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At the Fiber Festival: How to Shop at Sheep and Wool Festivals

Here’s how to shop at sheep and wool festivals when you want to bring home goodies.

Yarn Lab: Rigid-Heddle Experiments

In her Yarn Lab from the March/April 2017 issue of Handwoven, Jodi Ybarra takes cotton and linen yarns loved by mutlti-shaft loom weavers and makes them sing on her rigid-heddle loom.

Bright and Handy Inkle Bag Phone Pouch Sewing Instructions

Pdf download of Bright and Handy Phone Pouch Sewing Instructions

Ask Madelyn: What is the Best Loom to Use For Table Runners?

Read Madelyn's advice on how to pick the right loom for weaving runners or other projects.

Weaving Finishing Techniques

The projects found in the May/June 2017 issue of Handwoven take that peaceful feeling one step further and, in some cases, multiple steps further with exquisite finishing techniques.

Do People Misunderstand Your Weaving?

Are you a weaver who gets no respect? Are you tired of people misunderstanding your weaving? You aren’t alone.

Ask Madelyn: Weaving on Opposites

I have trouble understanding the concept of weaving on opposites.

Ask Madelyn: How to Handle Unused Shafts

If you have an 8-shaft loom but a project that only calls for 4, what do you do? Can you just ignore the extra shafts, or must you change your threading?

Ask Madelyn: False Cross

I wound 2 ends of 8/2 unmercerized cotton and 1 end of 20/2 pearl cotton together. Now I am having all sorts of tension issues with the ends twisted together.

Ask Madelyn: Combining Plain Weave and Lace

I am weaving a huck-lace cloth in 8/2 Tencel that has window frames of plain weave surrounding squares of huck lace. I am experiencing two problems: loose threads and a wavy fell line.