Oh ALL of my favourite medieval youtbers are posting today? What a treat! I've been wanting to look up a video on this forever so my eyes heckin bulged when I saw the title
LOL! That last cutting off the loom is SO SATISFYING to watch! Visual ASMR. ; ) That last technique is super awesome - thanks to you and Libby for that!
Thanks so much for this information! I am having a great time learning tablet weaving from you. I am close to the end of my first project and I am so glad to benefit from your expertise.
oh, for method 4 you could set up the first loop (last to pull through) halfway, with the tasks emerging from the back of the work, to hide the tail even more!
I use method 4, but instead of thread loops (awesome btw) I use needle threaders that I picked up at a fabric store. They are green plastic and come in a small case with many in the case. They look the same as your thread ones. Very fine and slide through easily.
Knowing that you start a ribbon kind of that way I thought the ending should be similar, but I cound't figure it out...and here is the solution !!! Wow, thanks for sharing. :-)
The videos you make are all excellent, and I can't wait until my cards and thread get to my house. Method #4 is going to be my go-to! The Original Back-stitch!
I've been doing something similar to the last method pretty much since I started tabled weaving: use a large, blunt needle (yarn or wool needle works best) and "sew" the weft backwards through the band, following the channels of the earlier weft thread, pretty much exactly where it goes with the string pull method. I think a needle is a bit less fiddly than those bits of string.
OMG! Definitely going to use that last "fastening off" technique! I am nearly done with my first "usable" band and this will make it perfect! Thanks Elewys!
Thank you for this tutorial. I have been doing this method of finishing my bands for a few weeks now. I use dental floss instead of string because it is waxed and slipperier making it easier to pull through the weaving. I also sometimes do the same thing at the beginning of the band as well.
Thanks so much for that awesome overview! As a beginner, I knew almost none of those (i just kinda awkwardly knotted the fringe threads together until now). Super helpful ☺ - Love from Germany 🌻
Like a lot of others, I found that last method to be great, and I'm looking forward to using it on my next band. I'm also going to try and figure out how to do that at the start of the band.
Another method for a very sturdy and clean end that I've found can look very sharp in the right application - I'll take fusible-backed (aka iron on) duck fabric, the the kind you find in the store for no-sew mending, and iron it folded around the cut end of a band (the best way I've found is to cut a sort of fat "T" shape with the vertical as wide as the piece - you iron the top of the T on one side, fold ends on either side in and iron those down, then tightly fold the end over and iron it down on top of the folded in ends). After ironing it on I'll stitch through on the machine for extra security, but the iron on really holds everything firmly in place to get a really neat sewed result, and I find the canvas also feeds much more cleanly on the machine than directly sewing the tablet woven band, especially when weaving with thicker yarns. I especially find this useful for the hardware end of buckled or D-ring belts, where it'll be hidden at the back of the belt anyways and the canvas gives a really sturdy foundation for sewing in to that lets me feel really confident it'll hold for the life of the belt. (For the more decorative ends I'm a big fan of gathering all the warp ends in one or more groups depending on width and desired look and lashing them together with French whipping - basically just looping around and tying a half hitch in the same direction in each loop)
In a way, you kind of do when she has you pull the end up through at the start of your weaving. You could probably do make it even more similar by just weaving in the start for a few rows.
I use weaving in method except I use tapestry needle but I have to careful not to let thread show through. I finally got of tablet weaving took me 3 attempts still make mistakes what was confusing other people use different start for card going anticlockwise this caused the patterns show in reverse don't match up with what should look like on the printout. With more practice things will get better. I find your videos very helpful.
8:30 Ah hah! I see what you are doing there! That is similar to how we finished off ends when wrap-tying two cables together every meter for a nautical purpose. All ends back inside and tension holding them in there securely.
I've been sewing my ends in after cutting off but I always end up disturbing the weave. Doing it with the loops while it's still under tension is just genius!
Using the strings is brilliant. I do essentially the same thing but with a needle, weaving the weft back through the rows. The strings would be a LOT easier! So...how about hemstitching over the last two throws like we do in regular weaving? I've done that as well. It holds quite nicely and is rather decorative as well.
