignorant to be afraid to try things 😂😂
So cool to watch! I’m a really new weaver but this is one of my goals. My family descends from the Campbell clan in Scotland. Nice work!
My family is also of the Campbell clan. Well, the name is Dunn from Argyle, but Campbells are in the family tree
I have been thinking of weaving a tartan pattern. Thanks for the beautiful inspiration ☺️
Go for it!
The Clark tartan looks very similar to the St. Andrew's Tartan of the kilt I had when I was about 10, the colours are almost the same. Many clans have multiple tartans, some worn for more formal wear. I used to work in a kilt store in Edinburgh which had a registry of the different ones, so I often would talk to customers that were looking for their roots.
I've learned a bit about tartans during the process. It's so interesting.
This is gorgeous! I’ve often thought about weaving my family tartan but I don’t like the colours lol
o and your tartan scarf is beautiful
This look so great!
Beautiful plaid! Good job!
So beautiful! Well done!
Awesome project, thanks for sharing. I emailed a couple of dated booklets that give the weave and warp of a number of tartans. Hope you find yours in there.
Thanks for showing the process. That’s so cool. It came out beautiful! ❤️
Thank you! I really am very happy with it!
It looks amazing. You did a great job.
This turned out so great! I love that there are family or ancestral patterns. Makes me want to see if there is an equivalent of tartan, but for German names... hmm...
You give me courage! Well done. I am a new subscriber, BTW
I just found your channel and am just now learning to weave. This was really good. Thank you for sharing your process!
Loved this video. Have only started weaving this past summer and have not done anything intricate yet, but one of my goals is to weave my children’s family tartan. I even ordered a sample online to be able to count the threads, etc. Yours is gorgeous btw.
A subscriber sent me a pdf of tartan setts, so if you would like a copy, email me and I'll send it along! It is only the Scottish ones though!
@@FiberLoveDiary I don’t even know what « setts » means yet, but I will and save for when I’m ready. Thank you!
Hi, I got the email. And now I know what setts is. :) Thank you!
Its beautiful Trish!!! You did a great job!!! ❤️❤️
I miss you!
@@FiberLoveDiary i miss you too!!!❤️
You did a fantastic job!
wow that is beautiful so facinating xx
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow! What a great project idea! My husbands family came from Scotland too, he would love something like this, always talks about wanting to travel there and learn more about his family roots. Would this project need a floor loom or would a rigid heddle loom suffice? Don’t have either right now but itching to get a rigid heddle
You could totally do this on arhl, but I would suggest doubling the yarn or using something thicker than sewing thread on a rhl. It would work fine!
I need to get my floor look warped again… the first time my threading was fine, but my warp had some tangles and wasn’t as neat as it should have been. I know it shouldn’t be a daunting task but it kind of is.
It was literally daunting for me until this time. Now I'm really excited to get a new warp on!
This turned out beautifully! It is handmade so it came out perfect! I had to learn that myself. 🤪 What materials did you use? You told us about the colors, which was great, but not what it was. I may have to get that warping board. It looks like it makes warping a floor loom a lot easier!
I got the yarn from here: www.camillavalleyfarm.com/knit/tartanweavingyarn.htm. Thank you! It did make a nice warp for this purpose.
@@FiberLoveDiary Thank you! You did give that source.😄 I like Camilla Valley Farms for loom refurbish/repair supplies. I don't think I ever bought yarn from them yet though.
Still watching the video, just wanted to jump in to let you know that you can request the thread count details from the Tartan Registry so you don't need to count.
Oh well, now you tell me LOL
@@FiberLoveDiary I may have done the same thing before I figured out you could just ask 🤷♀️
That’s a beautiful scarf! I love the blue tartans, most of my family tartans are green-based. Some of the city tartans are pretty wild looking too, Glasgow is quite distinct. COP26 (the current UK climate summit happening in Glasgow) has its own tartan to symbolise aims and hopes for the future of the environment, and in 2012 a Scottish Islamic tartan was designed. It’s a rich cultural history.
Omg that’s AWESOME!
I was excited to see this video pop up in my recommended because I hadn't seen you weaving with one of the big boys yet. I'm relatively new to rigid-heddle weaving, but let's just call me big-loom-curious. I don't understand this cross business. Every video I see people are all the cross! THE CROSS! The cross seems stressful, man. I mean, I heard what you said and it sort of made sense to me. I think I just need to keep absorbing media until I get that aha moment. I also don't understand why, if a person is doing plain/tabby weave, they wouldn't just use two of the shafts/harnesses--wouldn't that be easier to just move one at a time? (Some look kinda stiff and hard to move to me.) Maybe the other two shafts are in the way? Thinking with my fingers. Also, your selvages are amazing! I could NOT see what you were talking about. Beautiful scarf! Anyway! Much love from Pittsburgh.
The cross keeps the threads from being able to twist or cross over each other. They are organized in order, so it also makes threading the heddles easier because you pull them off the cross one by one in the order they were put on.
I'm not sure what you're asking about tabby, but if you're asking about my weaving, this is twill, not tabby so I need all four frames. I'm also not sure what you mean about them being stiff. There shouldn't be a difference on any loom. If some are stiff, then something is not set up correctly or needs maintenance.
Sometimes I set up two treadles for tabby, but have the first four set up for a twill, so I can do both/either on the same warp, so maybe that's what you're seeing.
@@FiberLoveDiary Oh! That really helps--and thank you--I didn't realize you were weaving twill, so now I learned something too!