Hello! Today’s post is all about those of you who are experiencing issues when weaving. I often receive questions about these issues, so I am rounding up the most asked about issues along with their fixes. Oh and if there is an issue you are having that I did not cover yet, please ask, there are probably a lot of others having the same issue.
Issue – If you want to have a warp fringe on your weave, but the warp strings left are too short.
Fix – I ran into this problem myself, so I created a faux warp fringe, which you can find the steps to here.
Issue – If your weave became wavy after taking it off the loom
Fix – This happened to me, my weave was perfect on the loom, but got really wavy once the the warp threads were cut. I shared how I made it less wavy here.
Issue – Weave pulls in on the sides un-evenly
Fix – This is an issue most weavers have at first, including myself. I put together an explanation on why it happens and how to help fix it here.
Issue – Warp threads are overexposed
Fix – This is when you wove a different color and didn’t continue your thread over far enough, so you have warp threads showing where you didn’t want them to. I wrote an easy fix, that doesn’t include un-weaving, for that here.
Issue – Gaps in your weave that appear when making shapes or changing colors
Fix – I wrote about two different ways to eliminate gaps in your weaves here.
Issue – Warp threads spaced too far apart on the loom
Fix – I have a loom that has wide notches, so when the loom is warped, the warp threads are spaced very far apart. I wrote about how to double warp your loom here, allowing for more warp threads and a sturdier weave.
Issue – You have a loom that allows for you to hang from the warp loops, but when you hang your weave you get weft threads creeping up and looking not so nice.
Fixes – I have a few fixes for this kind of issue:
I really hope this helps some of you who might be having issues. If there is something that I haven’t covered that you need help with, please let me know in the comments below or in an email.
Happy Weaving!
Kate
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Megan
May 17, 2016 at 6:36 pmHi Kate,
Thanks so much for all your tips here! I have just started working on a round weave (working straight off a metal ring that i pre wrapped in yarn.) I started doing a soumak weave but am totally confused on where the ends should go on a round loom and also, i am using 4 strands of yarn to do the soumak, how do i tuck the tails in at the back?? Would you be able to do a post on the different stitches for a round loom and how to tuck the tails in? Thanks and i hope this isnt confusing! I love your website and use it as the bulk of my resources in learning to weave xx
Kate
May 18, 2016 at 7:13 amHi Megan, Thank you for your kind words. I think that is a great idea, I’ll have to work on a post for this. But for now I can quickly tell you that when I’m weaving a soumak with a lot of strands, like you are, I tuck the ends in the back similar to how I show it for weaving with roving here https://www.theweavingloom.com/weaving-techniques-how-to-weave-roving/
I hope this helps!
Megan
May 18, 2016 at 10:29 pmThanks so much! I will check it out 😀
Diane Ostdiek
May 20, 2016 at 9:50 amWow, this is a wonderful blog posting. I am a total self-taught, rank beginner and your posts have helped me so much in dealing with problems I encountered when doing mixed media weaving with a huge variety of materials. Thank you so much.
Kate
May 20, 2016 at 10:18 pmThanks Diane, I’m so happy this has helped you 🙂
Amanda
August 12, 2016 at 2:24 pmHi Kate,
Thank you so much for your thorough explanations! I am a beginner and am having issues with my sides tapering in. I see that you mention this above (“Issue: Weave pulls in on the sides unevenly”), but the link for the solution seems to lead to a page about warp showing when you don’t want it to. Would you mind providing me with the link to the solution for the uneven sides issue? I would appreciate it so much!
Kate
August 12, 2016 at 3:57 pmThanks for reaching out, I really appreciate being made aware of any mistakes I might have made. Here is the link that you’re looking for https://www.theweavingloom.com/weaving-tip-back-to-the-plain-weave-basics/