Thank you. He does have character doesn't he! I do like those eyes now. I think they suit him. The next one (I already have the fabric for) might be a girl. This one I plan to make bow tie for at some point, maybe waistcoat?

Hello again 😁 I'm glad you like him! Maybe patches will be my signature! Then I never need to figure out how to correctly sew in eyes 🤣 I think wonky is more fun. My parents' cat has a wonky face and wonky ears, so it makes me think of him!

Hiya! Oh yes you can definitely replace them! If you haven't seen it, I did a video on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWrOl6d9n89pqs0 Are you in the UK? I saw an extension kit (which makes the 4 shaft into 8), but I needed two sets of handles so I contacted the UK supplier George Weil and asked for a quote for just the handles. They shipped them in from Louet, took about 6 weeks. You could probably buy one set of four handles, if the others are fine. I ordered a few extra bits that needed replacing, so double check everything else is there and functional. If you live outside the UK you can contact Louet and ask for details of the local suppliers in your country. They were quite expensive, £116 I think for two sets, but Jane handles don't fit and if it makes it fully functional it's worth it as you can sell it for more of it's functional. I have a few other videos on the loom and I am planning to do a review of what I've changed. Any questions I might be able to help with, give me a shout 😄👍🏻

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it ☺️ the anti fray stuff is called "fray stop', it's very helpful and appears a lot more in my next video 🤣

Oh upcycling is great. I've upcycled quite a bit, from tables, to sheets, curtains to clothing :) it's great to combine with charity shop treasure hunting! 😀 Thanks, hopefully I can finish him in part 3, but there might end up being a part 4!

Well when I see the finished teddy I might be inspired to give it a go! Maybe using handwoven fabric. I’ve got plenty of the stuff after all!

@janesflanagan oh I do hope so! That's my plan too! It's just managing the fraying, but the fabric I'm using frays a lot as you've seen!

Ha ha, I'm surprised at how neat all the pieces are looking. I'm slightly scared to start the sewing bit as that's where it usually goes wrong 😂 I have very little spare fabric to play with!!

@@spindletreestudiovideos I think it will look good! Anyway, if you really run out of fabric it would look good with a complementary fabric too 🙂

@leebecker8255 yes very true about the complimentary fabric, I'd thought that. I'm not exactly sure if the joints will work so I need to do a test joint, so I'll do that in a different fabric to start with I think. ☺️

Glad you enjoyed it :)

Hi, great question. Perhaps I should do a video on it at some point 🤔 I don't know if you've watched any of my others videos about refurbishing the loom or using it, but they might give you an idea about what it's like. There is a bit of information online. If you are on Instagram, feel free to DM me and I can send you the documents I have found for it. Also Jane Stafford's video on threading a Louet loom was super helpful and easier then the method I tried in my threading video. In terms of the width it depends what you want to make and how much space you have. I did initially want to buy something twice as wide, but this loom takes up quite a lot of space and the great thing about fabric is you can sew pieces together! The other thing you can do is weave double width. If you want to make large blankets or rugs etc maybe you need a bigger loom, but there are other things to consider, like the increased stretching of the body required to do a wider weft, space, transportation (mine easily fits in the back seat of the car). Would I buy it again. Yes and no. Mine was only 50 quid and I have spent probably £150 on refurb, plus all the other equipment required, so I think it was a good investment. If I had my time again I probably would have started with a rigid heddle. I like the textured yarn look and I think it's much easier to get going on and not as tricky to thread or maintain tension. Having said that I want to do overshot and other patterns eventually. I've had some health issues which means I can only do weaving in short sessions so that makes it harder, but I don't regret buying it. Essentially I want to get a rigid heddle as well as my table loom ☺️ How much weaving have you done and what price have you seen this loom going for?

Thank you 😊👍🏻 I did manage to weave the fabric eventually. That video is in progress! I'm definitely going to attempt those colours again.

Great ideas, thank you! I will add them to the list of possibilities ☺️

@@bettieshea278 that's really good to know! Maybe I'll get to that stage one day 🤣 I've got another project waiting to go on the loom, but I'm doing something else fabric-related in between to mix things up a bit!

