Sarah Swett and I made a class about a particular warping technique six years ago now. Monday we did a live chat on YouTube to talk about our experience with Fringeless, answer your questions, and talk about the tapestry life.
I have to say that hanging out with Sarah and making goofy videos (along with lots of serious ones) was a lot of fun then and clearly it is still fun now. I think the photo below clearly indicates the difference in our knitting abilities and probably also our weaving abilities. All tapestries in those photos are by Sarah and she wore gorgeous hand-knitted sweaters which she designed on every day we shot the class. I was apparently wearing a cheap cotton sweater from Eddie Bauer which is still in my closet.
We answered a lot of questions about four-selvedge warping including why you might want to do it and how we both use the practice. And if you want to see the misspelling of crotchety, I recommend watching the whole video as Sarah shows us her current work in progress. I hope you enjoy the video!
The chat happened on Fyber Monday which is my once-a-year sale on all my online classes, gift certificates, and books in my shop. Fringeless: Four-Selvedge Warping (the class!) was discounted 20% and the discount codes are good until Saturday. If you’ve always wanted to take this class or one of my other ones, the codes are at the bottom of this email.
Click the photo below to see the replay (or click HERE).
In this clip we talk about what Fringeless: Four-Selvedge warping is. See the video on YouTube HERE if you don’t see it below because you get the blog via email.
And in this clip we talk about Jig Anxiety! The biggest anxiety people express about this warping technique is actually making a jig. There are many different jigs presented in the class and you can make any of them yourself sometimes without any tools. The main reason to watch this clip though is that you get to see Sarah’s 99 Nouns series. It is amazing. 99 tapestries all the same size, all with a four letter word on them (no, they’re not swears, they’re just regular nouns). You can see this clip on YouTube HERE.
And if you haven’t seen the trailer for the class, enjoy it! As we talked about in the full video at the top of this post, the music was played by Sarah herself. See the trailer HERE if you get the blog via email or please visit the blog on the internet at https://rebeccamezoff.com/blog.
I’ll end with some plain old photographs from the class.
House and Sea by Sarah C. Swett; woven during the Fringeless: Four Selvedge Warping class
Tiny letter tapestry on one of Sarah Swett’s bags.
I love this stack of tiny house tapestries Sarah did before we filmed the class. Clearly working in series is something she loves.
I hope you enjoy some of our craziness in the full video chat. We’re on to the next exploration of materials, forms, and seeing what we can make with tapestry weaving.
You can read about Sarah’s adventures on her marvelous Substack newsletter, The Gusset. She has a free and a paid version and they’re the same. But you’re going to love it so much that you’ll be begging her to take your subscription fee so she can keep writing it.
If you want to join the Fringeless class, the code for 20% off is good until Saturday, December 7, 2024. The code is PipeLoom24 and you can find information about how to register on the class page of my website: https://rebeccamezoff.com/fringeless.
For 15% off any of my other classes, use WeaveWonder24. See you in class!