When I break a warp thread during weaving, it is always the thread on the far right (no matter if it is a floating selvedge or the first thread in the draft).
What can I substitute for 10/2 unmercerized cotton? Madelyn has the answers!
I am weaving some table napkins using a diamond pattern, Periwinkle from Marguerite Davison's A Handweaver's Pattern Book, and I find that the pattern comes out face down, i.e., upside down.
When beaming warps, I understand a lot of weavers like to use water-filled recycled plastic bottles with handles as weights. Can you suggest another thing that can be used as a weight?
The TNNA trade show is an event where yarn companies and other knitting suppliers gather to introduce new products and colorways that launch this fall.
Lattice fringe is a fun and easy way to give your handwoven cloth some extra oomph.
I only have a 10-dent reed, so I used slightly finer warp threads and sleyed 4/dent for 4 dents and then skipped 1 dent, but the skipped dent is very obvious in the cloth. Any suggestions?
While reading the excellent book The Girls of Atomic City, I was surprised to see a sentence casually mentioning that Georgia was once a hub of chenille production.
Through study and sampling Tien Chiu learned two simple rules that will help you in your own color choices.