Girl, you REALLY need to make more videos. You are an excellent teacher! I bought a loom, have it threaded, but it has sat there 2 years because I’m afraid. I’m going to give it a go. I’ve watched so many videos on how to read a draft. Yours is by for better than any other video I have seen. Please, please, consider making videos on how to actually weave.
Hi!! Thank you so much for your encouragement. I do really want to get back into making videos, but I feel out of practice and kind of afraid to start again. Isn't that silly? Is there anything specific that's intimidating you about weaving? I feel like winding the warp and threading is the hardest part! I'd love to hear what you need help with so I can be further motivated to make more videos. Wishing you all the best!
@urbanpreppingwithpam916 I seen ur post is 8 months old but I feel ya. I got a 8 shaft loom a couple weeks ago n I know me if I didn’t dive head first I would b saying the same thing u did lol I hope u dove in n are making things now. Tho I only made 2 simple scarfs using 2 of 8 shafts I feel like my brain might explode diving into patterns and using more of the shafts lol and to @darcyfabre thank you for making reading a pattern a bit easier to understand :)
I am a rigid heddle weaver, and have been struggling to understand how to translate 3 and 4 shaft patterns to my loom, using extra heddles/pickup sticks. Lots of videos showing people weaving this way, and how to warp for that specific pattern. Also video explanations of drafts that don't look like the drafts I am finding in books and online. Your video was EXACTLY what I have been needing! Now I can translate any pattern myself. Thank you!!!
@TheQwuilleran Thank you! I've actually learned since making this video that it could be read either way depending on who wrote the draft and where they're from. I believe top down is the typical American way. It also varies by software, Fiberworks wants you to design top-down, but Weavepoint is bottom-up. I used Weavepoint before Fiberworks, so that's likely why I do it the way I do.
on the book pages you used on the thumbnail picture, the squares also has numbers, and there are other things happening on it. Did you also explain it in another video?
So when I actually start to weave I start. at the bottom of the trendling chart and when I get to the top I start over at. the bottom? Is that correct? Thank you
I am feeling so dumb..Everything/everyone talks about tieing up the peddles. I have a 4 shaft table loom with little levers to raise shafts 1, 2, 3, & 4. I just don't know how to relate this. Help!! Old lady brain!!!
Hi! For a table loom, you'll need to create something called a lift plan. For every treadle on the weaving draft, look up at the tie-up section and write down what shafts need to be raised for each treadle. That will be your lift plan. Say you're weaving a 2/2 twill and the treadling order is 1 2 3 4. The first treadle will lift shafts 1 and 2, so on a table loom you'll need to pull down those levers, then treadle 2 will lift shafts 2 and 3, so you'll pull those down, treadle 3 would do 3 and 4, and treadle 4 would lift 4 and 1. I see that Acton Creative has a video called "Read a weaving draft for table looms." I haven't watched it, but it may be useful. I hope this helps!
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Very nicely and clearly explained. Thank you!
Girl, you REALLY need to make more videos. You are an excellent teacher! I bought a loom, have it threaded, but it has sat there 2 years because I’m afraid. I’m going to give it a go. I’ve watched so many videos on how to read a draft. Yours is by for better than any other video I have seen. Please, please, consider making videos on how to actually weave.
Hi!! Thank you so much for your encouragement. I do really want to get back into making videos, but I feel out of practice and kind of afraid to start again. Isn't that silly? Is there anything specific that's intimidating you about weaving? I feel like winding the warp and threading is the hardest part! I'd love to hear what you need help with so I can be further motivated to make more videos. Wishing you all the best!
@urbanpreppingwithpam916 I seen ur post is 8 months old but I feel ya. I got a 8 shaft loom a couple weeks ago n I know me if I didn’t dive head first I would b saying the same thing u did lol I hope u dove in n are making things now. Tho I only made 2 simple scarfs using 2 of 8 shafts I feel like my brain might explode diving into patterns and using more of the shafts lol and to @darcyfabre thank you for making reading a pattern a bit easier to understand :)
I am a rigid heddle weaver, and have been struggling to understand how to translate 3 and 4 shaft patterns to my loom, using extra heddles/pickup sticks. Lots of videos showing people weaving this way, and how to warp for that specific pattern. Also video explanations of drafts that don't look like the drafts I am finding in books and online. Your video was EXACTLY what I have been needing! Now I can translate any pattern myself. Thank you!!!
Yay!! That's so great to hear. Happy weaving!
Well done, and simply explained, thank you!
Thank you SO much! This was super clear and super helpful!
This is so well explained in an uncomplicated way. Thank you.
Very-well explained, thank you. I would have guessed the treddling was read top down, away from the tie-up (like the threading)
@TheQwuilleran Thank you! I've actually learned since making this video that it could be read either way depending on who wrote the draft and where they're from. I believe top down is the typical American way. It also varies by software, Fiberworks wants you to design top-down, but Weavepoint is bottom-up. I used Weavepoint before Fiberworks, so that's likely why I do it the way I do.
on the book pages you used on the thumbnail picture, the squares also has numbers, and there are other things happening on it. Did you also explain it in another video?
The best explanation! Clear and simple
Thank you!
Thank you for a clear, thoughtful explanation.
This is so helpful!! Thank you!!
Hey! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! This video is a keeper...eventually it'll get thru my think skull. :)
So when I actually start to weave I start. at the bottom of the trendling chart and when I get to the top I start over at. the bottom? Is that correct? Thank you
Exactly right! On the loom, you're weaving the cloth from bottom up, so that's the way you need to read the treading chart.
In swedish drafts, the first shaft is the one furthest away from you!
I am feeling so dumb..Everything/everyone talks about tieing up the peddles. I have a 4 shaft table loom with little levers to raise shafts 1, 2, 3, & 4. I just don't know how to relate this. Help!! Old lady brain!!!
Hi! For a table loom, you'll need to create something called a lift plan. For every treadle on the weaving draft, look up at the tie-up section and write down what shafts need to be raised for each treadle. That will be your lift plan.
Say you're weaving a 2/2 twill and the treadling order is 1 2 3 4. The first treadle will lift shafts 1 and 2, so on a table loom you'll need to pull down those levers, then treadle 2 will lift shafts 2 and 3, so you'll pull those down, treadle 3 would do 3 and 4, and treadle 4 would lift 4 and 1.
I see that Acton Creative has a video called "Read a weaving draft for table looms." I haven't watched it, but it may be useful. I hope this helps!
May I know the name of the book on the RUclips screen?
It's the Handweaver's Pattern Directory by Anne Dixon!
@@darcyfabre Thank you😀😀