Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I’m always struck (and shouldn’t be) with how much effort and dedication goes into making beautiful long enduring things. We are imperfect likenesses of God, I can’t truly comprehend how after we are sanctified what the beauty around us will truly be like. Thank you brother and God bless.
So far...really nice job! I am an Urqhart (Dad), and a Kerr (Mom). I'll be weaving some Tartans this year for Lady's Pleated Skirts, and Kilts. Hopefully, I'll have a booth for next years Highland Games. :-)
THANK YOU!! loved this......you cleared up a couple of mysteries for me, and this is a beautiful tartan you're creating too.....but you blew me away saying it was double weave!!! wow!!!! now I have something to aspire to ......(akin to climbing mt. everest!! lol )
+Juanelo1946 Hey, I'd wear the kilt! I'd also love to try lederhosen. We'll just need to make sure Dorothy is otherwise occupied. She has drawn the line a lederhosen and, I would guess, at kilts. You never know though!
If you do the weaving in of ends on the same side all the time, doesn't that gradually distort your weaving on that edge as you keep adding that extra thread to the weft on that edge? (Hope that made sense!) What a glorious piece of work--makes me want a bigger loom!
I am a new weaver and am still playing with the cotton carpet warp that come on my loom already, but I love the idea of weaving tartan and also the kitchen towels that you made and wondered what size reed and thread you are using. Thank you.
Hi me again. I am battling to make a royal Stewart tartan and I want big pattern such as yours and can't make up my mind if I can double up the sett warp count to make each pattern bigger. I hope I make sense. I weave in French so am not sure if I use the proper vocabulary in English
IMHO you do not have to follow the exact thread counts of tartan as given by the Scottish Tartan Authority. I have found that sometimes they list too many threads, When I did this blanket I cut back on the number of reds and greens. So if you want to increase or decrease the number of threads of any color, then do it, the important thing to me is to keep the general look of the tartan. And of course the thickness of the threads is important. The tartan authority bases their thread count on THIN thread, as if you were buying a kilt from Scotland. Look at how think the yarn is that I used. I felt comfortable cutting back on most of the theads, of course I could not cut back proportionately on the black or white as those counts were only 2 threads.
I found this PDF online and thought I would share the link. It gives the sett of quite a few traditional tartans. www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/monographs/dhc_tar.pdf
I found another link that might help those who are interested in the traditional tartan textiles www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/monographs/bme_tart.pdf, seems to go into quite a bit of detail. Blessings to all
wow. I am impressed. you know you can always cheat (and I will do this), just use a magic marker (permanent marker) at the color changes for a lighter color on darker. Of course, you can't make black lighter or red lighter, but you can take care of that pesky white and yellow and red on black, withe and yellow on black, etc. so you get halfway there. great video, I am interested in weaving tartan because my son plays bagpipes and drone ribbons are expensive and so are those kilts and drapes and what not!
I can not answer that because I haven't talked with many other tartan weavers. I can tell you that I know I have a very heavy beat when I weave. I feel uncomfortable doing just a light tug on the beater bar.
Watch my 3 part video series called "Overshot gamp" Here is the link to part 1, which should have links to parts 2 and 3. th-cam.com/video/w4pR5Io3XcQ/w-d-xo.html
Yes it is one piece of cloth. I think that the best way for you to understand top & bottom, or double weave, double wide would be for you to watch this other video: th-cam.com/video/tEajuPJvOeY/w-d-xo.html
+Ray Phelps-Bowman . . . 2 reasons: 1 it's double weave and I don't think I could get a temple to work in both layers (although I admit I have never tried a temple on double weave) 2 its about 38 or 39 inches wide and my widest temple is only 36 inches.
