Caring for naturally dyed cloth can be intimidating, but if you know what you’re doing you can enjoy your pieces for a very long time.
Do you have any tips regarding keeping threads in order when sleying 2 or more threads per dent? I tend to get many crossed threads!
Warping a loom with multiple ends per dent can be a challenge, especially if you warp front to back. Here's Madelyn with help on transferring the cross.
Every once in a while a project comes along that makes me wish I had 16 (or more!) shafts. Bonnie Inouye’s truly spectacular Jin Silk Scarf from Handwoven Loom Theory: Eight and Over Eight Scarf Collection immediately made me wish I had 16 shafts.
Are there any instructions or tutorials on stitching two panels together?
Notes in weaving books are wonderful. Not only do they let us take a look at the weaver who previously owned the book, but a note can provide us with valuable information.
Thanks, Madelyn, for answering my question What is a turned draft? But now I'm confused about the weave structure called turned twill. It has nothing to do with turning a draft, right?
Holiday weaving is tricky. It’s not like making cookies or a pie, which you might start two days before, at the earliest. Weaving takes time and requires planning, and when the holidays are upon you, it’s too late.
Madelyn van der Hoogt helps the weaving novice with measuring fabric on a loom.
In her Stained-Glass Scarf from the November/December 2018 Handwoven, Karen Isenhower uses a weaving by Else Regensteiner as her initial inspiration for this wonderfully fun Swedish lace scarf. Read what Karen has to say about her design.