You asked so here it goes. I'm from Manitoba Canada. I'm a spinner, knitter, and woodturner, but I will try anything (craft wise) at least once. I got into woodturning to repair antique spinning wheels and got hooked. I have tried tablet weaving before and did enjoy it. Your patterns are so beautiful and easy to understand. I think I'll have to give it a go again. lol

Maybe I'm a bit late, but i watch you while crocheting or just in general in the evenings, to get that warm, calm and cozy home feeling. I'm from the other side of the pond, central Europe. And i honestly dont care how much you talk, i listen to your clock and the threads and occasional comments of yours and just feel home.

Never weaved before but this is really soothing I like watching weaving and stuff like that

I had never heard of inkle weaving until your videos randomly showed up in my recommendations one week ago. I am having trouble putting the phone down. And now, I have a loom and thread headed my way! So excited to try something new during a very cold, very early, very snowy winter in rural Montana.

I don't need another finger fidgety hobby or piece of equipment around, but darn it if I don't want to build a loom like this and start making scarves and stuff!

Hi there! I’m just learning about this sort of weaving, and it’s super fascinating. Found your videos after Morgan Donner did a video about her woven hem on her dress. I’ve been a life long fiber arts enthusiast, but primarily I’m a knitter. I also crochet, embroider, quilt, dabble at needlepoint and cross stitch. Basically anything involving threads and fabric, I’m in 🤣

Laughed harder than I probably should have at the “Arizona’s a nice place....I guess” 😂 I’m not a weaver but I’ve picked up sewing quite recently, I also knit on occasion. I’m not terribly picky about materials but I’ve started to lean more on wanting the natural fibers when ever possible. I’ll still use up the acrylic and poly stuff that I have though. I guess I should say I’m from Utah.

my husband, Marvin and I,(Kathy) live in Idaho, I have crocheted since I was 12, My mama taught me. we took up weaving about a year ago, he found a floor loom on marketplace at a good price, we got it. We now have 4 floor looms, 3 table looms, and we really enjoy weaving. Marv has made 2 inkle looms now, found your videos and enjoy them thoroughly.

I’ll never buy a loom but I will watch your videos.

Watching from Tallahassee, Florida! I've had an interest in tablet weaving for a while now, but haven't been able to get over the intimidation I felt until I found your channel. You make it so easy to follow and dissect and I love the way you do it in real-time.

I’m a new weaver. Just ordered my tablet cards & have been watching you to learn the techniques. A friend of mine is in SCA. She began tablet weaving a few years ago. I was always intrigued by it. Watching you on your KZfaq is giving me courage to embark on this card weaving journey. Thank you

Watching this one for the third(?) Time. From Grand Rapids, MI area. Just started weaving this summer. Started knitting several years ago. Grandma was a great crocheter. And my mom taught me to sew as a child. Have been interested in weaving forever. Finally decided to try this.

Hi Elewys, I am fairly new to inkle weaving and very new to tablet weaving. I am so happy to have found your KZfaq tutorials. I have been trying to weave every pattern you have demonstrated and am finding my skill set is improving. Thank you for your sage advice. Looking forward to learning more bout these nicest bands and also tips and techniques to help along the way.

I am a beginning weaver! I just build a small board style loom so hopefully future projects will have fantastic tension and be worthy of my sewing projects. I am loving watching you make the different patterns so I can see how they look in real thread!

So happy i found this❤😊

I love your humor. I'm an intermediate tablet weaver and I learn so much from you.

I got my first loom at 15 and have wanted to learn how to tablet weave ever since (I’m now 36). I love inkle loom weaving but have always wanted to try the more complex designs of tablet weaving. You have made it so easy to follow and I LOVE your tutorials. Thank you for this!!

I just started weaving, bought a crappy kids loom but it’s SO MUCH FUN! In Vernon B.C. Canada! Tablet weaving next😅❤

I'm a recent transplant from Texas to Missouri. I have been fondling fibers for 40+ years. I spin, dye, weave, knit, crochet (badly), make bobbin lace, tat, quilt, sew, embroider.... Basically I fondle fiber. I did living history and historical reenactment (Texas Revolution) in Texas.

Hi from Budapest! You are amazing, really! I am an absolute beginner, and can not stop to see your videos.

I like the Jean Luc reference!

Well, you asked. Technically I live in the West but Caid adopted me. I'm a merchant and most of the events I do are in Caid. I've been weaving for a few years and try to learn new techniques at events. This video is cool. Yet another pattern to add to the growing list.

Awesome! Cant wait to see the skip hole. Yet another design to try! Thank you for these videos. :) Keep them coming!

Thank you! Enjoying your videos. I've done a little tablet weaving, but it's been awhile. I quit because the back-strap method was causing problems, and though I tried a few other methods, it was still causing back issues. I need to get a loom. :)

🥰 I just bought a inkle loom. These are really good videos you make! Thank you!

