The older I get, the more I choose to weave with thin fibers, such as fine cotton, linen, and silk because the results are more interesting for me. I also love to combine weave structures because that also produces interesting results.
There are two factors that contribute to choosing the optimum methods of wet finishing handwoven textiles. Madelyn explains the details.
Here are the sewing instructions for Susan Horton's Hail to the Hostess Bottle Bags from the September/October 2016 issue of Handwoven.
I'm not advocating that everyone clean up their weaving studio, far from it. My point is about making your studio someplace that you want to be.
Learn how to best determine sett for your doubleweave projects
Spool and cone holders are must-have weaving supplies, but you can DIY! Madelyn shares how to make a cone and spool holder from a plastic file crate.
I am planning a project that has regularly repeating stripes in the warp. There are three colors. and their order repeats after every 7 ends. What is the most efficient way to wind this warp?
Selvedges are always a concern to weavers, even though most non-weavers would never notice what we consider to be terrible flaws.
I have an odd number of threads, so my last dent will have only one thread. Won’t this put extra stress on that thread? Should I sley floating selvedges?
My floating selvedge threads, one on each side, are getting progressively tighter. What could the cause be, and how could I avoid it?