The difference between today and yesterday is what I am calling a breakthrough. I wish I could send a picture to show you the difference. My brain and fingers FINALLY got it. Thank you 🎉
Thank you for explaining all you did in this video. It really answered a LOT of my questions about how to secure the beginning and ending of a woven project. Please keep making your videos for us.
What a clear and helpful video! I love the detail this lends the finished project. Now my projects aren't done until they have been hemstitched. Thank you for sharing!
Nice to see people still using this as old looms. Handwork are the grestest. They'll come in handy one day again as the world moves toward naturalness again
Hi Kelly, I notice that a while back Donna Cooper asked, "it seems easy on the beginning of the piece, but I always get confused about doing it on the end of the piece. Everything seems 'backward'. It would be great to watch you do that as well. Thanks" I experience the same challenge as her and was wondering if you were able to create a video about hemstitching at the end of the piece.Thanks. Love the school, am finishing up the Moroccan Dream Scarf weave along with you.
I've actually been meaning to do that for some time! I'm weaving a scarf at the moment so I can make the video at the end of that. Thanks for reminding me 😊
I just did the hemstitch on my second dish towel. It looks so good!!!! Plus I just figured out what's going on with my warp. I think I threaded it while in the up position instead of the neutral position. If it is not that, then I don't have a clue what would cause the problems I'm having.
Depends on whether you have a sewing machine or serger. If you do, you can zig zag stitch or serge the edge and then hem it. If you don't have a machine you can still hemstitch, then thread each warp end onto a needle and weave it back into the piece vertically - it's time consuming but works quite well!
I wanted to try a new finish to my scarves, and I didn't know what to do. I remembered that you put up a video a while back, and I had to re watch. I love your channel by the way!
Very helpful video. I just started using this method and it works great! My only problem is I think I do the first and last stitch too tight as when I take it over, it curls in a bit. Maybe I just need to block it more?
Catherine, if you start with a half hitch knot (as shown in the video) at the first edge warp thread and then the last, the curling is less likely to occur.
Take a look at this video, about 2 minutes in and it shows you what to do in that situation 😉 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gMtdKIZXSRs.html
I'm new to weaving. I just got my loom and was so excited I warped the whole thing with enough yarn to make a table runner and then some. After weaving for about 2 weeks I'm ready to see my 1st creation. When I begin to stitch the end of my work it hits me. I didn't do anything at the beginning. Help!! How do I fix this so I can take it off!! I'm scared the whole bit will begin to unravel. Please HELP! I don't know what to do!!
There are 2 things you could do: 1. Take the piece off the loom, weight it with a heavy book or similar stop it slipping and hemstitch that way (yes, you can hemstitch off the loom 😊) 2. Cut the finished ends behind the heddle and bring the fringe through the heddle and over the top. You can either leave it to fall over the top of the heddle or over the back beam, depending on the length. Take off the front brake and begin to unroll until the start of your piece appears. Now weight the end of the piece, either with hanging weights from the fringe, or if the piece is long enough to touch the floor, with a heavy book. Hemstitch as normal. Hope that helps!
Not exactly. If you cut the fringe off completely you would be cutting so close to your hemstitches that they would unravel. I have an article on this topic here if you're interested - kellycasanovaweavinglessons.com/2023/08/ask-kelly-how-sturdy-is-hemstitching.html
Did you ever try to do more decorative hemstitching? I’m not sure, it’s been a minute since i’ve watch these videos for hemming, but i feel like maybe you brought up some experience in embroidery in one. I’d like to know how it went if i’m remembering the right creator.
Yes, I've done a couple of different decorative hemstitches, Italian hemstitch is one that I particularly love - kellycasanovaweavinglessons.com/2020/10/italian-hemstitch.html
If you cut the fringe off right up near the hemstitch knots, they will not hold and the fabric will unravel. One technique for hemstitching when you don't want a fringe is to needle weave all the fringe ends up into the fabric, then they get "buried" so there is no visible fringe.
That sounds normal to me, but do you feel it looks different when you do it to how mine looks in the video? How many threads are you grouping for each knot?
+Kelly Casanova I group two or three usually. Yours looks nice and clean (so pretty!) and doesn't pull in a ton. Maybe I need to leave more space in the thread between knots
+Kelly Casanova I group two or three usually. Yours looks nice and clean (so pretty!) and doesn't pull in a ton. Maybe I need to leave more space in the thread between knots
It seems easy on the beginning of the piece, but I always get confused about doing it on the end of the piece. Everything seems 'backward'. It would be great to watch you do that as well. Thanks.
Oh no, I didn't realise you meant a floor loom. When hemstitching on my floor loom I do it in reverse - I don't like it much but you get used to it. I do love being able to flip the RHL around so easily!
