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Ask Madelyn: Advice on Buying a "Dream Loom"

What is the best size loom to buy? And how many shafts do you need?

Ask Madelyn: Using an End-Feed Shuttle

What are some tips for using an end-feed shuttle?

Ask Madelyn: Fringe and Hemstitching

I hemstitched my project, but I am not sure if this is stable enough unless I allow for fringing. I do not really want fringe so would it be better for me to fold in the ends and machine stitch them?

A Tale of Two Gamps

Variety is the spice of life and weaving gamps is one way to see great variety.

Weaving for the Fun of It

Weaving is supposed to be fun but that doesn't mean it isn't also hard sometimes.

Ask Madelyn: Shrinking Placemats

If two placemats are woven to the same length why is one shorter than the other? Madelyn makes an educated guess.

Ask Madelyn: Fringe Lengths

Plan for your fringe while the piece is still on the loom.

Ask Madelyn: Tying on a Warp

My sett is 48 epi (4/dent in a 12-dent reed). I’m worried that if I just tie one thread to each one of the four threads hanging from each dent without taking them in their exact order, they will be twisted when I start trying to wind the warp.

Ask Madelyn: Heavy Shafts

Raising four shafts with every treadle makes the treadling very heavy. Is there anything that you can think of that would make it easier to treadle?

Ask Madelyn: Color-and-Weave Defined

Are color-and-weave and shadow weave weave structures?