Thank you Elewys! I have also hemstitched my ends just the way I would on my rigid heddle loom projects and it works well if you plan to leave a decorative fringe on your piece. I do have a silly question for you though… I’m looking to replace my current (non-working) sewing machine and I’m curious what brand your machine is? I really like the look of what I could see 😄
It's a Pfaff Creative Vision 5.0 (I think). I got it second hand about a year ago--I think it was manufactured around 2006, so it's got some miles on it. My other machine is a Viking--a workhorse that I've had since 1998, but needs repair on the timing (ran over a safety pin). I've heard great things about Janome, also.
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Yeah, I’ve heard really good things about Pfaff, Viking and Janome. My mom always swore by Singer, but her machine was built in the time before planned obsolescence…as far as I know my sister in law is still using it and it’s probably over 60 years old! I need a workhorse machine, so I’ll look closer at the Viking machines. Thanks!
I’m onto my 2nd Pfaff machine (in 30 years). Swear by them for dressmaking and quilting. Unfortunately I released the magic black smoke from my first one. Binge sewing on a very hot summers day and cooked her. 🥺
on the last one you say to turn it o ce more but roll the cards twice...was that on purpose(the turning twice) or just a slip of the tounge?😄I love how that ended up looking!
So far I've just been knotting the ends into little tassels which seems to work, I don't know if that's period-accurate (I do Anglo-Scandinavian reenactment at York) but since I've only done practice pieces for personal use so far I quite like the look
I've found that you can do pretty much the same thing as the last method by just threading the end of your weft onto a longish needle and sewing it back through the last few picks. Trying to handle a bunch of loops hurts my brain too much :D
For method 4 wouldn't you want to put the white loops on the OPPOSITE side that your weft thread is facing? That way, when you finally pull the weft back through you could save yourself a pick and it would end up being the exact same as crossing the weft in the beginning of a band, such that the weft crosses or makes an "x" or "spiral" with itself in each pick. Correct me if I'm wrong, but in your version, the weft follows back the exact same way it came, which seems weird and maybe less sturdy to me. Thanks, great video
Hello wise one! I have a question! I have a long band that i want to shorten and make into a keychain loop. I have clasps for the ends, so I need the end of the band to not have any fraying. If I sew the ends of the bands and then just cut it, will that be strong enough? Usually I use your method #4 from this video to make my chokers to size and then cut right after the end and use glue, and it seems to hold up alright. But I've never cut a long band! I would be so grateful for your advice!
I love the method of putting loops into the weaving at the end, and then pulling through the yarn to anchor the end of the braid, to stop it unravelling. My dilemma is how to prevent the starting end unravelling. I’m wondering if this method would work for the other end too, with loops placed into the weaving at the start of the braid in the same way. The yarn could be pulled through either after a few inches have been worked, or once the braid is finished, and before it’s removed from the loom, whilst it’s still under tension. Has anyone tried this?
Instead of doing those loops, I just use a tapestry needle and weave the end back in a few times. I learned it from Inkle Weaving by Helen Bress, a really great resource.
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Nah, the tapestry needle is blunt enough. Just release your tension a bit, and it slides through beautifully. I do 2.5 back passes on mine and it works a charm. I'm all for the less fuss, less muss way. Try it, you'll like it! :)
What do you do if you only want part of the band for a project? Can you just cut a little bit off and stitch the new end? Or is it better to make it the correct length from the start?
I would think you could go to the sewing machine and zig-zag both sides of the cut before you made the cut to keep it from fraying. Or do both sides with a satin stitch using a needle and thread if you are trying to be more period correct.
This is a question I've been struggling with, and probably why I haven't finished my current band. I'm afraid to cut it to trim length and ruin the whole thing.
Absolutely. You just need a loom that can accommodate all those threads. I can only do about 55 cards at a time, and something that wide might need as many as 80 - 100.
At first, when watching that last technique, I thought, aren't you just weaving in the tail end of the weft thread. How is that going to be any different than just doing nothing? Then suddenly (Good thing I have a Ph.D.), I realized how that long weft thread was getting woven it! Stuff makes so much more sense when one has two brain cells to rub together. :-)
Oh good grief. Please help ME understand. I am still looking at it as you first did and can't get past it. How is it different than doing nothing? What about all the warp ends? Thank you, Kathy!
All of those methods look great but the last one.... pure genius! Now that's weaving in your ends! Thumbs up all the way around!!
