Weave Along with Elewys, Ep. 26: Double Face Laurel Leaves Tablet Weaving

[@HunterJE]

The stories about taking a class and then not remembering how to do it when you got home reminded me to be grateful to all the resources available on the internet today, I had my share of "oh that makes sense wait how did that go again?" experiences back in those days...

[@rodriguesjunior2050]

Hello! I really enjoyed your video! I'm from Brazil and I'm using the google translator. I started watching some videos of Inkle looms and I'm trying to learn! I would like to see other drawings like this one. I really liked! Hugs.😎👍

[@marcellespeake4272]

Love you, sweet lady. Have missed you, hope all is well. Great sense of humor. Great teacher. Really like the new shuttle. Awesome pattern. How nice you are to do this for her.

[@Triad637]

You're wonderful! I learn, I laugh, I'm inspired, I'm appreciative! Thank you for serving the hitory and the future of fiber artisan crafts! 😊

[@elisabethpedersen4269]

Happy belated Birthday 🎊🎉

[@kriskossack7231]

This really reminds me a lot of counted crosstitch patterns. Congratulations to your friend! And thank you for sharing this!

[@AnonymousXIII]

Lovely pattern, I love ... really anything reversible. Sorry to hear about your uncle, my condolences.

[@heidiroukema2771]

Haven’t done tablet weaving for 40 years and just have the urge to do it again. Love your Videos. Thanks so much for them

[@heidiroukema2771]

So sorry, just saw the answer to my question! Could not change my comment. Where did you get the awesome shuttle from?

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

I have several shuttles--unfortunately, I think that was a gift and it doesn't have a maker's mark on it. :( There are several great shuttles out there, including some in the Amazon affiliate link (see description for the video).

[@daostrander4691]

It is wonderful to see you again. You are a great teacher and an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skill so generously.

[@kathyaustin9162]

I'm so happy to see another Elewys video! Happy Belated Birthday! You all look so happy, and I'm happy you got to celebrate in grand fashion with friends and family. I'm so very sorry for your loss. It's always hard to lose uncles and aunts who meant so much to us growing up. I love this pattern. I'm going to have to translate this into a bead weaving pattern. :-) Here's wishing you a happy April without all the foolishness . . . Well, maybe a little foolishness.

[@TheGirlfromBowral]

Sympathy and hugs for your loss. 🤗 I love the pattern. It’s got me thinking of how you could adapt it to cross stitch patterns. Congratulations to your friend and what a lovely thing to do for her. I think you should finish your old name followed with ‘woven by Elewys of Finchingfeld’ ha ha

[@corvuscorone7735]

That shuttle is awesome. Especially the fit!!

[@Which-Craft]

Happy birthday!

[@sheilahperry-rosales8748]

Condolences on your loss.Sweet new shuttle and pattern.Glad to see you back in the swing of things.Take Care.❤️

[@lorrainelawrence7035]

I have been waiting patiently for a new video! You are such a wonderful person. This is a beautiful pattern!

[@BellydancerMaliha]

Thank you for another beautiful video. My condolences on your uncle. I discovered tablet weaving years ago but never thought I could do it. It fell in the realm of magic for me. Watching your videos I have made it real! (Though it is still kind of magic too.) I appreciate your thoughtful, gentle manner that puts me at ease as I try this new thing. Thank you for giving me confidence!

[@MistyMoorsHomestead]

Just lovely. I cant wait for your, "True beginner" video. I will try my first project then. I have been lurking for a long while. I think it's time to try. I hope all is well with you and your husband.

[@AuntieEm294]

Thank you for telling us about what wears down your cards. I use my cards that way sometimes because it seems they move better after I slide them up and down. I've been thinking of you. I've missed seeing you.

[@marahsoore6452]

Congradulations to your friend! I just joined the SCA after years of wanting do and not doing it *waves from Atlantia*. Your videos for card weaving are the first that came up and you're a joy to watch. I'm currently saving up for my first loom. Thank you for all of these wonderful videos!

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

Thank you, and well met!

[@annettemixon1264]

Pretty awesome. I love the shuttle and the ability to hang it on the loom. Sorry for your loss. Hope all is well with you. ❤️

[@sharonfrenzel9194]

Happy to see this today. Because of your videos I took up tablet weaving. I haven’t progressed to this caliber of pattern but enjoy what I do so much. The m

[@amyknitsthings]

Oooh, thank you so much for the link to Þora’s/Carolyn’s page - so many interesting things there!

[@VeretenoVids]

Great to see you! I'm glad you had a good birthday. I'm with you on April 1--silly little riddles and funny news reports never bothered me, but I've been appalled by some of the practical "jokes" I've heard about. I'm sorry for the loss of your Uncle George. This pattern is lovely--I look forward to seeing the finished garters!

