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Ask Madelyn: Broken Warp Thread

When you are experiencing more than the occasional broken warp thread, first look at where the warp threads are breaking. Usually, you can then use strategies to prevent or minimize breakage.

Weaving Tricks of the Trade: One Weaver's Approach to Spinning

But I’ve gotten a lot of pleasure from making yarn this way. However you think about spinning and weaving, here is this weaver's approach to spinning:

Weaving Techniques: Pick Your Battles

When it comes to weaving techniques, pick your battles carefully, and I believe you will get more satisfaction from the process.

The Worst Fashion Advice I’ve Ever Received

It's taken me years to undo the mindset of simple is better, but what I've learned along the way is how beautiful weaving colors can be.

Ask Madelyn: Weaving Help: I Forgot to Tie the Cross

I carefully wound a 13-yd warp of 8/2 natural cotton and took it off the warping board and then realized that I forgot to tie the cross. What should I do?

Ask Madelyn: Even Warp Tension: A Review

Why would a warp get tighter on one side of the loom and looser on the other?

Ask Madelyn: Even More About Floating Selvedges

You explained the need for and ways to use floating selvedges when you are weaving overshot. I was wondering why you would need a floating selvedge?

The Beauty of Boundweave

Whether done in traditional Scandinavian colors, or using a more contemporary palette, boundweave is a classic structure that is always in style.

The Woes and Wonders of Weaving with Rags

I needed a rug for my kitchen, and weaving with rags sounded like the perfect solution. I have never woven with rags before.

Ask Madelyn: The Best Reed Sizes

Probably having multiple reeds would be preferable, however, reeds are expensive.  If you could have only a few reeds, what reed sizes would you suggest?