I'm practically blushing after watching the last one... I'm amazed.
That last weaving method looks really satisfying!
Ἀράχνη! That way of tying the knot at the end of the thread for sewing was perfection in its simplicity 😍
Oh ALL of my favourite medieval youtbers are posting today? What a treat!
I've been wanting to look up a video on this forever so my eyes heckin bulged when I saw the title
Have my first set of cards and a shuttle on my 3D printer now because of your videos. Excited to start weaving :)
LOL! That last cutting off the loom is SO SATISFYING to watch! Visual ASMR. ; ) That last technique is super awesome - thanks to you and Libby for that!
Thanks so much for this information! I am having a great time learning tablet weaving from you. I am close to the end of my first project and I am so glad to benefit from your expertise.
oh, for method 4 you could set up the first loop (last to pull through) halfway, with the tasks emerging from the back of the work, to hide the tail even more!
I use method 4, but instead of thread loops (awesome btw) I use needle threaders that I picked up at a fabric store. They are green plastic and come in a small case with many in the case. They look the same as your thread ones. Very fine and slide through easily.
I saw the photo you sent me--those look like the things you use to thread dental floss under your braces. That would also work well!
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Ha ha, well I've never had braces but I can see them being used for that.
Wow! that last method is brilliant, there's something so satisfying watching it, especially when all the cards come tumbling down.
Every time I finish a band, I come back to this video to remember how to finish it! Thank you:)
Knowing that you start a ribbon kind of that way I thought the ending should be similar, but I cound't figure it out...and here is the solution !!! Wow, thanks for sharing. :-)
OOH! I like that weaving in ends technique!
Oh I needed this video!! I’m finishing up your beginners band and this will be perfect way to end it!! #4 is just perfect!!
The last one is great! It's like using a magic loop in tatting. So smart. Thanks!
The videos you make are all excellent, and I can't wait until my cards and thread get to my house. Method #4 is going to be my go-to! The Original Back-stitch!
I've been doing something similar to the last method pretty much since I started tabled weaving: use a large, blunt needle (yarn or wool needle works best) and "sew" the weft backwards through the band, following the channels of the earlier weft thread, pretty much exactly where it goes with the string pull method. I think a needle is a bit less fiddly than those bits of string.
This is what I’ve been looking for so far!
Thx for sharin!
Yes! I've been struggling with finishing my bands, so this video came out at the perfect time. Thank you!!
I LOVE that last technique. I'll definitely be looking for a way to use it.
OMG! Definitely going to use that last "fastening off" technique! I am nearly done with my first "usable" band and this will make it perfect! Thanks Elewys!
Thank you for this tutorial. I have been doing this method of finishing my bands for a few weeks now. I use dental floss instead of string because it is waxed and slipperier making it easier to pull through the weaving. I also sometimes do the same thing at the beginning of the band as well.
I love this last method. I will definitely try it on my next project. I love your videos. They are very helpful.
Method 4:
Give it to Smokey to nibble the frayed ends until they are completely mushed together.
LOL!!
Thanks so much for that awesome overview! As a beginner, I knew almost none of those (i just kinda awkwardly knotted the fringe threads together until now). Super helpful ☺
- Love from Germany 🌻
Like a lot of others, I found that last method to be great, and I'm looking forward to using it on my next band. I'm also going to try and figure out how to do that at the start of the band.
Fantastic videos, all of ours. I crave creating a beautiful basket of bands like your to display as art.
Another method for a very sturdy and clean end that I've found can look very sharp in the right application - I'll take fusible-backed (aka iron on) duck fabric, the the kind you find in the store for no-sew mending, and iron it folded around the cut end of a band (the best way I've found is to cut a sort of fat "T" shape with the vertical as wide as the piece - you iron the top of the T on one side, fold ends on either side in and iron those down, then tightly fold the end over and iron it down on top of the folded in ends). After ironing it on I'll stitch through on the machine for extra security, but the iron on really holds everything firmly in place to get a really neat sewed result, and I find the canvas also feeds much more cleanly on the machine than directly sewing the tablet woven band, especially when weaving with thicker yarns. I especially find this useful for the hardware end of buckled or D-ring belts, where it'll be hidden at the back of the belt anyways and the canvas gives a really sturdy foundation for sewing in to that lets me feel really confident it'll hold for the life of the belt.