...me too. I do the same thing..just now with the shuttle. I fold the ends into the shed and beat them in. If done well, the don't show much at all. BEAUTIFUL tartan! Good job. Is that pattern an established one? Where did you find it and where can others be found? bjr
+Barbara Rickman ... Hi Barbara! It is great to hear from you! The Tartan is named LEASK, and it is number 905 in a registry of Scottish tartans, but don't ask me who asigns the numbers, as I have long since forgotten. Anyway, years ago I got the tread count from the internet, but now when I search I can find a thousand pictures of the tartan but no thread counts. In any case I know it is the one for my family as I know that my great grandfather's last name was Leask before he came to the US and changed the spelling. An approved list of Tartans can be found at: www.tartanregister.gov.uk
+curmudgeon66 There is an "approved" list of tartan patterns? Really!! Wow! I had no idea! I guess that is a good thing as a country has to preserve it's history and traditions. Boy is it good to know where you are from is it not? Gives you grounding and a past. Congrats Andy! I know that on my mom's side there is Irish. The name is Warren. bjr
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I’m always struck (and shouldn’t be) with how much effort and dedication goes into making beautiful long enduring things. We are imperfect likenesses of God, I can’t truly comprehend how after we are sanctified what the beauty around us will truly be like. Thank you brother and God bless.
Best easy to understand explanation I've heard yet.
So far...really nice job! I am an Urqhart (Dad), and a Kerr (Mom). I'll be weaving some Tartans this year for Lady's Pleated Skirts, and Kilts. Hopefully, I'll have a booth for next years Highland Games. :-)
Glad to have been able to see your Tartan in person. It is beautifully done!
That's a beautiful work of art Andy!
Thanks for sharing this video. I'm new to weaving, time to set my Jack floor loom up to do my family tartan, thanks for the inspiration
THANK YOU!! loved this......you cleared up a couple of mysteries for me, and this is a beautiful tartan you're creating too.....but you blew me away saying it was double weave!!! wow!!!! now I have something to aspire to ......(akin to climbing mt. everest!! lol )
Gorgeous. Well done, can't wait to see the finished cloth. 👏😀
Andy, your tartan is striking and gorgeous! I would convert to whatever Scottish clan necessary for one of those! 😜 Masterful job my friend!
LOL! Thanks, but no thanks!
+Juanelo1946 Hey, I'd wear the kilt! I'd also love to try lederhosen. We'll just need to make sure Dorothy is otherwise occupied. She has drawn the line a lederhosen and, I would guess, at kilts. You never know though!
+Juanelo1946 It might be just the thing to impress Ms. Lulu!
Lederhosen go great with yodeling, but unless I get a set of bagpipes I'm not wearing a kilt! :-)
April, hmm, you got me thinking now... for Ms. Lulu, you know, I'd do anything!! 😛
If you do the weaving in of ends on the same side all the time, doesn't that gradually distort your weaving on that edge as you keep adding that extra thread to the weft on that edge? (Hope that made sense!) What a glorious piece of work--makes me want a bigger loom!
I love your videos! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. xx
Fascinating stuff.
I am a new weaver and am still playing with the cotton carpet warp that come on my loom already, but I love the idea of weaving tartan and also the kitchen towels that you made and wondered what size reed and thread you are using. Thank you.
Love that tartan weave!
I'm going to learn this to weave my McDowell tartan.
Thanks for sharing no one compares with you 😍🌝🌞🌞🌝
Hi me again. I am battling to make a royal Stewart tartan and I want big pattern such as yours and can't make up my mind if I can double up the sett warp count to make each pattern bigger. I hope I make sense. I weave in French so am not sure if I use the proper vocabulary in English
IMHO you do not have to follow the exact thread counts of tartan as given by the Scottish Tartan Authority. I have found that sometimes they list too many threads, When I did this blanket I cut back on the number of reds and greens. So if you want to increase or decrease the number of threads of any color, then do it, the important thing to me is to keep the general look of the tartan. And of course the thickness of the threads is important. The tartan authority bases their thread count on THIN thread, as if you were buying a kilt from Scotland. Look at how think the yarn is that I used. I felt comfortable cutting back on most of the theads, of course I could not cut back proportionately on the black or white as those counts were only 2 threads.
