I liked the first part of this 2 DVD set very much. Jane Patrick gave clear instructions on warping a rigid heddle loom and her technique looked better than some videos I had watched previously. She uses and explains weaving vocabulary and the video shows clearly what she is doing as far as plain weave. But then things start to get fuzzy. The details on how to do hand manipulated laces are pretty clear, but the longer that the video progressed, it became more and more muddy. It appeared that Jane was nervous and forgot whether or not the heddle should be in the up or the down position. Her explanations weren’t clear and the camera work was even worse. The video didn’t appear to have been edited at all.

This should have been a great rigid heddle tutorial, but fell really short of the mark. My advice would be to check out the rigid heddle book that was written by Jane and use it along with the DVDs. I think that between the DVDs and the book a weaver could achieve some wonderful woven pieces on the rigid heddle loom. ( )

If you're accustomed to thinking of the rigid heddle loom as a "placemat" loom, be prepared. In this DVD, you'll see how to use if for all kinds of fabrics - from sturdy little rugs to sheer shawls, from simple plain weaves to complex finger manipulations to double weave and beyond. You'll learn how to: warp your loom in a matter of minutes, master simple finger manipulations, use a pick-up stick to weave any pattern you choose, use two heddles for fine fabrics and even double cloth, add clever embellishments to your weaving as you go, and so much more.Part 1- 25 minutes. Part 2- 1 hour 14 minutes.

85/74 min., 30.00