MiniMovies
Learn about weaving techniques and how to use our weaving equipment here! Please feel free to suggest topics that you would like to see included.
These video clips are about 30 seconds long. Explanatory text for each appears alongside it. Our new movies (starting in 2008) are now hosted by YouTube. The older ones are silent; click on a thumbnail image to view the movie [which will open a new browser window].
You will need QuickTime installed on your computer to view the older movies, and Flash to view the newer ones. If they don't launch properly, you probably need to download a free copy of QuickTime or Flash, respectively.
- Book previews (direct links to YouTube)
- 02/2012: Väv Som Vi
- 08/2011: Old Swedish Weavings from North to South
- 06/2011: Den Gamla Linneskåpet
- 05/2011: Rep Weaves
- 04/2011: Varp och Inslag
- New since spring 2011 (direct links to YouTube)
- 02/2012: Making choke ties
- 08/2011: Making a sturdy selvedge with string yarn
- 06/2011: Bobbin winder maintenance
- 05/2011: Measuring the width of your loom
- Texsolv
- Making your own Vävstuga Tie-Up cords
- Cutting new heddles apart
- Removing heddles from a shaft
- Cord loops for tie-on bar
- Warping
- Warping trapeze
- Puddling warp
- Sleying the reed with a buddy
- Using shaft safety pins and folding up the shafts
- Weaving
- Treadling techniques
- Julia, the little red loom from Glimåkra
- Winding a bobbin using a pirn
- Winding a butterfly shuttle
- Adjusting the temple
- Weaving with two people
- Flossa bars at work
- Steady loom feet
- Aluminum beam protector
- Warp stick collector
- Quickly re-attaching a warp after cutting
- Removing shafts for storage
- Repairs
- A weft loop disappears
- Unweaving, method 1
- Finishing
- Twisting fringe on a rag rug
- Cold mangle in use
- Specialty
- Band loom
- Hackling flax