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Ask Madelyn: Beaming Warps
When beaming warps, I understand a lot of weavers like to use water-filled recycled plastic bottles with handles as weights. Can you suggest another thing that can be used as a weight?
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Ask Madelyn: Uneven Warp Threads
When it comes time to tie on the warp threads at the front, I consistently get a diagonal line of threads, with the threads on one side being shorter than the other.
Ask Madelyn: Causes of Uneven Warp Tension
I'm having a warp tension problem. After weaving a while, the edge warp threads are very tight and the center very loose, but all were even when I started.
Ask Madelyn: Warping Question: Raddles and Warp Spacers
Winding the warp with spacers between the warp layers is a vital step in warping a loom. What material works best as a spacer? Cardboard? Paper? Sticks?
Ask Madelyn: A Loose Linen Warp
Linen can be tricky to beam on with consistent tension across the warp. Learn Madelyn's methods for success.
Ask Madelyn: Other Solutions to a Loose Linen Warp
More suggestions on why a weaver's linen warp might be getting loose.
Weaving Long Enough to Know Better
A series of very bad decisions had led to a tangled four-yard supplementary warp that otherwise was the perfect fiber, color and size.
Ask Madelyn: Diagonal Fell Line
Why would a fell line become diagonal? How do you avoid having the problem?
Ask Madelyn: Warping a Drawloom
What method do you use for warping your drawlooms? I use a method I learned in Denmark, but it's very cumbersome, and I usually end up dealing with quite a few problems during the process.
Ask Madelyn: Warping With Multiple Chains
How do you handle multiple overlapping warp chains?