[@MoniqueAO888]

Hallo Elewys, so nice to hear from you !!! The pattern is so lovely and it reminds me somehow of "Art Nouveau"...also weaving with silk seems to be quite pleasant. Hopefully you and your family are well. 🙂

[@mattsadventureswithart5764]

At 11:10 you ponder where you got your cards from, mentioning you think you got them from a class. Could they be made by cutting up a milk carton/jug? I realise I would need many cartons/jugs, but we (most of us, probably) use enough that it wouldn't take long to gather the amount of plastic required. Hmmm. I see yet another yarn art being added to my list of things I find fascinating and productive 😊❤

[@sammythehamster9093]

I brought tapered shuttle a while ago and so wonderful to beat down get stitches tight before I was using the one included with the inkle loom. I have came across double face technique used in making custom letters tape. I'm still learning the basics and fascinated by turning of cards creates amazing patterns and get enthusiastic about turning the tablets. I find that acrylic yarn can build resistance to turning maybe wool is better. I have pearl cotton 8 once I build more confidence with weaving I will use thinner yarn.

[@mikado_m]

Since it sounds like its been a year it seems fitting for a happy birthday

[@viml]

Hi Elewys. I was very inspired to do a dubled face band and are now working on a band with harts and dots in pink and rosa and i is so beautyful. Thank you very much for teaching us this tecknik and thanks for the pattern maker witch i even better now with the new lock draft feature. Happy Easter and i hope the easter bunny bring you a bundel of chokolate eggs.🐇💝

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

You are so welcome! I hope the Easter bunny brings you chocolate, too, but I will probably just go get mine on sale after Easter.

[@keturahspencer]

I believe Linda Hendrickson also has a video on continuous warping.

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

I believe you're right! I'll have to find that link and add it to the video description.

[@wolfsangelsden]

With you on the April fools day thing, never liked it, never participated in it. People in school use to try to do things to me, rarely ever got far with it. Loving the double face, been wanting to understand it, and skip hole weaving better. May try this once i get the workshop room in order(or atleast, better). Also happy Blated Bday! Mine was last week. And yeah, ever seen pre-teen age, I have always had low key bday's. Usually go out with my mom for lunch.

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

Happy birthday to you, too!

[@emilywilliams3237]

So glad, always, to see a video from you. Thanks so much! I might give this pattern a try next - but I will probably do it in Perle cotton size 8. (I find myself curious as to whether you are a Lord of the Rings fan. I ask because there is a strong connection in my mind to the Third Age of Middle Earth and the Medieval period of Earth's history. I also note the Captain Picard reference with regard to your tea preference ... the imagination of my mind is played out on those two landscapes most often ...)

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

I have been associated with all kinds of geekery for decades. I'm not a super fan of Lord of the Rings (although I did enjoy the movies) or Star Trek (again, I enjoyed watching it), but it's part of our collective pop culture and so many of my friends are huge fans.

[@grannysquared7140]

that is so beautiful

[@raysunshine830]

I went to your Amazon page, made sure to follow you. I placed an order so be sure to get the commission. I had 2 items in cart, but when I scrolled back to your page my cart was empty. I wanted you to know that, keep Amazon honest and such.

[@Lyra_of_Spinning_Winds]

I love it!

[@phoebebaker1575]

Striking!

[@singe0diabolique]

I have that same lazy Kate! you must have a Canadian wheel, a Lendrum.

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

Yes, I do!

[@donnatappan4087]

Very pretty pattern, might give it try. TY

[@kimelliott1521]

I am so grateful to you for posting your videos and teaching me how to do an ancient art! Do you have a video on how to to correct mistakes? Or figure out where you are in a pattern if you are interrupted? (Asking for a friend :) ) I know you had a difficult pattern you did earlier on in the videos, but I can't remember which one or if you showed just how you figured out the issues with it. I have several patterns I have started and gotten through 1 or 2 repeats, but then cut them off my makeshift loom because I was too frustrated. Anyway...thanks again. I really enjoy watching how relaxing your process is, even if I haven't been able to replicate it...yet!

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

I have a video with correcting mistakes--look in my video list and it should have it in the title. Essentially, you follow the pattern backwards, turning the cards and removing the weft until you find the mistake. Or, like I did in this current piece, where the mistake is not very noticeable, I shrugged and moved on. :D I almost always stop at the end of the repeat before I walk away, but if I have to jump up in the middle, I leave the ruler where I left off, or at least try to remember which line number. The other way is to look at the top back hole--the color in that hole is from the previous turn, so look at that and compare it to your pattern.

[@nixhixx]

This is just GORGEOUS... I've been feeling very un-creative, this one Might get me going again. You say you're a slow learner? IDK if that's true, but you're an excellent teacher.

