Weaving Calm

in this video, you can look over my shoulder as I weave a wild and wacky skinny scarf that I wove between customer, clients and call one day while I was at work :-)

I was creating in the moment but looking back over it (which I have to do a lot when editing) here are a couple of techniques that you may notice:

Sleying for Alternate Yarn Sizes
I'm weaving with super bulky yarn. . . but the largest dent heddle that comes in my kit is only 8-dents. What gives?

Ahh, my astute weaving friend ;-) you can weave with thicker yarns when you space them properly in the reed. Google "Sley Chart" and you'll find an amazing tool that will greatly expand the sizes of yarn thick (and thin) that can be woven on your loom.

Another "why" for Winding a Warp using a Warping Board
I get it.
Using a warping board can seem super challenging. But there are soo many good reasons to learn how to warp your heddle off the loom. (and good reasons and methods to do a direct warp. . . will leave that for a different post)

One of the joys of using a warping board is that you can design in the heddle picking and choosing where to place each particular strand ;-)

Wacky, Knotty, Yarn balls
Sometimes I weave imperfectly on purpose. Yep. I can weave a balanced weave. I've woven a TON of it over the last few weeks for my upcoming shawl workshop. But sometimes after a while, I will purposely weave a flaw (or leave a flaw that I've woven by accident)

With this scarf, I fully embraced imperfection and had a fun time doing it ;-)

I encourage you to try something like this. At least once in a while.

It is like a palate cleanser.

You'll be surprised.

Some of you will be surprised at how freeing it is.

Others will be surprised at how hard it is to let go of perfectionistic tendencies.

Either way, it is worth trying.

At least once in a while.

Get the kit so you can weave along with me :-)

HTTP://www.sprakweaving.com

Watch over my shoulder as I weave weave a warp-faced band from start to finish.

Here is a link to the pattern for the band that I'm weaving:
http://raktres.net/l/FER

Along the way, you'll see how I add yarn. Advance my warp and start and end the band. Enjoy!

You can purchase this loom which is great for weaving all sorts of small projects, sample, bands, tape and so much more:

http://sparkweaving.com/

This is the third and final project in a series of 3 projects from a recent piece of handwoven cloth that I created on my smallest rigid heddle loom.

In the first video, I show you how I wove the fabric and I make a lined bag

In the second video, I make a drawstring pouch with a larger piece of leftover fabric and the last of the handwoven tape:

You can purchase this loom which is great for weaving all sorts of small projects, sample, bands, tape and so much more:

http://sparkweaving.com/