Thoughts on 5.2 – Project Planning 101… Putting it All Together – Intro to Unfinished Business – Tucking Tails

[Ginette]

Let us know your thoughts on 5.2 – Project Planning 101… Putting it All Together – Intro to Unfinished Business – Tucking Tails.

[Anita Parkinson]

Thank you! I am currently intensely working through Season 1 to get to the planning project episode as our local guild has set up a challenge project. This was so helpful as I was confused and wondering how I was going to sort out the tucking of tails and jumping the bump – now I understand more clearly.

[yezemin]

Thank you so much for the part about the smiley faces!

[LORRAINE SEPT-DRAYER]

For almost 4 years I have left my double bound rug unwoven on my loom, knowing that I had a mere 6″ left to finish it off. Everything about weaving it to completion had happened; broken warp threads, uneven tension, but most annoying, the selvage edge! Although somewhat straight enough for my critical eye, I could never figure out how to make the edge “work” with alternating weft colours, and it never looked “tidy”. For me, it grew to the point of total frustration, yet I could not bear to cut it off unfinished. ‘Jump the bump’ and ‘dive the dip’ are my new mantra’s and will get me back weaving again! Thank you!

[Ginny]

Very helpful tips. Thank you!

[Ginette]

Hi Ginny, Glad you found the 2nd video on tail tucking! Also, you can slow down the video by changing the speed by clicking the setting button at the bottom right.

[mclay]

Your “homey” descriptions (jump the bump, dive the dip, the dog going around the outermost tree) make it so easy to remember how to do these techniques! I just returned from a week-long weaving class, and not a single person there could explain how to handle two shuttles so that the selvedge edge was always caught! Now I know how to explain it, and I will always give Jane credit for the phrases!

[Lea Scherer]

What is the light fixture that is attached to the underside of the castle of the Spring loom? Will it work on my Delta?
I am new to the Guild, and am astounded by how much I am learning, even though I have been weaving for many years. I joined mostly in hopes of learning more about working with my new Delta, but I am gaining knowledge of how to improve my weaving technique as well. Thank you!

[Sandra]

I believe they are LED light strips that some weavers have purchased at IKEA.  I’m sure they are available in other places as well.  Welcome to our Guild, Lea!

[Mary Thresher]

Loving these videos!  Thank you so much for giving me an opportunity to have a personal weaving tutor right in my own home.  I am wondering “how far does the dog go back into the house before running downstairs”?  That is…how many threads over from the outermost thread do you recommend we go over before taking the thread tail to the back?

[Ginette]

Hi Mary, I go 1 inch in, found that’s just enough to make sure the thread doesn’t come out.

[Neva Thiessen]

I have only woven 6 items and have always struggled with selvages.  These video illustrations have really helped me improve my technique. Thanks!

[Mary Pedro]

Ok I think I have jump the bump and dive the dip but I had a situation today that confuses me. I had my shuttles on different edges while working on the navy and natural gamp. I had just woven the apricot divider and started another dark, light sequence and noticed after a few picks that the navy edge was not being caught. What on earth am I doing wrong? I took rows out and started again but it happened again with the light thread. I’ve experienced this in the past before I ever started this class and got so frustrated that I added a floating selvedge.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by Mary Pedro.

[Sandra]

Hi Mary – I know it’s frustrating to get these ideas imbeded in your brain!  Have you watched Jane explain it with good visuals at about the 14 minute mark of:

3.3 – Good Weaving Technique – Playing the Loom

Let us know if that helps.

[Joan Irvine]

Thank you for all your help. I have a question regarding tucking tails. When do you trim them? I have washed and dried my dish towels. Do I just cut them or do I have to needle them in the fabric?

Best,

Joan

[Sandra]

Just go ahead and trim, Joan – so much easier than knitting 😉

[Ann Upton]

Do you suggest un-weaving and re-weaving when you see a Smiley selvedge appear?

Thank you, Ann

 

[Kirsten Kemper]

Im a bit confused about “jump the bump and dice the dip” when using floating selvedges in twill. In this case is the floating selvedge the “outer thread”? And if so, am I correct that I have to “dive the dip” all the time, when changing color?

[Sandra]

Good morning, Kirsten.  It’s all about the position of your weft thread as it exits your warp.  If it passes over the end thread – you jump the bump it creates, if it passes under – you dive the dip.  Watch the video again looking closely at the warp as Jane shows how to do it.  Practice it on your warp – it will become clear in time.

[Kirsten Kemper]

Thanks Sandra, I did that, and think I  understand ingeneral, but there are no floating selvedges in the video.

Am I to tread/handle them as the outer thread? I know this might sound silly and obvious, but they confuse me. 😳

[Sandra]

There is no floating selvedge in the piece Jane is demonstrating – she is showing how to secure our outside thread when weaving with alternating shuttles.  If there were a floating selvedge, you would see a warp thread in the middle of the shed because it goes directly from the back beam to the front beam without going through a heddle.  My suggestion is that you continue watching the videos because you will likely find answers to your questions at a point when you are likely to need to use them.  Sometimes it’s easier to understand when you are sitting at your loom and weaving yourself. 😉

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