(For the more decorative ends I'm a big fan of gathering all the warp ends in one or more groups depending on width and desired look and lashing them together with French whipping - basically just looping around and tying a half hitch in the same direction in each loop)
Thank you for everything you show us. Brilliant!
The last idea is genius for finishing a whole piece. Could you start your initial weaving that way also?
I had that question too. How would this work on the other end of the weaving?
In a way, you kind of do when she has you pull the end up through at the start of your weaving. You could probably do make it even more similar by just weaving in the start for a few rows.
I start with just crossing it once, but I know some weavers go back 3 or more rows with the tail of the weft to anchor it more securely.
I use weaving in method except I use tapestry needle but I have to careful not to let thread show through. I finally got of tablet weaving took me 3 attempts still make mistakes what was confusing other people use different start for card going anticlockwise this caused the patterns show in reverse don't match up with what should look like on the printout. With more practice things will get better. I find your videos very helpful.
Your work is very beautiful!
8:30 Ah hah! I see what you are doing there! That is similar to how we finished off ends when wrap-tying two cables together every meter for a nautical purpose. All ends back inside and tension holding them in there securely.
Nice!! Wow. I am SO using Method 4! Beautiful method. Clever!
Love this! The last method is great. Thank you!
i really like the last technique - never have seen that before! was wondering if you should start your weave with the same thing
Version 2 might be easier to do whilst it is still on the loom, it should stop he warp threads from getting in the way whilst sewing.
I've been looking for a finishing technique for years and the weaving ends in is amazing thank you. Question. Can you do the same at the start???
I usually start with criss-crossing the tail at the beginning to prevent unraveling.
that looked so satisfying
This is great - when I make tatted lace I will use floss threaders instead of thread for the same purpose - I bet that would work here too!
That was so clever! Will definitely be trying that at the end of my current piece. 😄😄
The fourth method is great..
Thank you..
Weaving the ends is my favorite technique - I use it for all of my bands and haven't had one ravel out yet.
I've been sewing my ends in after cutting off but I always end up disturbing the weave. Doing it with the loops while it's still under tension is just genius!
How very cool the last method is.
Using the strings is brilliant. I do essentially the same thing but with a needle, weaving the weft back through the rows. The strings would be a LOT easier! So...how about hemstitching over the last two throws like we do in regular weaving? I've done that as well. It holds quite nicely and is rather decorative as well.
Absolutely!
Love your videos! Thank you! ❤️
Brilliant!
That last one was brilliant!! ^_^
Nice trick!
just so much fun!
Thank you Elewys! I have also hemstitched my ends just the way I would on my rigid heddle loom projects and it works well if you plan to leave a decorative fringe on your piece.
I do have a silly question for you though… I’m looking to replace my current (non-working) sewing machine and I’m curious what brand your machine is? I really like the look of what I could see 😄
It's a Pfaff Creative Vision 5.0 (I think). I got it second hand about a year ago--I think it was manufactured around 2006, so it's got some miles on it. My other machine is a Viking--a workhorse that I've had since 1998, but needs repair on the timing (ran over a safety pin). I've heard great things about Janome, also.
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Yeah, I’ve heard really good things about Pfaff, Viking and Janome. My mom always swore by Singer, but her machine was built in the time before planned obsolescence…as far as I know my sister in law is still using it and it’s probably over 60 years old! I need a workhorse machine, so I’ll look closer at the Viking machines. Thanks!
I’m onto my 2nd Pfaff machine (in 30 years). Swear by them for dressmaking and quilting. Unfortunately I released the magic black smoke from my first one. Binge sewing on a very hot summers day and cooked her. 🥺
How about good ole Singer? Not a seamstress. Just simple projects….
on the last one you say to turn it o ce more but roll the cards twice...was that on purpose(the turning twice) or just a slip of the tounge?😄I love how that ended up looking!
I was trying to remember how many turns and where the weft needed to be before threading it back.
So far I've just been knotting the ends into little tassels which seems to work, I don't know if that's period-accurate (I do Anglo-Scandinavian reenactment at York) but since I've only done practice pieces for personal use so far I quite like the look
That last process was really awesome!
Question: how come you dont leave longer fringe?
