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Elka
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ELKA is a weaving and natural dyeing studio based in Hampshire, UK, where textile designer Ellie Fisher produces bespoke hand woven textiles for fashion and furnishing.
In 2018 Claudia, Ellie's mum, started working with the business to produce naturally dyed yarns and, in response to an overwhelming demand for workshops, we are now delighted to be offering a range of weaving and natural dyeing workshops in person and online.
In 2018 Claudia, Ellie's mum, started working with the business to produce naturally dyed yarns and, in response to an overwhelming demand for workshops, we are now delighted to be offering a range of weaving and natural dyeing workshops in person and online.
How to Weave on a Rock in a 2/2 Twill Pattern
Learn the mindful craft of rock weaving with this beginners weaving tutorial.
I love this form of weaving for many reasons. It calms my mind, you can fit all the materials and equipment you'll need in a small pocket making it a great option for impromptu, outdoor or travel weaving, and if you weave on a small rock, you can complete a whole project in a short amount of time.
This video was completely unplanned and filmed on the beach on our recent holiday in Mallorca, the audio recorded on my phone, so the sound quality isn't great, but hopefully passable as I've really enjoyed filming out of the studio in the wild and would love to do more like this!
This tutorial will teach you:
- Basic weaving terminology
- What materials and equipment you will need
- How to put a warp onto a rock
- How to record a 2/2 twill pattern
- How to reverse a 2/2 twill pattern
- How to weave on a rock!
- How to finish your weaving
You will find more off-loom weaving techniques in my book 'Weaving as Art Therapy for Beginners'. This is a self-care workbook to help ease anxiety, stress, and depression. The chapter of nine simple, low-cost therapeutic weaving activities have been co-written with an art therapist, each with a specific aim-including stress relief, letting go of past hurt, boosting self-love, and avoiding burnout.
The book is available as an e-book, Kindle or paperback through the link below:
geni.us/WeavingAsArtTherapy
You will find our growing range of self-paced, online, weaving and natural dyeing courses through the link below:
www.elkatextiles.co.uk/collections/online-courses
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out and i'll help in the best way I can.
Happy weaving folks! X
I love this form of weaving for many reasons. It calms my mind, you can fit all the materials and equipment you'll need in a small pocket making it a great option for impromptu, outdoor or travel weaving, and if you weave on a small rock, you can complete a whole project in a short amount of time.
This video was completely unplanned and filmed on the beach on our recent holiday in Mallorca, the audio recorded on my phone, so the sound quality isn't great, but hopefully passable as I've really enjoyed filming out of the studio in the wild and would love to do more like this!
This tutorial will teach you:
- Basic weaving terminology
- What materials and equipment you will need
- How to put a warp onto a rock
- How to record a 2/2 twill pattern
- How to reverse a 2/2 twill pattern
- How to weave on a rock!
- How to finish your weaving
You will find more off-loom weaving techniques in my book 'Weaving as Art Therapy for Beginners'. This is a self-care workbook to help ease anxiety, stress, and depression. The chapter of nine simple, low-cost therapeutic weaving activities have been co-written with an art therapist, each with a specific aim-including stress relief, letting go of past hurt, boosting self-love, and avoiding burnout.
The book is available as an e-book, Kindle or paperback through the link below:
geni.us/WeavingAsArtTherapy
You will find our growing range of self-paced, online, weaving and natural dyeing courses through the link below:
www.elkatextiles.co.uk/collections/online-courses
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out and i'll help in the best way I can.
Happy weaving folks! X
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Happy Valentine's Day
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Happy Valentine's Day! It's not a day I celebrate in the traditional sense, but a good opportunity to send out love through the airwaves, and to express my deep appreciation for your support of our little business. This is a video I made a few years ago. It was so nice just playing with fiber knowing that it wasn't ever going to be a finished piece. Creating purely for the joy of the process. S...
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Yarn Butterflies
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You need to adjust your camera as you move up the weave. Can't see your methods
Hey Susan, apologies for the quality of the video, it was one of my early ones and I was still working out how to film everything. If you email me at ellie@elkatextiles.co.uk I'll send you a downloadable PDF of step-by-step soumak instructions. Best wishes, Ellie
Thank you! Your instructions were very easy to follow. Enlarging the paused video was very handy as your fingers and hands didn’t block what you were doing.
I'm so glad you found this helpful :)
Hello! What did you mordant your plant fibers with?
Thank you, this was exactly what I needed to get going! x
I’m so glad you found it useful 😁
Very nice.
@@auntbarbara5696 Have you tried any off-loom weaving?
Thank you! I’m spinning yarn now to start a picture frame weave and I needed this tutorial ❤
My pleasure :) That’s really exciting! I’ve just started spinning again but I’m very rusty, practice practice!
Great video!
I'm glad you like it! :)
Thank you
My pleasure 😊
Bom dia ❤😊
😁❤
By far the clearest and easiest video I've seen for a beginner!
I’m so glad you found it useful! I’m busy making more tutorials with better audio 😊
Thank you! And as a bonus I finally understood how to read a printed pattern!
I’m so glad you found it useful 😁
I'm soon going to a favorite place that has both beautiful rocks and a fiber arts school and store. Some weaving on rocks sounds like a perfect activity for me there! Thank you for this idea and for your beautifully done how-to video!
That sounds perfect! I hope you really enjoy it, and if you have any questions please just shout 😊
@@elka And I really want to leave a couple of woven-upon rocks on the beach that is covered with smooth white rocks! This is a special and beloved beach; weaving on some of its rocks and leaving them would be a beautiful way of showing respect and caring.
@@nancylindsay4255 It sounds like a really amazing place. One of the reasons I like using the naturally dyed linen is so that they can be left in situ and will break down over time without releasing any nasties into the environment. I'd love to hear how you get on.
