Strategies for Structures and Selvedges Video Download

Take the Next Step in Mastering Your Selvedges!

Have you wondered how different structures affect your selvedges? Would you like to learn how to adjust your technique while taking into account the nuances of each structure before you start weaving? 

In this second course on selvedges from Sara Bixler, you’ll build on the basics from Weave Better Selvedges, to learn how to apply Sara’s time-tested tips for managing your selvedges with specific structures in mind.

You’ll see real examples of more than a dozen structures to help you visualize edges, and then learn the various ways to adjust and perfect selvedges in your own weaving. Sara includes selvedge strategies for: 

• Block Doubleweave
• Crackle Weave
• Taqueté 
• Turned Monks Belt  
• Overshot 
• Lace Structures  
• Deflected Doubleweave  
• Color-and-Weave 
• And many more!

Different weave structures present various types of selvedge challenges to weavers. Some structures benefit from being woven with floating selvedges or with a temple. In others, planning way ahead for edges makes them look better—while also improving the stability of your final piece. This video covers all of those strategies, and more!

As you watch this video, you’ll learn:  

• When floating selvedges are most useful (and when they’re not necessary)
• How to manage edges when using supplementary threads 
• The fine points of selvedges on painted warps 
• How a temple can help you fight draw-in
• A simple way to provide extra structure along fabric edges
  

Don’t let your selvedges be an afterthought! Join Sara today to build on and expand your selvedge knowledge with this informative video.

Prerequisites:

The topics in this video are not just for experts—beginner and intermediate multi-shaft weavers will find plenty to apply to their own weaving. All levels are welcome to learn and improve their selvedge management skills. 

Included in the video download:

• 25 minutes of video instruction
• Video information and additional resources PDF
• Four bonus patterns 
  

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Instructor: Sara C. Bixler is the owner and resident instructor of Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Center in York, Pennsylvania. She has been teaching for nearly 10 years and prides herself on having a broad knowledge spectrum to share with her students. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art and a Bachelor of Science in K-12 education—although she gives full credit for the depth of her knowledge to her apprenticeship with her father, Tom Knisely. You can find many examples of Sara's work in issues of Handwoven and Little Looms and see her in person or in one of her many videos.