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Ask Madelyn: Translating Treadling for a Table Loom

How do you rewrite a complicated draft so it's readable for weaving on a table loom? Madelyn has a few suggestions to make your life so much easier.

Ask Madelyn: Best Structures for Space-Dyed Warps

First of all, whenever you cross a space-dyed warp with a weft (whether solid or space-dyed itself), if the weft shows at all, it will interrupt the stretches of solid color in the warp.

World’s Oldest Trousers

Recently archaeologists have unearthed what is now the world’s oldest trousers.

Fabric Fit for Royalty

Using hand-cut stencils, textile artisans in Okinawa, Japan, have created incredibly detailed, resist-dyed fabrics since 1400.

Dealing with Denim

For many people, denim blue jeans are an iconic part of American style. In reality, denim is as American as croissants.

Iban Weavers

The Iban weavers create cloth with beautiful designs that reflect the content of their dreams. Known as Pua Kumbu weaving, only positive dreams are woven and if a weaver has the same dream three times they are obligated to weave that dream.

Solar-powered Textiles: You Could Wear the Sun’s Energy

Solar-powered textile technology is still in its early stages of development, and it could be several years before we can wear—or weave—solar-powered fabric. Learn about it.

A Job Made Easier Runner

In her A Job Made Easier Runner from the March/April 2019 issue of Handwoven, Nancy Dunlap explored the history of the table runner.

Ask Madelyn: Multiple Projects on One Warp

Is there anything wrong with putting on one warp, and using it to weave many different things? 

An Overshot Draft by Any Other Name

Overshot is the most American and most Canadian of weave structures.