@@elka Exactly! ☺
I’ve never seen anything like it! Beautiful, handmade, natural and mathematical!
I’m clearly terribly biased, but weaving really is such a wonderful craft and I love it for all of those reasons, but also the incredibly positive effect it can have on your mental health :)
Can I just say, I've loved learning about rug weaving the last few days, but this is exactly the technique I didn't know existed, but have absolutely needed. You're instructions are brilliant, and I also never heard of "measure tape" and think that's absolutely genius too haha
I’m so glad you found it useful!
In the last rows where was fast forward did you weave in both directions or is it always weave on one directions and go trough on the other side
I’m so sorry I missed this question! You weave in both directions :)
Wonderful tutorial!
Thank you, very easy to understand instructions.
I don't understand the 2 rows...? I thought you just do one?
old carpenters trick. . . give the point of the nail a light tap with the hammer to flatten just the tiny tiniest bit, to keep the wood from splitting.
Thank you for the tip! I'm going to re-film this video with better audio this yer, so i'll add this in :)
Excellent tutorial. A lot of great easy to understand information without being overwhelming.
This is one of the most comprehensive & easy to follow tutorials I've watched to date ... Thank you & cheers from Australia 🐨 🐾
I'm so glad you found it useful! 😁
Thank you, I’ve found several people that have the knowledge of weaving but are just so bloody long winded, I quit giving a shit on learning, plus one woman only cared about selling her book. Thanks for sharing and for keeping on track
Haha! Yes I do hate it when people blabber on*. Glad you’ve found it useful. I’m going to film a few more diy loom tutorials before the end of this year with better audio. *book out next month 🤣
everything was fine until i removed loops from the top and at that moment it became distaster because everything got loose. on stick it looked awful. I removed and tried to cut uandmake a knot but i lost already which lop to knot or not. I think end needs different solution. how to know the loops to finish composition, drawing or whatever and then to add to stick to hang. Otherwise it's a mess. Everything else was clear and well explained and done. actually both top and bottom needs different solution.
This was a GREAT video! Exactly what I was looking for! Blessings.
I’m so glad you found it helpful 😊
Start to finish was superb, you explained all the possibilities in detail, very informative and inspiring, thank you.
I'm so glad you found it helpful! ☺
I had trouble hearing this video but I think I would like it if I could
I'm sorry you couldn't hear it properly. It's one of my earlier videos which i'm planning on re-filming this year with better audio :)
@@elka thank you it would be much appreciated
so beautiful video hey dear your new friend is here stay connected do support please ❤
Great!!
I'm glad you like it!
I usually don't watch things like this but after watching this video I think I will subscribe!
Hoping to get more tutorials filmed soon :)
The audio is working fine for me! I am wondering how this works with just the frame however?
Omg thank you so much for this video. Warping my first loom now.
My pleasure Rena! Happy weaving 😁
Can you suggest a warp thread. All I have is sugar and cream cotton yarn and a whole lot of acrylic and wool yarn. The heddle bar didn't work with the cotton yarn. I just ended up removing the yarn and playing with a simple stringing up of the loom. I'll need to purchase warp thread.
@@renawiseman1255 which country are you in Rena and I’ll give you some links.
I live in Alaska
@@renawiseman1255 you may need to copy and paste this link into your browser. This is a good cotton warp yarn. www.gistyarn.com/collections/warp-yarn-for-weaving/products/cotton-seine-twine-warp-weaving-yarn-for-rugs-and-tapestries
You said that you had beginner looms for sale on your website but I seem to be having trouble finding the website listed.
Does it matter how many warp threads there are? Odd number of warp threads, even number of warp threads, or it doesn’t matter?
Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for and so well explained
Hi..just subscribed to your channel. I've just started learning to weave & viewing many tutorials. Thanks for the instructions & will be watching your others as well.
Excellent tutorial !!!😍😍 Thank you so much!!👍👍👍
My pleasure Debbie! 😁❤️
Where's the sound?
I did something like this a month ago with plans from Woodglut.
Fantastic! Have you made anything on it yet?
I love this!!!!! Exactly what I needed. Low waste and yarn. Out of something I have a lot of
I’m so glad you found it useful Terri! 😁
My question also.
Hi Linda, The link to the course is in the description of this video. Here it is again, however you may need to copy and paste this one into your browser: www.elkatextiles.co.uk/collections/online-courses/products/frame-loom-weaving-a-comprehensive-guide-to-becoming-a-weaver Do let me know if you have any questions. Best wishes, Ellie
Very clear. Thank you.
My pleasure! I'm glad you've found it useful :)
So interesting! Thank you for teaching us. The plant hanger also Is so beautiful. Can you show us how to make It 😃? Thank you. Greetings from Italy!
Thank you :) I bought the plant hanger from a car boot sale. I'm afraid I don't do much macrame, but can highly recommend Isabella for learning :) www.twome.co.uk/
@@elka thank you so much for answering and addressing me. Ciao😃!
How do we sign up for this course?
You are a great teacher.
Thank you Ambika :) I love showing people how to weave!
This is a great method for securing the warps. Thank you!
My pleasure Patti. Happy weaving!
Excellent video. I just assembled a new simple frame loom and dreaded the thought of having to saw slots in the top and bottom. This solves my problem perfectly. Thank you for describing the spacing in inches, also.
I'm so glad you found it useful Patti! :)
I really love the low waste of your method! Thank you!
My pleasure Jessica! I find it so satisfying :)
Lijepo
Thanks so much. I made my first loom using a cardboard and followed your video to the end. Thanks so much
My pleasure! I’m so glad you found it useful 😁