You're right, it is the magic isn't it! 😁 As long as the weaving looks good, that moment when it comes in the loom as actual cloth is wonderful! 😊👍🏻

Ahhh, it didn't seem to move much, but I've sent it back now. Good to know for the next one though! Thanks for taking the time to comment! 😊

Thanks very much ☺️ I had fun making the diagram! 😁 Though the first attempt didn't work!

Good questions! I don't think a mordant works with procion dyes, unless you mean the soda ash. I could be wrong though. I did use soda ash. I think maybe washing it before soaking in the sofa ash and maybe adding a bit more soda ash powder during the dyeing. I could have also used more dye powder. It was much stronger last time. I don't think I washed it first then, but I did add more soda ash powder and I dyed it just in the muck, possibly with more dye powder 🤔

Oh you did better than me, I needed to rethread completely so I went for plain weave instead! Did yours look more like the book? Mine didn't look much like the book! 🤣

@@spindletreestudiovideos it did at the beginning, then someone disturbed me. It does now again. I do like the chevron pattern.

@@bridietonge888 🤣 weaving is definitely a tricky skill to learn. Yes the chevrons are really cool. Though mine didn't look right at all 🤣 the other chevron pattern I did in a previous video worked better! You live and learn eh?

@@spindletreestudiovideos I love learning new stuff. If it works I treat myself. If it doesn't I sulk. 😏

@@bridietonge888 ha ha ha yes learning new things is fab, unless it turns out to be really hard, like crocheting mini star wars characters when you've never crocheted a thing (I gave up, gave it to my Mum to knit instead, and never crocheted again) I also find swearing helps! Luckily I have a nagging perseverance with most stuff and actually I'm more likely to do it than easy stuff. I've heard KZbin is supposed to be letting people post in the community tab soon 🤞🏻 I'd love to see some of the stuff other people have made! Feel free to DM me on Instagram if you are on there and want to show me how your pattern came out!

Oh thank you, that's very kind of you ☺️ I am really pleased with how the colours came out. I'm releasing a second yarn dyeing video soon where the same dyes look very different! Great idea with the needle books. I did think about making journals from the fabric. The only thing is, if you only use small pieces, you can't see all the weft colours. I'm thinking on a future warp I might weave thinner weft stripes so you can see all the colours when using the fabric for smaller scale items. With this I thought a lamp shade, but it looks nicer when the light is not going through it 😂 my other thought is to use it to cover open shelves like I have in the background of this video, but elsewhere in the house. I'll definitely add needle books to my list of future projects though! My Mum makes fabric page journals for embroidery sampling and that would be great to go with a needle book!

@@spindletreestudiovideos Your ideas are excellent! I like the thought of covering your open shelves. That would look very nice. I would love to see your dye video. Thank you for your response. Blessings!

@@Avinmor thank you! The only issue with the open shelves is I would need probably 2 more of them and I'm not exactly sure I could replicate it. Still at least I have a KZbin video of exactly how I did it...phew ! I have just released a different video, so the next dye video is scheduled for around a week's time :)

Hi, thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment! Wow, we really do have a lot on common!! It's great to have a lot of different crafty hobbies isn't it?! Do you show your work anywhere online? I'm thinking I'd like to create a community somewhere so people who are interested in the same things can share their work and ask each other questions etc, but I haven't worked out how or where to do that yet as I wouldn't want people to have to pay. I've never been to Idaho! What am I missing? 😁

Yes unfortunately with this one I pulled it as far as it would go and it wouldn't stay whatever I did. I think it was a dud one, so I've returned it. Good to know they aren't all like that though! Do you have one?

Thanks, yes, I saw a review that looked pretty good. I think the one I saw was £80 though so that might be a bit out of my budget. Was it the jumbo one you heard about? Thanks for your comment, much appreciated 🙂

It really is isn't it! I can't wait to use it again! 😍

No problem, glad you enjoyed it 😊

Glad you enjoyed it! 😄

Thanks very much. I'm over the moon with how it turned out 😁 I just wish there was double the length!