With Method 4, dental floss threaders work great!
Great tip!
I've found that you can do pretty much the same thing as the last method by just threading the end of your weft onto a longish needle and sewing it back through the last few picks. Trying to handle a bunch of loops hurts my brain too much :D
How do you do that on the other end of the weave? Do you just weave another thread through at the beginning as you would the weft thread at the end?
For method 4 wouldn't you want to put the white loops on the OPPOSITE side that your weft thread is facing? That way, when you finally pull the weft back through you could save yourself a pick and it would end up being the exact same as crossing the weft in the beginning of a band, such that the weft crosses or makes an "x" or "spiral" with itself in each pick. Correct me if I'm wrong, but in your version, the weft follows back the exact same way it came, which seems weird and maybe less sturdy to me. Thanks, great video
Yes, I probably didn't to that entirely correctly.
What a good idea! Love it! Thank you... :-)
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great video, thank you so much!!
THis is smart! Thank you :)
Hello wise one! I have a question! I have a long band that i want to shorten and make into a keychain loop. I have clasps for the ends, so I need the end of the band to not have any fraying. If I sew the ends of the bands and then just cut it, will that be strong enough?
Usually I use your method #4 from this video to make my chokers to size and then cut right after the end and use glue, and it seems to hold up alright. But I've never cut a long band!
I would be so grateful for your advice!
You can sew and use a few drops of fray-check. It should hold.
that last video reminds me of a knot used in macrame as a finishing or starting knot.
I love the method of putting loops into the weaving at the end, and then pulling through the yarn to anchor the end of the braid, to stop it unravelling.
My dilemma is how to prevent the starting end unravelling. I’m wondering if this method would work for the other end too, with loops placed into the weaving at the start of the braid in the same way. The yarn could be pulled through either after a few inches have been worked, or once the braid is finished, and before it’s removed from the loom, whilst it’s still under tension.
Has anyone tried this?
Of course your work is beautiful. What do you do with it when your done? What do you turn it into"
Bag straps, belts, and trim for clothing, mostly.
Instead of doing those loops, I just use a tapestry needle and weave the end back in a few times. I learned it from Inkle Weaving by Helen Bress, a really great resource.
That could work--I was concerned that using the needle would split, and possibly weaken, the warp threads.
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Nah, the tapestry needle is blunt enough. Just release your tension a bit, and it slides through beautifully. I do 2.5 back passes on mine and it works a charm. I'm all for the less fuss, less muss way. Try it, you'll like it! :)
Please make a video on tablet weaving guitar strap please
Wanna make it for a special person ☺️ so need your help
What do you do if you only want part of the band for a project? Can you just cut a little bit off and stitch the new end? Or is it better to make it the correct length from the start?
I would think you could go to the sewing machine and zig-zag both sides of the cut before you made the cut to keep it from fraying. Or do both sides with a satin stitch using a needle and thread if you are trying to be more period correct.
This is a question I've been struggling with, and probably why I haven't finished my current band. I'm afraid to cut it to trim length and ruin the whole thing.
Can you make wider bands like guitar straps
Absolutely. You just need a loom that can accommodate all those threads. I can only do about 55 cards at a time, and something that wide might need as many as 80 - 100.
At first, when watching that last technique, I thought, aren't you just weaving in the tail end of the weft thread. How is that going to be any different than just doing nothing? Then suddenly (Good thing I have a Ph.D.), I realized how that long weft thread was getting woven it! Stuff makes so much more sense when one has two brain cells to rub together. :-)
Oh good grief. Please help ME understand. I am still looking at it as you first did and can't get past it. How is it different than doing nothing? What about all the warp ends? Thank you, Kathy!
Could you hear me saying "Whoa" and "Cool"😁 Sorry if I disturbed you, I was busy being amazed!
Absolutely! I mean, you're probably just down the road from me, right?
Go Sounders!
@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 Not anymore😣 Had to move to AZ. But, turned out good, so👍
Huh. I just knotted mine like the starting end.
Is that quilt expression 720 I see?
Creative Vision 5.0. I got it used last year.
Edit: my comment was silly. It was about sewing in at the beginning but that would happen anyway? I'm just a beginner.
Also I cannot see or tell what method of hand sewing you are doing at all. It is completely impossible to see from the video