Oh my. That is beautiful.
I found this PDF online and thought I would share the link. It gives the sett of quite a few traditional tartans.
www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/monographs/dhc_tar.pdf
Crazy Horse Trading interesting, thanks.
I found another link that might help those who are interested in the traditional tartan textiles
www2.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/monographs/bme_tart.pdf, seems to go into quite a bit of detail. Blessings to all
wow. I am impressed. you know you can always cheat (and I will do this), just use a magic marker (permanent marker) at the color changes for a lighter color on darker. Of course, you can't make black lighter or red lighter, but you can take care of that pesky white and yellow and red on black, withe and yellow on black, etc. so you get halfway there. great video, I am interested in weaving tartan because my son plays bagpipes and drone ribbons are expensive and so are those kilts and drapes and what not!
wow lovely tartan
Fascinating to watch...thank you😍
hello from sunny Quebec. quick silly question. is it common to beat your work so hard for tartan?
I can not answer that because I haven't talked with many other tartan weavers. I can tell you that I know I have a very heavy beat when I weave. I feel uncomfortable doing just a light tug on the beater bar.
curmudgeon66 cool thank you for the quick response. I love your work and your videos.
Wonderful video, thank you very much.
whoa... that weave behind you on the wall, the one with the alternating waveform-esque patterns. How did you do that?
Watch my 3 part video series called "Overshot gamp"
Here is the link to part 1, which should have links to parts 2 and 3.
th-cam.com/video/w4pR5Io3XcQ/w-d-xo.html
I LOVE your loom! I want one of those...ha, ha ha! :-)
curmudgeon66 I will so have for great floor loom in on plaid weaving!!! Beautiful!! 🤓👍🏻
Can you clarify for me about top and bottom. This is one piece of fabric twice as wide as the top layer we can see?
Yes it is one piece of cloth. I think that the best way for you to understand top & bottom, or double weave, double wide would be for you to watch this other video: th-cam.com/video/tEajuPJvOeY/w-d-xo.html
@@curmudgeon66 thank you. I'll check it out. I'm fascinated by these looms. As a daily tartan wearer it blows my mind how intricate this process is.
Ach yer wee timorous beastie...... beautiful!
Beautiful great talent thank you.
I notice you aren't using a temple when weaving the Tartan. Is there a specific reason for not using one?
Thanks,
Ray
+Ray Phelps-Bowman . . . 2 reasons:
1 it's double weave and I don't think I could get a temple to work in both layers (although I admit I have never tried a temple on double weave)
2 its about 38 or 39 inches wide and my widest temple is only 36 inches.
+curmudgeon66 Thanks. I forgot about it's being double weave. Ray
...me too. I do the same thing..just now with the shuttle. I fold the ends into the shed and beat them in. If done well, the don't show much at all. BEAUTIFUL tartan! Good job. Is that pattern an established one? Where did you find it and where can others be found?
bjr
+Barbara Rickman ... Hi Barbara! It is great to hear from you!
The Tartan is named LEASK, and it is number 905 in a registry of Scottish tartans, but don't ask me who asigns the numbers, as I have long since forgotten. Anyway, years ago I got the tread count from the internet, but now when I search I can find a thousand pictures of the tartan but no thread counts. In any case I know it is the one for my family as I know that my great grandfather's last name was Leask before he came to the US and changed the spelling. An approved list of Tartans can be found at: www.tartanregister.gov.uk
+curmudgeon66 There is an "approved" list of tartan patterns? Really!! Wow! I had no idea! I guess that is a good thing as a country has to preserve it's history and traditions. Boy is it good to know where you are from is it not? Gives you grounding and a past. Congrats Andy!
I know that on my mom's side there is Irish. The name is Warren.
bjr
+Barbara Rickman . . . You may have a "district" or "state" tartan, check out this list: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_tartans
You should weave Ogilvie of Airlie
Oh, no!😂
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