That is a very good question! I think it partly depends what kind of loom you have (rigid heddles you don't have to worry as much about a textured yarn getting caught in the heddles). If you use a single ply (not wrapped with another yarn as in 2,3 or 4 ply) the finished fabric can be more uneven once washed (though you might like that). Superwash wool is often used for knitting, but it doesn't 'full' or mesh together during wet finishing. I think it's also worth considering what you want to use it for as some wool can be itchy. Strength wise you can give it a pull and see how easily it snaps, but I thought some of mine were only suitable for weft and my friend said they'd be okay. There are other differences between weaving wool and knitting wool, I haven't quite got my head around those yet. I'll ask my friend who is much more experienced if there is anything else to bear in mind. I know she very much likes Shetland wool.

@@spindletreestudiovideos Thanks so much I would be interested to know what your friend thinks also 🙏🌈🦋

@@geewhizzgeewhizz6981 she said the only way to know is to test it. I guess you could get some wool and if you don't feel it'll work for a warp, you can always use it for the weft. It's better to buy in person where you can measure wraps per inch. The other option is to go on an online weaving group and see where other people in the same country get theirs from. Where about are you? :)

I used Hartsville Shetland, BUT please know it's a bit itchy, but it makes a great blanket!

Harrisville. Sorry. Autocorrect overhelped me.

Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! Our summers can be weeks long sometimes, but then I think most people exaggerate it. I don't like the heat, so I'm happy on the cooler days where it's warm enough to go out without a coat, but not too hot to go for a walk in the day time. Great to hear about all your crafts, I must say many of them sound familiar 😂 I've been focusing more on weaving but I'd be interested to hear which topics you'd be interested in videos on. Do you watch KZbin videos on all those topics? I guess it goes through phases? 😂 I'd like to cover a range of topics eventually.

@@spindletreestudiovideos Yes, I go through waves of watching videos. Lately, because the looms and supplies recently came to me, I've been devouring weaving videos.

@@CelesteDouville oh that's great, yes weaving is addictive and there is so much to learn, is a deep rabbit hole! Do you have an Instagram or anything where I can see your creations? I'd like to do more videos on being a multi-crafter :)

Well said, I totally agree! I noticed there aren't as many videos on KZbin about mistakes and how to fix them and being as I'm making so many of them (and learning a lot from it) I thought....why not share? ☺️

Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely try that next time I weave. I have heard the advice about neutral or next shed, it's just that my memory is terrible and I think I'll lose track of where I am, but I'll have to try and train myself 😂 I am enjoying weaving. I have made the yarn a bit too nice for the latest project so I'm worried I'll mess it up on the loom 😂 but I guess I can always dye more!!

Oh thank you, I really hope you're right ☺️ yes I'm procrastinating over actually weaving in case I mess it up! Luckily I can always dye more! 😂

Yes, it could be because it's so old, but you can see it a bit better on the loom, though it's pale. The other three skeins of yarn have come out very differently! I'm mastering avoiding tangles as no joke it took hours to untangle!! I've dyed three plain skeins one of the three colours to start weaving with. I'm excited to get going! ☺️

Oh bless you for keeping going! I filmed my second warp, but I didn't make it into a video in the end, but it was soooo much easier because I found a method that worked well for my loom. I think it was B2F but it's suited my loom much much better!

Well it was an educated risk, because it didn't work properly as it was and I knew I could get new handles, but I was scared they wouldn't fit, even though I knew it was daft because they were made specifically for my model of loom.

Wow, yes, what kind of floor loom do you have? A friend who I actually met through KZbin has a Leclerc Fanny loom I might try out when I visit next, if it's not got a project on there! I am going to try some freeform weaving with a black warp soon, but I've just wound a warp I dyed myself (video coming soon) so that's the next project I think

Thank you ☺️ 🙏🏻 I plan to!

Thank you 😊🙏🏻 how is your weaving journey going?

