Anita West Fingerweaving Demonstration

[@deborahc1402]

I'm a quilter and rug wever. Never have done the finger weaving. I will have to learn. you do beautiful work. thank you.

[@laenrae05]

I've never thought of using that method for stringing up the dowel rod. I'm going to have to try it sometime. Thanks for posting!

[@annestrand6933]

For a slower video click the settings'wheel' on the video and slow it down as much as you need to. Thank you for this demonstration, I will have to find more suitable yarn tomorrow is my storage, thin cotton for a newbie is not recommended ;) and almost made me decide to give up, then I remembered I am to old to give up at first attempt :D Thank you from Norway (I am sure my paternal G.M could do this, but she died years before I was born, so I am now on a quest to learn as many things as I can that she might have done - so my daughter can at least see and if I get g.children I can show them so they can get a taste of it)

[@ginalekasdottir1554]

I will take these ideas with me for when I tablet weave, I really like the chevron patterns.

[@sandrarodrigues3392]

love ,when I was a child I would make a bracelet, then I forgot, now that you have brought me back the memory, I will do it again and if possible I will make up the rug, thank you

[@loribreeuwsma]

I have fingerwoven for a while but I have never tried doing it this way by going straight across. I have done it the way your mother taught you. Thanks for posting this. I will try doing it this way from now on.

[@luisamanticof7984]

muy bien explicado ,me encanta,,,,

[@abcd543217]

Beautiful work. I wish she could show it a little slower. I am watching but it is hard to know just how she is weaving so beautiful and fast! I would like to learn how to weave like her!!

[@itsamysticlife3500]

Thanks for a great video. I used to watch my mom fingerweave, about 30+ years ago. She never tucked her thread ends under her leg, which probably would have made it easier for her to control the thread, especially at outdoor demonstrations. I'm looking at taking this up again and will try using the thread tuck method.

[@wahzhazheculturalcenter7546]

That is awesome!

[@asudeakar8151]

Anita..çok teşekkür ederim..oldukça faydalı bir video..bilgilendim..i am from Türkiye..thank you very much..

[@marymcbride4512]

I love this demonstration video. It makes me want to create the beautiful designs like you are making. The video is very good and easy to follow your directions. I do have one question. Where can I obtain a stand like the one you are using?

[@wahzhazheculturalcenter7546]

The weaving stand Mrs. West is using was created locally by a welder. Are you near Osage county, OK?

[@marymcbride4512]

@@wahzhazheculturalcenter7546 Unfortunately not, I live in Washington state. I love the stand, it is perfect

[@itsamysticlife3500]

@@marymcbride4512 my mom used to use the back of a ladder back kitchen chair when she did fingerweaving at home. When she did demos, she confiscated my easel then found a 4 foot wooden ladder worked well.

[@kimmumbower6111]

I understand the weaving stands are made locally, by a welder. I wish you had some for sale or I lived closer to Oklahoma! Can you provide basic dimensions of the stand so I can find a welder in my area to make one? It is difficult to estimate from the video views.

[@lisajarvis3820]

Do you have in books/dvds or cds 💿 on how to do this please ~ and do you ship to 🇬🇧

[@wahzhazheculturalcenter7546]

No we do not have any how to books or CD's. We do offer free local classes, with hands on instruction.

[@mammkarenupnorth]

can you tell me where I can find weaving stands like the one you used here? I'm teaching finger weaving to my middle schoolers. Thank you!

[@mammkarenupnorth]

Thanks. I appreciate your help! My classes are at the Lac du Flambeau elementary school

[@ethanschulze7259]

Find a high school ag mechanics to weld you up one. I made one for my wife.

[@RichardOles]

Hello. I really enjoyed the video. I would love one of these stands and can't find them anywhere. Please reply

[@pedroalves7050]

Como. Fase. Renda.

[@wahzhazheculturalcenter7546]

@@RichardOles these stands are made locally by welders. Where do you live?

[@jeanetteanderson3470]

Can you slow down when you are picking up the middle and start a new row

[@maryminney5255]

Great video on fingerweaving but the second finishing technique you showed is called twining, not twilling.

[@tracieaton3128]

Really not a good video, no explanation of materials or set up. I already know how to do this technique but if I had to learn from this it would be impossible.

[@meanqkie2240]

I learned to do this in my twenties from the college Ag teacher at Warner. He taught us the basics and we used nylon paracord to make belts, reins, breast collars and headstalls for halters or bridles. You can braid any kind of stranded or threaded ropelike materials, even grasses. We learned to use any number of strands, even or odd, and could braid round, flat, or square. We learned crown knots to finish off the round and square shanks. Our patterns started room left and then from right, color arrangement on top determined the pattern. We started with doubled threads hanging over another thread to make the tip of the belt, worked from the pointed end to the bucket end, then using an old knife headed to red, burned off the nylon scrap ends and melted them neatly together in one step. Adding a screw post through the fibers after turning back about 2-3 inches around the buckle bail, finished the belt. On some straps, we divided the strap in two woven for an inch or so then returned to the single wide strap weaving for a button hole, then changed from flat to round/square to make a shank and finish with a crown knot to act as the button for a self closure. We used a single yard long strand woven around two fingers and then braided back through itself to make a circular “keeper” to put over the shank and slide up against the crown knot to close off the buttonhole.

[@vampyrasleeps51]

she was pretty easy for me to follow.but I've made a ton of friendship bracelets..kinda similar.