Rebecca Mezoff teaches James Koehler's weft interlock technique for tapestry weaving

Though this video is still relevant, I have made a much better version of it which you can find on my KZbin channel here: • The James Koehler Weft... This video is the very first one I ever made. Now I teach thousands of students tapestry weaving online. Visit my website for details at tapestryweavin....
Rebecca Mezoff (rebeccamezoff....) was a student and apprentice of James Koehler for 6 years before his death. This video describes James' signature weft interlock join used in his art tapestries. Tapestry weaving was James' passion and he was a gifted teacher. Rebecca is passing on some of his knowledge to her students now that James is no longer with us. Read more about tapestry weaving on Rebecca's blog: rebeccamezoff..... See more about James Koehler here: rebeccamezoff....
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[@deetudor7152]

You're a great teacher! Thank you so much for such clear instructions!

[@FarFungPlaces]

This was a clear and concise video showing how to do a weft inter-lock tapestry weave; the close-ups were especially helpful in grasping the technique.

[@tusharpatel298]

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[@Jennaluvx]

Thank you for this video. I'm a beginning weaver, practicing with stripes first. This helps to demonstrate for me the next step I can take in creating a pattern. Thanks Rebecca! :D

[@tusharpatel298]

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[@LifeinLancashire]

I only started weaving last week on a small loom. No idea who James Koehler is, but I've automatically done this to join the different colours that I've been using on the loom. In the 1970s, I did work in the offices of a Lancashire weaving mill, so at times I had to go down into the weaving sheds to get the pick clock readings in order to calculate the weavers wages, and very often saw faults in cloth being mended after the clothlooking process, so maybe I subconsciously stored this technique away in my brain. I therefore think that perhaps the technique does not originate from James Koehler?????

[@RebeccaMezoffTapestry]

Absolutely true. This is an interlock that I learned from James who is a renowned tapestry artist. He was my teacher and he died in 2011. This was the very first video I ever made and I've made another one on this channel that is a bit better. This one has had so many views that I can't delete it! This is a form of weft interlock that I'm sure many people have used. I just have never found a specific way to refer to it, so this is my nomenclature.

[@karolinneochoa8035]

I like so much the tutorial..i can do this in my loom and i am so happy for this..i want to learn more things with you.. thank you so much!! :)

[@JaneanEasley]

Great video. I have only done Navajo style tapestry weaving. We use the interlock join extensively. There is also a Turned or shared warp join. Your demonstration looks like it blends those techniques together. I'm not sure if you will find those techniques on KZbin, but there are some books that describe it well.. In Navajo weaving, it is completely reversible.

[@maryannsinclair3148]

Hi Rebecca, I have been looking for a beater like yours & can’t find it. Can you tell me where to get one? Thank you! Mary Ann from Deer Park WA

[@RebeccaMezoffTapestry]

This is a beater from Magpie Woodworks. They do great work.

[@maryannsinclair3148]

Rebecca Mezoff THANK YOU!

[@RebeccaMezoffTapestry]

Not quite that rough, but I do have trouble giving good fingerprints when necessary... of course fingerprinting needed for employment reasons! :)

[@nothuman100]

How do i stop the sides pulling in?? if i dont pull them in they are too loose, but if i pull them tight they curve in

[@RebeccaMezoffTapestry]

Do you mean the sides of the tapestry? That has to do with weft tension and how much weft you put into the tapestry. If you mean in the actual join, you want it pretty tight.

[@erikamills9246]

Thank you for your respond.

[@erikamills9246]

It looks like as a simple Navajo weaving technics to me. Check out Barbara and Linda Teller's websites.

[@RebeccaMezoffTapestry]

+Erika Mills It is and it isn't. It is a join particular to the way the warps are raised or lowered as you wrap it. But you're correct that it is a weft interlock moving in the same direction which is what the Navajo would use. All of their weaving moves in the same direction. Contemporary tapestry does not and thus the emphasis on direction and up and down warps.

[@TaraSohrabi]

Great video, Where can I find the comb that you are using to press the thread? What is the name of this comb?

[@RebeccaMezoffTapestry]

+Tara Sohrabi This particular tapestry fork is made by Magpie Woodworks. John isn't making many of them anymore, but another company that is making some similar forks is Threads Thru Time. They have an etsy store here: www.etsy.com/shop/Threadsthrutime

[@TaraSohrabi]

Thank you,

[@Heraclitean]

Anyone know what size warp yarn that is?

[@RebeccaMezoffTapestry]

12/6 cotton seine twine made by Bockens in Sweden. In the US, Glimakra USA carries it as do quite a few other retailers. It is an excellent warp, unmatched by any other cotton warp I've seen sold in the US (in my humble opinion!) Rebecca

[@MeherBabaMeher]

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[@christierella]

I bet you have the finger tips of a guitar player!