[@nixhixx]

I'm Ok with April Fools things like 'Spot the changes'... but pranks are mean spirited.

[@Norfolk250]

0:06:39 No tea? Get that kettle off the burner and make some TEA! It's not gonna stop whistling until it boils dry, y'know!!?! Oh, and, I propped my cell on a box of Crayola (weird, spellfinisher doesn't know that brand!) oil pastels ... and the 'V' pattern at the bottom of the box perfectly matches the stripe-green/white of your work at 26:42 -- though, nothing I have on my table matches your cold cup of tea.

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

Maybe I need one of those electric tea warmers--like a mini hot plate that you put your mug on to keep it warm. I don't know if they still make those things.

[@Norfolk250]

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 I do believe I just chucked one of those - MASSIVE spring cleaning here. If I find it I'll mail it to you. Don't get your hopes up.

[@defyingravitythruHim]

Does this style of double-face weaving ways have the even, pebbly texture? I love the leaf pattern but I also like when the weave texture goes along with the pattern. Is there a term for that? I hope your 2023 looks brighter!

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

There are other ways of warping for double face, but I like the even, pebbly texture, too, so I use this S/Z alternating warp.

[@biaberg3448]

Your videos are awesome. 🎉 One question: How to fix an error?

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

You can very carefully unweave--turning the cards back and removing the weft until you reach the point where the error occurred. It's tricky and slow, but sometimes it's very much worth the effort.

[@biaberg3448]

@@elewysoffinchingefeld3066 It certainly seems to be tricky. I imagine I easily could make more errors while unweaving. But this doesn’t stop me from wanting to try this kind of weaving.

[@alexanderlightwood2100]

Hi!! I’m new to tablet weaving, I found you while doing a deep dive on crochet and I wanted to make a few patterns for my self. Do you mind making a video about knowing which way to thread the cards? Like when do you do s-threading and when do you do z-threading. Cause I wanted to do a simple wave pattern, but I’m confused on know how to thread the cards to get the wave. The wave I wanted to do is up, down, up, down, up, down-( / \ / \ / \ ), with 4 picks and 19 cards.

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

There is a simple pattern from Staraya Ladoga--I did the pattern a few weeks ago. I don't know if this is what you mean, but it's what I'm imagining in my head. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGW6paOilrKDbJI

[@shannonlevine6361]

I recognize that Lendrum lazy Kate :)

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

That would be the one!

[@jenniferoliphant316]

Found out my kid has lice today and your video brought some calm into my day that I desperately needed! Thank you so much! A question, how long does a weave of this length and pattern difficulty typically take?

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

I think I can do 3 or 4 repeats in an hour, and each repeat is 1.5" long. It can vary widely if you're using thicker yarns, though.

[@andromedaholloway4718]

Hi Elewys. I have a question for you. I am making hats and would like to use the band designs on Pinterest. My question is am I able to use them and sell the hats or are the designs patented?

[@ednacrafts9979]

Do you sell your trim to your viewers? They are very beautiful.

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

Unfortunately, I don't have the production speed to have a storefront.

[@mengmian-lv9dv7s]

can you send the link where you get the warping machine please

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

The loom can be purchased from a local weaving store or from Amazon. www.amazon.com/shop/elewysoffinchingefeld I hope that helps!

[@cattails1166]

The pattern generator at github is no longer there! Is there a source for blank design pages that can be colored in?

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

They moved to a new address: jamespbarrett.github.io/tabletweave/

[@paullegoupil2558]

Hello, how much time do you need to make 1 meter ?

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

For this piece it was maybe 3 hours? I don't recall exactly.

[@MattsGrandmother]

All I find is that the pattern generator blah blah is no longer there.

[@elewysoffinchingefeld3066]

Sorry--they moved to a new site recently. jamespbarrett.github.io/tabletweave/

[@anthonywilson1077]

You'll probably never see this, and you probably won't care but I'm the type that if I know the information I'll wanna share it. So, forgive me, please? Regarding the tradition of pranks/practical jokes on April 1st...Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the Council of Trent in 1563. People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1 and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1 became the butt of jokes and hoaxes. These pranks included having paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as poisson d’avril (April fish), said to symbolize a young, “easily hooked” fish and a gullible person...or an April Fool. Sorry, my mind just holds onto random factoids like that for some reason.

[@elenavaccaro339]

The history of April Fools is at one time that date was the New Year. When the calendar changed from Julien to Gregorian in the mid 1500s, those who still celebrated the New Year then were called April Fools. It messes with genealogist's minds as there are two years referenced... en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day

[@VeretenoVids]

I feel your pain! I spent decades in academic research of Russia c. 1850-1917. Russia didn't adopt Gregorian until after the 1917 revolution so, yeah... !!