DVDs

Carol started by posting videos to YouTube. Scroll down for links to see some of these videos.

Many people asked for an all-in-one video. Carol now offers two videos, one on the subject of fingerweaving, and one on the subject of sprang. These can be live-streamed at the instructor co-op site taprootvideo.com. For those with slow internet, these videos are available as DVDs.

Introduction to Sprang with Carol James

CA$30.00

A great video for beginners

containing lots of great information on subjects such as making your own frame, warping, the basic stitch, error identification and correction, several finishing techniques and much more.


Taprootvideo an instructor's cooperative, offers this DVD as a digital download. Check it out!
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Fingerweaving Instructions, DVD Handout

CA$0.00

The printed patterns that accompany the instructions in the movie: 8-strand bracelet, diagonal stripe, vertical stripe, sawtooth, chevron, arrowhead, arrow-and-lightning, bulls eye. The movie tells you how to manipulate the threads, and how to use the patterns.
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Fingerweaving Instructions the DVD

CA$35.00

Learn to fingerweave. The basic method explained, as well as multiple patterns: diagonal stripe, vertical stripe, lightning, chevron and more. No textile experience necessary.


Contents: Beginner method 8-strand friendship bracelet setup, manipulation, and fringe twisting, More efficient method for setup for larger number of threads and more efficient finger method. Patterns include diagonal stripe, vertical stripe, sawtooth, chevron, reverse chevron, arrowhead, arrow-and-lightning, bulls eye. Also included is a section on checking your work, identifying irregularities, how to correct, and how to avoid mistakes in the first place.


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DVD: Introduction au sprang avec Carol James

CA$30.00

Une excellente vidéo pour les débutants, contenant des informations sur des sujets tel que la création de votre propre cadre, la maille de base, identification et correction des erreurs, techniques de finition, et plus.
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April 16, 2020 A review of the DVD Introduction to Sprang
Wow, I have tried Sprang before, but this video clarifies a few key bits that I did not understand. I had to stop the video and digest a bit. I am ready to move on and give it another try.

April 14, 2020 A review of the DVD Introduction to Sprang
This was an excellent refresher after taking Carol's class 9 months ago! Carol has a way of describing and demonstrating actions clearly and precisely. She uses appropriate materials for demonstration so beginning learners can easily see what's going on. Carol obviously listens to her students and has incorporated many tips that she picked up along the way to make things easier. Thanks for this excellent video, Carol!
Jan 23, 2020, A review of the DVD Fingerweaving Instructions:

I've watched the DVD the entire way through several times, just absorbing the process and watching your hand movements.  I am a visual learner, and although I have a copy of your book Fingerweaving Untangled, I just couldn't make progress because I couldn't figure out the best hand movements to make, or how to set up the warp.  Once I watch a maker working with fiber, then I can interpret written words more easily.  Now that I've seen your DVD, I feel very confident I can begin to make progress and be more successful with each pattern I try. 

Dec 22, 2019.

"This video answered a lot of questions I had. It was very easy to understand. I have been trying to do the arrow pattern for a long time, I have books, watched other videos the visuals just weren’t where I could understand. I watched this video and now I get it. Carol James starts you out small and progresses to the next level. You ll be able to do each of the patterns she has shown. Thank you Carol James I love this video it was worth the wait."

Videos

While books and PDFs help communicate what is necessary to understand these techniques, sometimes a video is more helpful. I have been working with my camera and video-editing tools to try to provide this type of information. On YouTube, my channel is the sashweaver chanel (button to connect to sashweaver on YouTube).
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Getting started in Fingerweaving!

Introduces the basic ‘stitch’: pass the weft, and change the shed.
Also included are the most common mistakes.
How to set the strings onto the chopstick.
Once the bracelet is finished, tie it around your friend’s wrist.
Demonstrates an efficient way to use your fingers to hold the threads while changing the shed.
Demonstrates picking up the shed when you forgot to put in a safety tie.

Videos to get started in Sprang!

Introduces the basic ‘stitch’, as well as some common mistakes.
When the work is done on a frame, you get two rows for every one row worked.
When you come to the center, the work becomes difficult. This video shows you the 2-knitting-needle method to squeeze in a couple more rows.
One finishing method in sprang is to chain across at the middle.
Demonstrates the method to sew an invisible seam in interlinking sprang.
Circular warp, how it works, and a finishing technique.
How to make holes in interlinking sprang, how to write the pattern.
You already know how to make vertical lines, but how do you make the line move to the left, move to the right? This video shows you how, introducing sprang twining.
A follow-up to Sprang Twining Part 1, this video shows you what to do when two lines meet, and cross each other.

Interviews with Carol

A sprang tunic, and how to manage a fuzzy alpaca yarn.
A video produced by George Washington's Mount Vernon, an interview with Carol, talking about the replication of a silk sprang sash.

George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Sprang & the Braddock SashA talk, given by Carol James, on June 4, 2013, at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, on the occasion of the donation of a replica sash.
An interview by the local French speaking newspaper, LaLiberté, as Carol created the replica of the Braddock sash for George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Shows moving the shed all the way around a large circular warp.
Carol was interviewed by a local TV personality in Winnipeg.
Sept 29, 2016, CTV news interview, John Hendricks