Do you think you found weaving because you were looking for it, or did weaving find you because it saw you were missing something in your life?
How do you translate the tie-ups in a block weave pattern to use on a table loom?
Have you ever wanted to upcycle a thrift store sweater but didn’t know how to start? Pam James explains how to ravel a sweater so you can use the yarn to weave, knit, or anything else you so desire.
Usually, overshot is woven with a warp and tabby weft of the same size and a pattern weft that is two to three times heavier/thicker than the warp and tabby weft.
For the first 9 months of my time as editor of Handwoven, I passed an inkle loom every day on the way to my desk. It really bugged me. Someone had warped it with icky, thin yellow yarn and woven about 2 inches with the same yarn.
If you weave a sample at 10" width and then weave the fabric at 30" width, you are going to have to up the acceleration to get the same weft density. In cases where you are trying for a dense weft sett, sometimes this can't be done.
Weaving is both simple and difficult and that's why Susan loves it.
I have a 4-shaft Nilus Leclerc loom. My current warp is 23" wide and I am having trouble with the sheds. I have to work to get the shuttle through them.
