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Ask Madelyn: Ideas for Quick Dish Towels
What yarns and structures make for towels that are thirsty—and speedy to weave?
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Pearl
Ask Madelyn: Substitutions for 10/2 Unmercerized Cotton
What can I substitute for 10/2 unmercerized cotton? Madelyn has the answers!
Ask Madelyn: Doublewidth Doubleweave on a Jack Loom
Madelyn explains how to set yourself up for success when weaving doublewidth doubleweave on a jack loom.
Ask Madelyn: A Dent Dilemma
With twisty yarns or when you have several ends in a dent, you want to maintain the exact order of the threads from warping board to heddle.
A Job Made Easier Runner
In her A Job Made Easier Runner from the March/April 2019 issue of Handwoven, Nancy Dunlap explored the history of the table runner.
Ask Madelyn: More on Yarn Substitutions
I am a beginning weaver (actually, a beginning-again weaver) and need help with yarn substitutions. I am using an older pattern from Handwoven, November/December 1996, “Man’s Scarf in Silk and Cotton.” It calls for 12/2 silk at 2,790 yd/lb.
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: What to Use for a Tabby Weft
I am weaving a small table runner using 3/2 pearl cotton for warp and weft (red and green in the warp, white in the weft). I used a draft (#479, page 129) from Carol Strickler's A Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns, which I've modified a little.
Ask Madelyn: Twisting Threads
I had no idea how difficult woven rep was going to be—the threads are twisting between the reed and the heddles as I wind on. What else can I do?
Bead Leno Lace Scarf
Using bead leno combined with an amazing grasp of color and pattern, Deanna has created a scarf that is lovely, lacy, and thoroughly modern.
Ask Madelyn: Good Fibers for Dishtowels
I want to use some old project instructions that call for 10/2 unmercerized cotton for dishtowels. I can't seem to find any of that yarn in colors!
Which Way Napkins
Marge Williams found her inspiration for her napkins from towels by Marty Benson and Janet Giardina, those two weavers found their inspiration from Ozark weavers of old.
Purple Mountain Napkins
Our local mountains change from orange to pink to purple every evening as the sun sets. There really is nothing quite like it. In her Purple Mountains Napkins from the September/October 2018 issue, Susan Porter captures this imagery in a beautiful way.