You inspired me to make my first wall hanging! I didn’t have a loom, so I made one myself with a canvas and teeny, tiny nails! I love how it looks in my bedroom and how it sparks my creativity
When I was four and five years old, there was a long wooden loom in the private kindergarten I attended. I was always painting or immersed in a huge tin of fragrant Crayolas, and even permitted to try the mysterious magic of weaving on the mighty loom with the guidance of the instructor. This vid was a small scale trip down nostalgia lane!
very relaxing to watch, the calm of your voice and the music helped. neither invaded the space allowing me to hear and watch carefully without distraction. love the way you explain and show and take your time.
Thank you for requesting this, I hope you enjoy!!! Some of you have already been DM-ing me photos of your tapestries so please do keep em coming I love to see your creativity! (and don't forget to use #madewithwendy so I can find it)
This was a very relaxing video. I love taking care and detail in something. I love you, Wendy, for showing us. You are such a beautiful soul. Thanks tapestry, Mama!
I love your videos Wendy. Not only because they are clear and unhurried , I love your calm enthusiasm for all you do and your gentle style and voice. I have depression and love to learn in this calm and gentle way it is very soothing but also informative and encouraging. Thank you so much for sharing you skills
Simply amazing. Weaving has a strong tradition in my family, my grandmother had the big kind of loom to make carpets and sometimes fabrics and all us kids have been taught how to use it. She passed away a few years ago and now my sister is moving in and renovating her old house. I’ve been brainstorming what to give them for housewarming present and this seems like the perfect combination of modern style, memories of my grandma and a fun new craft for me to try. Thank you for the video Wendy 💕
Is it as calming to do as it is to watch? I imagine it might be quite tedious but after a long and intense day this video in it's simplicity nearly brought me to tears.
I used to have a large loom, way before my daughter was born. Haven't woven in a few decades, and have wanted to get back into it. THIS is the style I'd love to do now, dont know how I stumbled across your video, sure am glad I did!
You sure opened ideas for me, and I never even KNEW one could do and use different knots, materials.. just a whole lot of WOW inspirations! Thanks a real LOT!!
This video was very thorough and enjoyable! Your voice and tone are so nice to listen to. I am a novice weaver and I will refer to your video again! Can't wait to watch more!!!
My great grandma used to do rugs from old worn out textiles and the method is basically the same as in tapestry weaving, it's just done in this huge loom machine (kangaspuut where I live) that allows you to push the wefts really tightly and strongly together and it swaps out which warps are up and down so you don't have to pic them up one by one. The same system can be used to make woven fabrics (hence "kangas") which my great grandma also used to do, she made a local historical costume for herself entirely from scratch. I don't remember if my great grandfather made the loom system or not but it's usually made from wood ("puu", plural "puut")
@@hotjanuary that's a whole other type of weaving! we have that too and it's mostly used to make decorative trims. Apparently this one's called either a floor loom or a rug loom
Since you've made the first weaving video, I've wanted to pick it up for myself. And now I've got the perfect incentive to use my tools! Love your videos so much ❤❤❤
Thank you thank you thank you! I purchased a loom as well as two highly rated books on loom weaving, but I just don't learn this sort of thing well through books: I have to SEE it being done and explained (and no courses are being offered locally). I've spent two days on failed hangings, and learned more watching this video than I did agonizing over books. You rock!
So nice to watch - the overall 'soft' quality and choice of music is SO much nicer than the electro-headache music employed by so many tutorials. I also love the 'new-to-this' daring adventure style. Very nice intro to weaving
Thank you so much for your video! I was searching online for a weaving class to take on this style, but only found a couple and didn't want to have to travel to Brooklyn. You are a very good teacher, and you covered a lot in the video. I love the calmness of your voice and the music. Very good environment for learning!
Just came from watching an old tutorial of yours. ❤️ I’m so happy that over the years, your personality has flourished and I just find you became more vibrant ✨ I love your work and you inspire me to venture into farther territories 😌 thank you for your work!
my head whipped around so fast to my dining table when you said you used the legs of your table as a loom i have whiplash .... I have a straight legged dining table and I need rugs! Thanks for the inspiration Wendy!
I've tried watching this many times, but today was the first time I watched from start to finish. The other times your voice and the music were so calming that I ended up falling asleep haha! I've been trying to find some crafts I could do at home and totally forgot about my love for weaving as a child. So excited to pick it back up. As much as 2d art is more common and what I'm surrounded by working in a museum, 3d and more hands on art has always been my passion and forte. Thank you for inspiring me!!
