Alright so today on Repairs101 I�ve got a really cool one for you. I�m going to
show you how to replace a missing seat or chair back by weaving rope, string, yarn,
twine, whatever into this really cool checkerboard pattern. Alright? Stick around, you�re going
to want to learn this one. So as I progressed into this project I remembered
all the details I�d forgotten like leave enough slack in the Warp because otherwise
it gets so tight that you won�t be able to finish it and you�ll have to pull it
all apart. You�re going to need a couple of different
sized shuttles to wind your cord onto and I made these out of eighth inch plywood. So
just load up your shuttles by winding it around. OK so the Warp is the underlying structure
of the weave. Start by securing the cord with a Clove Hitch. If you don�t know how to
tie one check out my video �Ten Plus Knots You Want To Know�.
OK so this is very important � at the beginning and end of every five turns I wrap a crossbar
to make a spacer row in the Warp. OK so I learned this skill probably twenty
five years ago when I was an outpatient in the Workers� Compensation Hospital�s vocational
rehabilitation program. So I made this one back then and gave it to my parents as a Christmas
gift because, back then, um I was pretty much penniless and to tell you the truth as soon
as the Workers� Compensation Hospital was through with me I was homeless too. Although,
OK not exactly homeless, I had this garage that I rented and in spite of the fact that
I was living there and I was months behind in my rent and it was not zoned for residential
use - the gentleman who owned the place, Don, he um, he was kind enough not to throw me
out. OK so the point of my story is: I come back to my garage after working all day and
I kick back on my work bench. So I�m laying there on my back with a bag of day �old
donuts that I bought for two dollars and I fell asleep eating them with the light on.
And so a couple of hours later I wake up and I open my eyes and perched here on my chest,
right about here, is a big fat hairy rat about six or eight inches long and he�s eating
my donuts! Use your separator sticks to hold the Warp
apart in groups and pass the shuttle in between them. And, yeah, you have to weave both sides
for this to hold securely. OK so it�s just a matter of passing the shuttle around through
five times, wrapping the sixth as a spacer and then continuing weaving five rows at a
time opposite to the next five rows and separated by a wrap around the crossbar.
Now as the space gets tighter you�ll be glad you heard what I said about making sure
you weave the Warp loosely. Switch to your smaller shuttles and smaller spacer sticks.
For your last group of five you�ll probably only have room for a crochet hook. Then just
take a
few minutes to space all the cord out evenly. And maybe you want to give it a haircut if
you bought the cheapest kind of twine available, like I did.
Alright and there you have it: it�s a skill that�s being lost to mechanization around
the world. Alright so thanks for watching and don�t
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And I was real grateful that he trusted me that way and of course I paid him up in full
before I did move on and I thank him for trusting me to do that.