Hi! I guess I stumbled onto your KZfaq channel earlier this week. I started playing with fiber in the mid 1940s when I first learned to knit. It wasn’t until 2012 that I got my first spindle, and learned how to spin. I graduated to my first spinning wheel five months later, so I could design some of my own knitting yarns. In 2015 in began learning to weave on a rigid heddle loom, than got an 8 - harness table loom the following year. In 2018 some of my friends were learning Tablet weaving and I played around with that a bit Tried it using the back strap method, which killed my back. Then I tried using the rigid heddle to hold the warp, which was very awkward...but I did manage to complete a text piece that said “God is in control” that I’m quite fond of. In January of this year I got a hankering to try my hand at tapestry...found some useful information on good ole KZfaq...than Covid hit. Mel Robbins did a very good motivational video in which she recommended everybody learn something new. At the same time Rebecca Mezoff began at 12:30 (my time) a live video weave-along giving tips on tapestry weaving to people who joined in from all over the world. It has been lots of fun, and I hope it continues...she’s very close to one of the big fires in Colorado🙏🙏. Well, now that you have introduced me to how simply well tablet weaving works on an inkle loom, I can’t wait to get my hands on one! After watching your beginners video, I decided to go back to Episode 1 and work my way through. Call me nutty, but the rope that I use to pull my garage door closed is about to break, and before it does I hope to replace it with a lovely new handwoven piece from one of your videos. I also have a couple of grandchildren who I’ll bet would welcome new hand woven guitar straps. Thank you for being here...especially now, when Covid is starting to run rampant again. Be well and stay safe! -Bub

I love your videos. ❤️ thank you 😊 kind regards from switzerland 🇨🇭

I really enjoy your history information!

32 seconds in, I Love that apron dress! The colour

Thanks for the information regarding yarn used in your tutorials.

I'm from Texas and I saw your videos in my recommendations (I'm a beginner at quilting and knitting). Your videos captivate me, and I've got a polymer clay shuttle cooking in the oven right now :) I'll cut out some cards from a cereal box tomorrow. I don't know what I'll do for a loom, but I'll figure something out!

I like how you say "about the same time period" and then mention a period that could encompass both Queen Elizabeths.

Hi, I‘m from Switzerland and stumbled upon your video probabily because I was watching a lot of crochet tutorials 😃 Weaving looks so interesting, I‘m already looking to buy a loom like yours and thinking about possible patterns I could design (without having tried it once, let‘s see how that goes...) keep up the good work, looking forward to more videos!

Your apron brooches have reminded me of my frustrated attempts to find out how the heck those are supposed to attach. I've seen some with safety pin type fixtures, but I really doubt that's historically accurate, and this seems a decent place to ask, how do those hook on, and how did they attach back when they were the fashion? Sorry that's super unrelated to tablet weaving. Your videos are super clear and comprehensible by the way, no questions there.

Wow! That is wonderful and thank you for this wonderful presentation. I learned to weave with cards few years and I didn't practice for some time now. How you warped the loom with cards is so much easier and lesss confussing than I learned how to warp. Thank you so very much for your excellent tutorial.

Hello! I'm from the UK, I only just started tablet weaving, and I'm using two-ply wool yarns I spun and dyed. I don't have a table available and Him Indoors would get annoyed if I bought more bulky stuff, so my "loom" is the middle bar of an old niddy, a very tired folding chair and a bunch of cutlery as warp weights. Works surprisingly well though I'm limited to 10 cards because I don't have any more 95g knives. My cat foot box top shuttle is starting to disintegrate already, though, so I stuck a proper one in with my next dye order. If anyone can recommend cheap weights around 95g I'd appreciate it, bonus points for them being something period-appropriate.

Came across your channel whilst looking at crochet ideas......loved the history part, making my own loom like yours so will let you know how I get on regards Martin (from England)

A splash of nail polish on those cards could colour the letters, and also give you a coloured edge so that you don't have to inspect them to know their orientation?

I am a fan of all things textile. Yarn and string and fabric. I dabble in cross-stitch, tatting, sewing, quilting, crochet, knitting, spinning, and I've just picked up some supplies to try tablet weaving! I really enjoy these videos. Going to make a buddy a new belt this way! My only query so far is, what do you get if you use very thin yarn instead of crochet thread or thin cording? The craft store near me has a really sad selection of size 8 pearl thread, but a ton of DMC cotton embroidery floss, size 5. I also have a ton of fine fingering yarns. I think the finer ones might snap under that tension, though!

I just didn't need another hobby! This is so mesmerizing to watch and I want to try. I do Kumihimo braids, friendship bracelets, quilting, sewing knitting to name the few. What loom would you recommend for absolute beginner?

What kind of loom do you have? Are these still available for sale, because I would like to purchase one. I love your tutorials; they have inspired me to pursue this craft. Thank you!

The concept of skip hole brings up the question I have been pondering as I watch your lovely tablet weaving videos: What controls which of the two thread on the top of the shed shows? What happens when there are two different colour threads on top of the weft thread rather than both the same colour?