I like the sweet chaotic feel of the back, with yarn sticking out. I weaved a rug and ended up flipping it with the back side up because it looks so pretty
I've been wanting to get into tapestry weaving for a long time. My mom even has a huge floor loom that she's learning to use so she can use some of her left over animal fibers. She has sheep and alpacas that she has yarn and other things made out of their fleece. I bought some stuff over the weekend and hopefully will have it by tuesday so I can spend my day off playing around. This video has helped a lot and hope you make some more videos on this subject in the future!
THANK YOU for some reason my brain couldn't comprehend how to get the ENTIRE BALL OF YARN to the right side of the frame. this is the first video of like 7 I've watched that actually showed that you cut it, even if it was brief 😅 it had the added bonus of being INCREDIBLY soothing after my frustration. you're a very peaceful person! thank you for this! ❤
Lol, I watched a loom video last week and coincidentally it's the same one you had in your link. Very calm and educational tutorial you put forward, thank you
I'd love to give more information from a Navajo perspective where tapestries/rugs are common to weave! I'm currently working on a sunset with a cactus. It's interesting to view this in a diff view. Thanks!
Such a soothing and relaxing voice...this was like asmr but it was also really helpfull. One of the best tutorials/videos i've ever watched. I'm seriously going to binge all your vids tonight. You just won a subscriber
As someone who just got a loom, this really helped! I got a bunch of extra parts that I didn't understand, and while I'm still confused on one part (It looks like another part for weft thread to go through, but has no way of fitting with the loom and is much bigger with more notches), this did cover 90% of what I was confused about.
Hi, I love this weaving, the music and your voice is so soothing.Great tutorial on all the different types of techniques. It looks beautiful. Thanks for sharing this.
Beautiful. Your video was very peaceful. I can see how this art form can be very theraputic. I will try this during the winter. Thank you for a great video.
(I'm the girl spinning from your first tapestry video, if you remember) In France where I live is actually a huge contemporary tapestry museum. This, together with your videos, inspired me so much that I started making my own. Close to finishing it now :D
Love your weaving! It can sure add lots of interest in anyone’s home. I spin my yarns by processing raw sheep fleeces from local sheep farms in my region. I dye the fiber and spin, ply and weave it. Carded roving and combed top is NOT raw wool. What you have been working with is prepared fiber. Raw wool and animal fiber can still be dirty, at times with poop still in it along with dirt and often plant matter. Cleaner fleeces from sheep can be purchased from sheep owners who sell to spinners and have jacketed thier sheep. I am not sure if what you have is superwash or not, but if its not superwash, you can also use the prepared fiber for felting projects like scarves, pictures, and needlefelting detailed bits into or onto almost anything. Superwash wool is not feltable since it has been chemically treated to not felt or full. It is machine washable. I look forward to seeing your next tapestry weaving video! Happy weaving!
Hi Wendy, I just watched your other video of your very large weave, I love all your pieces- and I LOVE the scripture - PRAISE GOD!! God bless you sister!! 💗🌷😄
just finished my very first woven tapestry following this video's ideas and techniques and i have to say, this was the best video i could have picked to help me learn how to do this! thank you so much for posting it! i posted photos of it on instagram and facebook and used the # you asked us to use if we posted on social media, so it should be easy to find if you want to see what i created :) again, thank you!
Wow what a beautiful introduction to tapestry weaving! Inspirational! Motivating and educational all in one. Your music choice was very calming, thankyou for sharing your talent. Chris
Thank you for your video. You are so incredibly calming. I appreciate how you've used non-traditional weaving tools as well. After I buy my loom (I'm not quite ready to make my own or use my dining table 😉), I will definitely be back to learn from you! SUBSCRIBED!😌
I absolutely loved this video the calming music made it so relaxing. This definitely makes me more interested in weaving and tapestry. Thank you Wendy you did an amazing job.
You are just adorable! I ordered a weaving kit and lap loom from farmer’s daughters fibers for myself for Christmas! I am so looking forward to it! I shall be returning to practice again what you have taught me. Thank you again! 😘
Wendy, you are so talented and beautiful. I pray that someday you will have a little girl just like you and as talented. Love watching you. God bless you and just so you know I am a 65 yr old that thinks your are GREAT.
