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Pick Up Perfection

Welcome

Introduction (1:16)

What is a pick up stick?

Choosing and using pick up sticks, video (3:44)

Sampler Inspiration

A previous example sampler, video (1:35)

The Sampler

The Sampler, Essential Information Sheet, printable PDF
The Sampler, Pick up and weaving sequences sheet, printable PDF
The Sampler, Warping, video (8:11)
The Sampler, Threading, video (9:35)
The Sampler, How does pick up work?, video (3:23)
The Sampler, How to insert a pick up stick, video (12:37)

Weft Floats Section 1

The Sampler, exploring weft floats, video 1 (9:05)
The Sampler, exploring weft floats, video 2 (6:02)

Troubleshooting

What to do when your weft doesn't catch at the selvedges. Video (4:50)

Weft Floats Section 2

The Sampler, exploring weft floats, video 3 (5:25)
The Sampler, exploring weft floats, video 4 (5:44)

Troubleshooting

Can I insert 2 sticks at the same time? Video (2:56)
Help! My pick up stick keeps slipping! Video (3:13)
Do I have to incorporate plain weave? Video (4:51)

Weft floats, Section 3

The Sampler, exploring weft floats, video 5 (11:18)

Warp Floats

The Sampler, exploring warp floats, video 1 (8:59)
The Sampler, exploring warp floats, video 2 (6:07)
The Sampler, exploring warp floats, video 3 (11:35)

Weft and Warp Floats combined

The Sampler, combining floats, video 1 (6:50)
The Sampler, combining floats, video 2 (5:50)

Supplementary Weft

How to use a supplementary weft, video (10:38)

Heddle Rods

How to make a heddle rod, video 1 (7:20)
How to make a heddle rod, video 2 (11:38)
How to make a heddle rod, video 3 (6:30)
Weaving with a heddle rod, video (8:38)
Troubleshooting - sticky string heddles, video (2:21)

Finishing the sampler

Viewing both sides of the sampler, video (2:36)

Additional learning resources

Recommended books
Blog articles
Additional videos

The Pillow Project Section 1

The Project, Essential Information Sheet, printable PDF
The Project, Pick up and weaving sequences sheet, printable PDF
Ideas for weaving the project on a smaller loom, text
The Project, Warping, video (14:52)
The Project, Threading, video (5:30)
The Project, Tie on, video (5:20)
The Project, Pick up, video 1 (11:31)
The Project, Pick up, video 2 (0:45)
The Project, Front Panel Weaving Sequence, video 1 (8:12)
The Project, Front Panel Weaving Sequence, video 2 (9:16)
The Project, Front Panel Weaving Sequence, video 3 (8:02)
The Project, Dealing with the edges, video (7:09)

Troubleshooting

What can I do about loose warp threads? Video (3:22)

The Pillow Project, Section 2

The Project, Back Panel Weaving Sequence, video 1 (7:14)
The Project, Back Panel Weaving Sequence, video 2 (8:47)
The Project, Removing from the loom, wet finish, video (3:47)

The Pillow Project, Section 3

The Project, Sewing your pillow, video 1 (8:43)
The Project, Sewing your pillow, video 2 (7:56)
The Project, Sewing your pillow, video 3 (9:19)

Gallery

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