Latest
Why I Full Alone
Chatting about closet organization seemed like a good idea at the time until I realized I had lost track of my fabric’s fulling process.
Category
Fulling
Free Guide to Choosing, Designing, and Weaving with Yarn
Learn everything you need to know about choosing, designing, and weaving with yarn in this FREE eBook for beginner weavers.
Bubbles Shawl
I love that Elisabeth Hill isn’t timid when she designs and weaves. She seems to have an uncanny sense of how color combinations and weave structures work together on the loom, and she jumps wholeheartedly into projects.
Ask Madelyn: Should Fringe Come Before Wet-Finishing?
Should hemming, fringe twisting, etc. for woven pieces be done before or after wet-finishing them?
Ask Madelyn: More On Yarn Substitutions
Madelyn shares her tips for yarn substitutions when you can't or don't want to use the yarn specified in your weaving patterns.
Ask Madelyn: Loose Selvedge Threads
Why do my selvedge threads loosen as I weave?
A Brief History of an 18th-Century Woven Cloth: Cassimere
Sarah Wroot’s working title for her Spin Off Winter 2019 article started as “The Cassimere Project” but became “The Cassimere Insanity.”
The Recipe for a Perfect Scarf
My approach to weaving a perfect scarf is often a lot like my approach to cooking. I make a list of the best qualities of my ingredients—either food or yarn. Next, I think about how to prepare them to highlight rather than hide these attributes.
It’s Not Over Until It’s Over - Wet-Finishing for Weavers Online Course
Most projects need some sort of finishing touches, whether it is knotting, twisting fringe, hemming, or clipping and sewing in ends. And even then, an experienced weaver will tell you that the project still isn’t finished.
How to Design in the Reed: Doublewidth Harrisville Blanket
For this doublewidth Harrisville wool blanket from the Best of Handwoven: Doubleweave, Doublewidth! eBook, I decided to push the time I had with the warp at the loom by designing in the reed.
Ask Madelyn: Adapting Reeds to Different Warp Setts
The Weavers' Companion, in addition to many other helpful tips and resources, has a handy Reed Chart that gives the sleying orders to use for all conceivable warp setts with all available reeds.
Finishing Handwovens is Part of Weaving
Applying the same standards to the finishing as you did to everything else about a project sometimes takes more time than the weaving.
Ask Madelyn: Washing Handwovens
There are two factors that contribute to choosing the optimum methods of wet finishing handwoven textiles. Madelyn explains the details.