Cutting, Stitching & Embroidery Guide
Welcome to our Schacht learning YouTube channel. In this video we would like to show you how to warp & weave on a frame loom. We will be demonstrating on the Lilli Loom, but the techniques are the same for the Schacht School Loom and Mini Loom. The first step in weaving is to warp […]
– I’m so glad we have the opportunity to have a little look at hemming. I really wanted to do this last year but we just kept going and going and that last episode was getting pretty long. We covered a lot of stuff but this year, you’re gonna be weaving. You’re gonna have the […]
In this session of Weaving Basics we will learn how to fix a broken thread. I’ve been weaving along on this piece here and I’ve discovered that there are two knots that need to be fixed. It’s not a good idea to weave over the knots because they will show in your weaving whereas a […]
You might be wondering why go to all this bother for four selvedge. To learn this particular technique? And the main reason is that sometimes you just don’t want to deal with fringe. And it is really a treat to be able to make a tapestry that has no edge finishing, that has no thrums, […]
This might look like a bunch of strings tangled together, but, in reality, it’s one single thread that has been painstakingly looped and woven together to form a portrait of a face. Alfred Cheng is the artist behind these threaded portraits, which take a continuous thread over 5,000 yards long and more than 300 nails […]
“My name is Torri Hanna and I’m a fiber artist. I recently moved to Fergus Falls and opened Tangles to Treasures Fiber Arts Studio. It’s a weaving studio and gallery. It’s in the back of the Kaddatz Building. I’ve been a fiber artist for over 35 years now. My primary interest is in weaving. When […]
– This is a little hemstitching demonstration for you. Hemstitching is a decorative stitch on the end of weaving, on the ends of weaving, but it’s more than that. It holds the weft up in place and gives us a nice clean line. It’s the foundation, it’s the basement of your piece of cloth, if […]
So here’s a couple tips to help it make it easier to see what your doing when you hemstitch. One of the easy things is when you’re spreading your warp threads at the beginning, use a highly contrasting color for that weft yarn, so that when you then begin your weaving it’s easy to tell […]
Hi this is Ruchi on behalf of Expert Village. Now we’ll start with the curved lines which we can see here. These two curvy lines are facing opposite each other. Just edge the border and give it an enhanced look. He’s done with the circle and now he’s going to be starting with the curvy […]
One amazing feature of the DIY Weaver, is that you can use it to weave shapes! Whether you’re making a shaped pillow or the flap of a bag, let your imagination run wild. We’re going to learn how to weave shapes, starting with a heart. I’m following a diagram for peg placement, but you can […]