Click on these links to find mini video tutorials and videos of me and some of my weaving teachers at work:
Cotton spinning Chiclayo, Peru (embedded in post).
2. Making string heddles in San Ignaco de Loyola (embedded in post)
Knotting the fringe of a traditional ikat pañon of Tacabamba, Peru (embedded in post).
Weaving a pañon, Tacabamba, Peru.
A Burmese backstrap weaver weaving supplementary weft patterns (embedded in the post)
Montagnard Backstrap Weaver Ju Nie shows how she creates continuous string heddles while she winds her warp. (embedded in post)
My “slowed down” demo and explanation of how Montagnard weavers add string heddles as they warp on my Youtube channel:
Installing a coil rod (embedded in post)
Basic Warping for Backstrap Looms
Basic weft twining (embedded in post)
Opening the shed rod shed on a sticky warp (embedded in post)
Bolivian Weavers doing Complementary Warp Pick-up (embedded in blog post along with a video on the basics of complementary warp pick-up)
A Weaver at work from Cochabamba, Bolivia
Three videos embedded in one blog post:
Overspinning plied wool yarn
Warping and prep for weaving pick-up on a simple toe loom
Weaving pebble weave on a simple toe loom
Weavers of South America – a Mapuche weaver from central Chile
Sling braiding – The Palma Braid
Braiding – The 4-Strand Braid on Finger Loops
Warping and Setting up the Loom
Techniques – Simple Warp Floats
Weavers of South America – Candelaria and Tarabuco, Bolivia
Five-strand Finger Loop Square Braid
Guatemalan single face supplementary weft patterning – setting up the patterning sticks
Weavers of South America – Zapote, Manabi Province, Ecuador
Weavers of South America – Pitumarca, Peru
Weavers of South America – a Guarani weaver in Santa Cruz, Bolivia weaving Moisy technique.
Ju Nie, Montagnard weaver, spins cotton on a traditional spinning wheel.(embedded in post)
Four videos embedded in one post:
Weavers from Peru and Bolivia doing pick up;
Weavers from Peru and Bolivia weaving and attaching edge bands and braiding;
Spinners from the Cusco area of Peru;
A young boy learning to weave with his grandmother;.
Creating third and fourth selvedges in Chinchero
Weaving and attaching a tubular plain weave band to fabric
Opening the heddles on a narrow warp
Needle-weaving to close the gap on a four-selvedge piece (embedded in this post)
My Guarani teacher, Angela, (r.i.p) operating string heddles on her vertical loom.
Very impressive! Saw and viewed your article on weavezine. I think South American weaving is some of the best in the world. Thank you for sharing.
Estoy Fasinada ,viendo sus trabajos .GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR.
I am working in the Pebble weave book which has three methods for pickup. You mention videos are available but I can’t find them. Can you tell me how to access the videos please? Paula
Hi Paula. If you have the actual book, I can tell you how to access the videos. If you have the PDF, the method for accessing them depends on whether you bought it from Patternfish years ago or more recently from Taproot Videos (a watermark at the bottom of each page will indicate that). Let me know which and I can help.
I have the book
Okay. I’m going to send you an email and explain. There’s a page at the front of the book that tells you about how to access the videos from your Taproot Video account but if you haven’t been able to find them that way, I’ll sort it out for you via email.
Thank you – I looked everywhere – my cotton class had a video link but not your books
Look out for my email. I just sent it