Ask Madelyn

If two placemats are woven to the same length why is one shorter than the other? Madelyn makes an educated guess.

Plan for your fringe while the piece is still on the loom.

My sett is 48 epi (4/dent in a 12-dent reed). I’m worried that if I just tie one thread to each one of the four threads hanging from each dent without taking them in their exact order, they will be twisted when I start trying to wind the warp.

Raising four shafts with every treadle makes the treadling very heavy. Is there anything that you can think of that would make it easier to treadle?

Are color-and-weave and shadow weave weave structures?

How much more length do you need to add to a warp to weave eight towels instead of four?

Learn how to surround a twill blanket with a plain weave border using six shafts.

Could the reed with small dents cause warp ends to break?

How do you calculate sett when you are using a supplementary warp?

Is it possible to weave rigid-heddle projects on a multishaft loom? What do you need to know?