I have noticed that there is always a piece of elastic on your looms. What is this for?

I am watching this again and wondering whether I could make this wider by simply repeating cards 3-10 within the outer border? That is, I would have 1-2, 3-10, 3-10, 11-12, making it 20 cards wide instead of just 12?

Some gentle medieval music would be very nice? I do intend to try this someday; just haven't seen the pattern to really motivate me, still watching! I'm hoping the period music would get me in the mood to be less wary of the time required, and relax into it. Thank you for your research and talent. Awesome .

I m just discovering tablet weaving and I am hooked on your videos. Once I am done all my Christmas crocheting 🧶 and knitting I will be following one of your videos. I have purchase a backstrap kit and will try it on that as I as of “yet” ( lol ) don’t have the Inkle loom. So excited to learn this craft. If you need a certain length of the strap how do you know how much to use? Example foR about one foot strap do you use 1.5 or 2 5imes the length or do your just do the length that tHe loom provides and just cut what length you need after you are done?

Watching your program from Lubbock, Texas. Your instructions are clear and concise. I have woven on a rigid heddle loom and an inkle loom. I have cards for tablet weaving and have John Mularkey's videos for tablet weaving, but I have not yet done any tablet weaving. What kind of thread are you using? I think that on one of your earlier videos, you said you were using 8/4 carpet warp. Of course, that thread comes in a bazillion colors and is very reasonably priced. On this tutorial, you did not state what thread you are using.

I am in Ottawa, Canada and I am loving your videos and just ordered an inkle loom and cards. How do you add a new weft thread when you run out? Thanks so much.

Where did you get your loom? We think you are very funny. So consequently my husband agrees... We need to add yet another craft.

What has been your widest braid and how many cards and colours were there. I am awaiting with excitement the delivery of my inkle loom you have me hooked. Thank you for loving this amazing craft. My best to you (and smokey) with love Lady Gail Carter xx

Hi Elewys! I was wondering if you have a good source for Viking Age tablet patterns.

Hi, I have made the seed bead bracelets does that count as weaving? Otherwise no but I would like to try this form of weaving. If you have 2 patterns with the same warp pattern could you weave 2 patterns in one project?

I'm honestly interested in doing this but what do you do with the finished product? Can anyone out there enlighten me?

Seeing your videos has encouraged me to take this on as a hobby. How long are your finished bands on this loom? You seem to warp the same path, so I was curious.

Okay, so I'm sure this "never" happens, like, ever, but what do you do when a warp thread breaks mid-weave? I'm not saying that's ever happened to you, but if it did . . . Also, did you show us how you weave in the tails of the beginning weft thread and subsequent weft threads? And, one last question (this time) how do you secure the ends of your weave once you cut it off the loom?

Forgive my ignorance, but what are these "kingdoms" you refer to? I've not heard of this idea until I started watching your videos. (I tried Google but I only got some blue elf lady named Laurel from a Disney game.)

Why don't you just feed the loom with the 8 yellow strings at the same time for the double yellow lines?

I love how one might think from some of the stuff you wear you might be Amish or Mennonite, but then you talk about Amazon, 3D printers, pintrest, and other fancy stuff.

Belgium, 32 y.o. I've joined a reenactors group in 2018, where we pretend to be in the 10th century. Most other groups choose a later time period, because it's easier to find more about it and you can use a lot more materials and techniques. Learned myself to weave and have used cotton most of the time, which isn't correct, I know. But as I'm still learning to weave I'm not going to spend a lot of money on yarns for now. It's already a costly hobby! Would like to try silk because I hear your excitement over its weaving quality. I didn't expect to like cardweaving, it seemed very complicated, but once I got the hang of it, I like it more and more (and now I can't stop, haha). I still call myself a newbie, but everyone is impressed by any woven band, because not a lot of people know how to do it. I have used wooden cards (for weaving while I'm at an event, but only have 10). They are quite thick. I am now using playing cards I cut out, but they are already getting a lot of wear so I'll have to switch to plastic cards soon (for weaving at home). I have also made 1 wooden shuttle myself, and want to make more. So happy you are sharing so much info, I'm learning a lot! The pace in the videos is just great. I love hearing the history and little random things about the patterns and looms, and your subtle humor is the cherry on top. Do you always start weaving by putting your yarn left to right through the shed? I know it doesn't really matter, but just noticed that you do. Also, when I weave the tail back to secure it, I tuck it in the loop of the second pick. Do you ever weave with cards NOT on an inkle loom? Thank you, and sorry this was so long :-)

Aloha from Hawaii

Can you make up a pattern and how big can you go.

Being from the West, and seeing this was from 3 years ago, they better have laureled you...

Baji kuch samjh nai aya

I bet the wife was... salty

Do you go in the reverse order after doing the 10 picks? If not, how do you remove the twist build up?