I hardly ever comment but I’ve been bingeing on all your videos. As a new baby beginner weaver your videos are golden nuggets of information! Thank you so much. 🤗
Hi David! When you say continuous warp, do you mean it's fed directly by a bunch of cones of yarn? Or just a very long warp? The loss of inches at the beginning and end of the project simply helps you account for the inches you lose for the knots. If you don't have knots, you can definitely tweak that number!
@@ActonCreative yes. While I do love my frame and doing tapestry, my end goal is to get a big boy harness loom. Where I live, it's almost impossible to get materials easily other than ordering online, which may arrive (or might not, depending on the day). I was thinking of going continuous warp to minimize wastage and make the materials that I can get last longer.
I so agree with play favorites lol. My dad gave me my mom's yarn after she passed, so I learned different ways of knitting (not needles as not arthritis friendly), but round looms and long looms, then i bought a toy loom, progressed to a rigid heddle loom and now table loom (yeah table loom is my favorite since Jan lol), but having tried all those difference yarns, I had bought some before receiving my mom's stash also. I have focuses now on cotton the 2/16 and 2/8 for the table loom. Acrylics for rigid heddle loom and round looms. I tried bamboo also which on rigid heddle is a favorite also but not on my table loom. So I also bought the handveaver's pattern directory and watching your videos and others I leanred a lot also. Now I am still practicing those patterns, with different yarns, but kind of prefer the cotton. You truly need to try different ones, also combine different yarns for textures and so on, it is truly the best way to learn. I now like to use the 2/16 as Warp and use the 2/8 as weft and use the 2/16 as tabby also (I use my 16 EPI) , I now do my edges with 2/16 as easier to hand sew. For rigid heddle I also like the 8/4 coton I use the 12 EPI, acrylic thick yarn fro blanket I use a 10 EPI on rigid heddle (I practiced with so many different combos to know what I prefer). Just play around, do small samples also. Yes the wastage left on loom is important to know so you can add during the warping. Shrinkage also will be added. So so true about the width how we weave ourselves, it was always my problem, not consistent, so now i use a fishing line on the selvedge (same slot as selvedge and once done I remove the fishing line and I find more consistency this way for myself, maybe down the line I may no longer need the fishing line, I only use this on my table loom, the rigid heddle loom I never used fishing line, so it seems the table loom draw in is worse for me, but this may be because i use the 2/8 and 2/16 which are finer yarn, when I used other yarns did not need fishing line neither. I did multiple samples. I warp around 7 inches and I warp several feet, I do samples, cut them off and use the left over on loom with different heddles and do other samples. Yes good point I noticed the tie ups at times if my arthritis is bad that day I need longer yarns to tie, on good days less, I have to add this to the waste also, so far I have not counted the lenght, I just keep going if I plan a few towels or so. Thanks for that tip as I am still learning. Also when I cut the project to change heddle positions, I have to waste some again to tie up on front beam. I plan on trying to make curtains next so these tips from this video will help me in my calculations. Towels I could cut corners so to speak and make the size I could do, but curtains will have to be the right size. Thanks again for a lovely video. I also have to add the hems, which i forgot a while back, you learn from mistakes at times also.
I hardly ever comment but I’ve been bingeing on all your videos. As a new baby beginner weaver your videos are golden nuggets of information! Thank you so much. 🤗
What wonderful feedback - thank you so much! I'm very glad they've been helpful to you!!!
Thanks for encouraging us to reflect on our weaving practice and these specifics to create a project.
I'm so glad it was helpful!!
That was a fantastic explanation! Thank you
I'm so glad it was helpful, Jennifer! Thank you!
It's not loom/yarn waste, it's the most colourful bird nests in the neighborhood!
It absolutely can be! However, my birding warn me not to!
@@ActonCreative I only put out natural fiber and alpaca, which the flying dinos actually rip right off the alpacas too. (all in small pieces)
I've decided that no matter what, I am adding an extra yard to my warps. That way, I have some room to experiment (or in case I have made a mistake).
Nice! That's a great way to cover your bases!
Question re: loss at the end. What is the difference in loss between a regular warp and continuous warp?
Hi David! When you say continuous warp, do you mean it's fed directly by a bunch of cones of yarn? Or just a very long warp?
The loss of inches at the beginning and end of the project simply helps you account for the inches you lose for the knots. If you don't have knots, you can definitely tweak that number!
@@ActonCreative yes. While I do love my frame and doing tapestry, my end goal is to get a big boy harness loom. Where I live, it's almost impossible to get materials easily other than ordering online, which may arrive (or might not, depending on the day). I was thinking of going continuous warp to minimize wastage and make the materials that I can get last longer.
I've never had anyone else to plan my projects. 😂
Fabulous!
I so agree with play favorites lol. My dad gave me my mom's yarn after she passed, so I learned different ways of knitting (not needles as not arthritis friendly), but round looms and long looms, then i bought a toy loom, progressed to a rigid heddle loom and now table loom (yeah table loom is my favorite since Jan lol), but having tried all those difference yarns, I had bought some before receiving my mom's stash also. I have focuses now on cotton the 2/16 and 2/8 for the table loom. Acrylics for rigid heddle loom and round looms. I tried bamboo also which on rigid heddle is a favorite also but not on my table loom. So I also bought the handveaver's pattern directory and watching your videos and others I leanred a lot also. Now I am still practicing those patterns, with different yarns, but kind of prefer the cotton. You truly need to try different ones, also combine different yarns for textures and so on, it is truly the best way to learn. I now like to use the 2/16 as Warp and use the 2/8 as weft and use the 2/16 as tabby also (I use my 16 EPI) , I now do my edges with 2/16 as easier to hand sew. For rigid heddle I also like the 8/4 coton I use the 12 EPI, acrylic thick yarn fro blanket I use a 10 EPI on rigid heddle (I practiced with so many different combos to know what I prefer). Just play around, do small samples also. Yes the wastage left on loom is important to know so you can add during the warping. Shrinkage also will be added. So so true about the width how we weave ourselves, it was always my problem, not consistent, so now i use a fishing line on the selvedge (same slot as selvedge and once done I remove the fishing line and I find more consistency this way for myself, maybe down the line I may no longer need the fishing line, I only use this on my table loom, the rigid heddle loom I never used fishing line, so it seems the table loom draw in is worse for me, but this may be because i use the 2/8 and 2/16 which are finer yarn, when I used other yarns did not need fishing line neither. I did multiple samples. I warp around 7 inches and I warp several feet, I do samples, cut them off and use the left over on loom with different heddles and do other samples. Yes good point I noticed the tie ups at times if my arthritis is bad that day I need longer yarns to tie, on good days less, I have to add this to the waste also, so far I have not counted the lenght, I just keep going if I plan a few towels or so. Thanks for that tip as I am still learning. Also when I cut the project to change heddle positions, I have to waste some again to tie up on front beam. I plan on trying to make curtains next so these tips from this video will help me in my calculations. Towels I could cut corners so to speak and make the size I could do, but curtains will have to be the right size. Thanks again for a lovely video. I also have to add the hems, which i forgot a while back, you learn from mistakes at times also.
Thank you so much for sharing your methods & thought process! That's really helpful!!
I've never had anyone else to plan my projects. 😂