I have a question about cotton shrinking. When I use handwoven kitchen towels, usually 8/2 cotton, they seem to keep shrinking every time they are washed.
The overall goal in sleying a reed with more than one end in a dent to achieve a particular sett is to make the sleying order as even overall as possible.
Is there an easy way to convert metric reeds in order to follow project instructions that give the setts in the number of ends per inch?
When is it too late to start using a temple? Madelyn explains to a reader how to salvage her much-too-drawn-in selvedges!
In essence, you are asking whether weavers really need to use a temple.
The closer denting of the edge threads is probably suggested in order to add a bit of strength to the selvedges.
Isn't mercerized cotton as absorbent of water when using it to dry dinnerware? I'd like to make these towels using mercerized cotton if possible.
There are two factors that contribute to choosing the optimum methods of wet finishing handwoven textiles. Madelyn explains the details.
Learn how to best determine sett for your doubleweave projects
Spool and cone holders are must-have weaving supplies, but you can DIY! Madelyn shares how to make a cone and spool holder from a plastic file crate.
