Backstrap Weaving

Click on these links to find mini video tutorials and videos of some of my weaving teachers at work:

A Burmese backstrap weaver weaving supplementary weft patterns (embedded in the post)

Montagnard Backstrap Weaver Ju Nie shows how she creates continuous string heddles while she winds her warp. (embedded in post)

Basic weft twining (embedded in post)

Opening the shed rod shed on a sticky warp (embedded in post)

Bolivian Weavers doing Complementary Warp Pick-up (embedded in blog post along with a video on the basics of complementary warp pick-up)

A Weaver at work from Cochabamba, Bolivia

Three videos embedded in one blog post:

Overspinning plied wool yarn

Warping and prep for weaving pick-up on a simple toe loom

Weaving pebble weave on a simple toe loom

Weavers of South America – a Mapuche weaver from central Chile

Embedded, or Two-weft Double Weave

Sling braiding – The Palma Braid

Braiding – The 4-Strand Braid on Finger Loops

Warping and Setting up the Loom

Techniques – Simple Warp Floats

Techniques – One-weft Double Weave

Weavers of South America – Candelaria and Tarabuco, Bolivia

Five-strand Finger Loop Square Braid

Four-stake warping

Guatemalan single face supplementary weft patterning – setting up the patterning sticks

Opening the heddle shed

Weavers of South America – Zapote, Manabi Province, Ecuador

Weavers of South America – Pitumarca, Peru

Weavers of South America – A Guarani weaver in Santa Cruz, Bolivia warping and making string heddles.

Weavers of South America – a Guarani weaver in Santa Cruz, Bolivia weaving Moisy technique.

Ju Nie, Montagnard weaver, spins cotton on a traditional spinning wheel.(embedded in  post)

Ngach Rahlan, Montagnard weaver, making a weft twined design on the edge of a traditional skirt. (embedded in post)

Ju Nie, Montagnard weaver, shows how she prepares cotton for spinning and then skeins it. (embedded in post)

Four videos embedded in one post:

Weavers from Peru and Bolivia doing pick up;

Weavers from Peru and Bolivia weaving and attaching edge bands and braiding;

Spinners from the Cusco area of Peru;

A young boy learning to weave with his grandmother;.

Creating third and fourth selvedges in Chinchero

Weaving and attaching a tubular plain weave band to fabric

Opening the heddles on a narrow warp