Here at the Weavers' School, we put on warps (mostly on Baby Wolfs) that are about 30 yd long. We could probably fit close to 40 yd warp length on these looms.
Rainbows are wonderful. Dorothy Gale, Kermit the Frog, and Israel “Iz” Kamakawiwo‘ole, have all sang about these magical natural phenomena. When I was a child, seeing rainbows was a rare, wonderful experience. My friends and I would trek out as far
In his video, Tom teaches you everything you need to get started, from the basics of project planning and warping through finishing your cloth, and his friendly teaching style makes it clear and simple.
Weavers love name drafts. They’re fun ways we can hide special little messages in our weaving and create works of cloth with extra layers of meaning.
Do you think you found weaving because you were looking for it, or did weaving find you because it saw you were missing something in your life?
How do you translate the tie-ups in a block weave pattern to use on a table loom?
Have you ever wanted to upcycle a thrift store sweater but didn’t know how to start? Pam James explains how to ravel a sweater so you can use the yarn to weave, knit, or anything else you so desire.
Usually, overshot is woven with a warp and tabby weft of the same size and a pattern weft that is two to three times heavier/thicker than the warp and tabby weft.
For the first 9 months of my time as editor of Handwoven, I passed an inkle loom every day on the way to my desk. It really bugged me. Someone had warped it with icky, thin yellow yarn and woven about 2 inches with the same yarn.