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.
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?
Why would a warp get tighter on one side of the loom and looser on the other?
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?
Whether done in traditional Scandinavian colors, or using a more contemporary palette, boundweave is a classic structure that is always in style.
I needed a rug for my kitchen, and weaving with rags sounded like the perfect solution. I have never woven with rags before.
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?
In her article for the November/December 2017 issue of Handwoven, Madelyn van der Hoogt teaches you how to decipher old overshot drafts.
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.
Knitters use the expression yarn chicken when don't know if they have enough yarn to complete a project. I adapted the phrase warp chicken for weavers.