Little Looms

Imagine this: the perfect day of weaving, when everything that could go right does go right.

Caring for naturally dyed cloth can be intimidating, but if you know what you’re doing you can enjoy your pieces for a very long time.

Need a set of curtains for your kitchen windows? Weave up a set that fits perfectly! For Mary Berry’s Lacy Kitchen Curtains from the November/December 2018 Handwoven, that means Brooks bouquet curtains woven on a rigid-heddle loom.

I am interested in making the Travel Shawl on page 32 of the May/June 2018 issue of Handwoven. Is there a way to convert the rigid-heddle draft for use on a 4- shaft table or floor loom?

I recently heard the phrase, “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail,” and it caught my attention. After looking it up, I learned that is known as the “law of the instrument,” a term coined by Abraham Maslow in 1966. The concept

Afraid of weaving handspun yarn as singles? Hog wash! Applying sizing to your singles before you warp will help you reduce abrasion problems, tame overtwist, and get weaving faster. In the Spring 2018 issue of Spin Off, Stephenie Gaustad shares a few tips.

Knitters have known and loved Icelandic lopi yarn for years, but as Anita Osterhaug points out, it’s wonderful for weaving as well.

One of my absolute favorite books as a teen was The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. It taught me to always bring a towel, although now as a weaver, I might amend that to always bring a shawl.

It made me think about some of the weaving opinions you hear about today that I believe don’t actually hold up to scrutiny.

Last year a parliament of owls stopped by some trees near the office. Weavers and birds have a lot in common. Don’t believe me? Please allow me to elucidate.