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It's frustrating to love an 8-shaft pattern when you only have a 4-shaft loom. In this article from March/April 2018, Madelyn describes how to reduce 8-shaft twill drafts to 4-shafts. We tried her methods on some recent drafts, check out our results!
Madelyn explains how to use a temple with doubleweave.
Block weaves are structures in which groups of warp and weft threads can produce two different-looking interlacements, one that identify as “pattern,” the other as “background.”
I have always followed a certain rule for using the tabby weft in supplementary-weft structures such as overshot and summer and winter: Throw the tabby pick before the pattern pick. Please tell me the reason for this.
Madelyn provides two methods for handling warp threads that aren't being caught when weaving with two shuttles.
When you rethread your heddles for a new weave structure, what should you do about the sett in the reed?
Thanks to Marion Powell we now think of shadow weave as a block weave that can be designed using profile drafts. Madelyn explains.
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Madelyn helps clear up any questions you may have about why some weave structures deflect during wet-finishing.
Is there a best yarn or structure for a handwoven towel? Madelyn gives her opinion.
