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Notes from the Fell: Rag Weaving--For the Love of Rags
Looking to update some worn textiles? Give them a new lease on life in a new form.
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Memory
We Can't Weave Well Enough Alone
Linda Ligon wrote this poem and read it during the Schacht Spindle Company's 50th anniversary celebration in September 2019. We hope you love it as much as we do.
Memories of Cloth
Cloth covers us and keeps us warm, it decorates our home, and it helps keeps us cozy on cold winter nights. Cloth also holds onto memories, both large and small. My wedding dress brings back memories of hot weather and butterflies in my stomach.
Yarn Lab: Milk Fiber
Milk fiber is a relatively new fiber with a lot of potential. In her Yarn Lab in Handwoven November/December 2017 Liz Moncrief wove samples using this yarn.
When Two Weavers Meet
I’ve noticed that weavers also have a unique way of greeting each other. It usually starts with the “weaver’s handshake."
The Legacy of Bertha Gray Hayes
Today’s weavers owe much to the early 20th-century giants who revived handweaving. If you’ve ever woven a miniature overshot, you can probably thank Bertha Gray Hayes.
How Weaving Took Us to the Moon
Learn about core rope memory and how it's a part of both weaving history and scientific history. Without weavers, we couldn't have gotten to the moon!
The Building Blocks of Learning
Learning by video gives you the opportunity to stop and rewind when you don't understand something.
Espionage, Piracy, and Weaving
The introduction of power loom assisted in America gaining its independence from Britain.
Come Darkness, Come Light
Linda, Madelyn and Anita reflect on New Years.