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Ask Madelyn: A Question of Shafts

What do you get with twelve shafts? You get more blocks,you can produce twills that are even more complex, and more layers (or two layers of more structures).

Ask Madelyn: Extra Heddles

My heddles are distributed evenly on all eight shafts, but I'm not going to be using very many heddles on shafts 5 and 8. Should I remove them?

Ask Madelyn: Weaving Lace with Wool

How do you weave a light and lacy throw using wool?

Ask Madelyn: A Question of Tie-Ups

I'm wondering how the tie-ups in Handwoven are determined. I've heard about "walking" tie-ups; what are those?

Ask Madelyn: Maintaining the Cross

What is the reason for keeping the cross when threading? Aren't the ends in order after they have been sleyed through the reed.

Ask Madelyn: Reducing Drafts

What is the best way to reduce a draft when the draft calls for a loom that is bigger than the one you have at home?

Ask Madelyn: Dornick Towels Difficulties

The Dornick Towels' sett seems a bit loose to Madelyn. She suggests tightening it up.

Ask Madelyn: More on Fulling with Front Loaders

Several readers weigh in with their own experiences with fulling in front-loading washing machines.

Ask Madelyn: Winding 2 Threads With a 1-and-1 Cross

I have been trying to follow the directions you give in Warping Your Loom for winding 2 ends with an individual cross, but the 2 threads keep ending up twisting around each other. I can’t quite follow your movements in the video. Can you help?

There is a Season

As a farmer, my work and my life are controlled by seasons: shearing season, lambing season, breeding season, fly season, foxtail season, and irrigation season.