@@spindletreestudiovideos I'm getting there.....slowly 😃

@@bridietonge888 he he yes it's a slow process. I am listening to an audiobook at the moment and the research they quote says in learning the more you struggle the better you learn it 🤣 so we should be excellent weavers by the end!!!

Thank you, that's very kind of you :) Wow that's hot! I struggle at 32 degrees and it doesn't get much more than that here! I can see why you have air con! I bet you have some lovely views in Nebraska. There is a light house there I was reading about. I can't remember the name but I had a teatowel with it on that I gave to a friend who loves lighthouses 🤣 I have to admit I thought it was part of Canada (sorry!)

@@spindletreestudiovideos You must be kidding! Although Nebraska's big sky and rolling plains are pretty spectacular, lighthouses aren't really part of the landscape here. I did some Googling, and it turns out there's one on the lake. I'm thinking of making new end-of-summer plans to go check it out. To be honest, it seems like we connect better with Canada, so I don't blame you. Haha, you already have the sorry's down, so you must be a little Canadian.

@@boardgamesportsnetwork oooh that's interesting. I've just remembered, I watched a painting video on KZbin about the lighthouse, just before I got the tea towel (my mum found it in a second hand vintage suitcase she bought) I'll have to tell my friend it's a special lighthouse! He volunteers at a lighthouse local to him and is a member of the lighthouse club (I can't remember the official name). I've never been to Nebraska, but I love Canada. Apart from the heat and getting bitten all over 🤣

@@boardgamesportsnetwork okay I have a confession 🤣 my friend says the lighthouse is in Nova Scotia not Nebraska!! I've never been very good with names! Still at least you know about a new place to visit 🤣

@@spindletreestudiovideos haha Nova Scotia makes so much more sense! Phew. I would much rather go to Nova Scotia this summer than to a random lake lighthouse. Thank you, you saved me! I wonder if I could name that much across the pond apart from some major cities and countries. So, I will give you half credit for getting it right and at least making it over here, at least to Canada.

Thanks Jane 😄 yes I always have loads of ideas! I've got the next video half filmed!

😁 yes it looks much better than my previous warps! I'm excited to try overshot and the freestyle weaving. Too many plans to little time 🤣

Oh I'm glad they are helpful. 😁 I've just tried wet finishing so that might be the next one! It didn't come out as expected!

Thanks for your comment ☺️ I better try and finish some 🤣 I'm doing some test dyeing at the moment. Not sure about the colours! Have you tried painted warp yourself? What did you make with it? I'm excited about it just need to get my head around it!

Hi @Mervanya, it's a linen and wool blend, I got it on sale from World of Wool. I'm not sure they have any more of that. Are you in the UK? My friend has recommended Fairfield Yarns who also sell on eBay. There might be somewhere near you that does mill ends. If you are on Instagram, feel free to drop me a DM and I can give you a bit more information :) it's @spindletreestudio

@@spindletreestudiovideos thanks, I will look them up , I don’t use instagram often but I will dm next time I’m on thank you

@@Mervanyano problem, this is Fairfield www.fairfieldyarns.co.uk/ of course the difficulty with ordering online is you can't check the wraps per inch!

Ha ha ha I think "seasoned weaver" sounds quite nice 🤣 yes I have learnt a lot! Whether or not it all stays in there.....who knows, but I'm going to start adding the next warp soon and get back in the horse 😄

I think I've managed it with some of them, but sometimes when I pull firmly it stops turning so it can be tricky can't it!!

It certainly can! Gets easier with practice!

@@janesflanagan phew, glad to hear it 😂

I’ve had the same problem with 1 of my shuttles but not the other so it wasn’t the actual winding in the cardboard bobbin. I solved the problem by putting tiny little washers on either end of the stick ( one before the bobbin one after). Problem solved and is now zooming across my loom and not catching on that any more

@@Delldgm oh that's interesting! I have a load of washers somewhere, so I'll try that! Thanks for the tip!! 😀

Thanks for the tip. I think I was getting the knack a bit more by the end. I'm going to try floating selvedges next time :) thanks for the encouragement!!