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Ask Madelyn: Shuttle Orientation

Could rotating the shuttle fix your weft angle?

It's handwoven, exceptional, and enduring!

Pattie stumbled upon some rather unusual uses for handwoven cloth. That made her start thinking about how we often "save" handwovens rather than using them.

Ask Madelyn: Tabby and Pattern

Many books and magazines use the term "Use Tabby" to keep the drafts manageable. What does that mean?

Ask Madelyn: Managing Weft Colors

I have a pattern that calls for 8 picks of light and then 8 picks of dark. How do I keep the selvedge edge from having a long loop of one of the colors?

Ask Madelyn: Weaving with Handspun

You don’t have to weave a separate sample. Just make the warp long enough so you can weave a bit, take that off, wash, and then change the sett on the warp you are using as needed by spreading the threads farther apart or closer together in the reed.

Ask Madelyn: Measuring fabric on the loom

What is the best way to measure your fabric as you weave?

Ask Madelyn: Learning to Weave

As a beginning weaver, what is the best reed to buy and the best book to get started?

Ask Madelyn: Best Reed Size for 30 epi

When you have a tight sett in the reed, which reed size should you use?