Twill and silk are a natural pairing for scarves. The floats in twill give silk opportunities to shine and reflect light, but they aren’t so long that they get caught on clothing or jewelry.
As many times as you tell beginning weavers that it’s just yarn, most still worry about the whole warping the loom thing.
I recently heard the phrase, “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail,” and it caught my attention. After looking it up, I learned that is known as the “law of the instrument,” a term coined by Abraham Maslow in 1966. The concept
Afraid of weaving handspun yarn as singles? Hog wash! Applying sizing to your singles before you warp will help you reduce abrasion problems, tame overtwist, and get weaving faster. In the Spring 2018 issue of Spin Off, Stephenie Gaustad shares a few tips.
It's sometimes tricky to figure out the best way to use variegated yarn and other novelty yarn for weaving. Here's Madelyn van der Hoogt to help!
I’m at my happiest when I’ve got 1,000 ends to sley and thread. I love to see a disorganized warp become organized on my loom. I like to throw the shuttle and see the cloth develop and see my ideas become reality.
Knitters have known and loved Icelandic lopi yarn for years, but as Anita Osterhaug points out, it’s wonderful for weaving as well.
You’ve probably heard of sheep to shawl, but what about sheep to ruana? For her spectacular Sheep to Shadow Weave ruana in the September/October 2018 issue of Handwoven, Margie Bell started out with a couple of fleeces and ended with a ruana.
In their Supplementary Scarf from the September/October 2018 issue of Handwoven, Kathi Keller and Linda Gettmann use Deb Essen’s ingenious supplemental warping technique to weave this gorgeous scarf in turned-monk’s belt.
Marge Williams found her inspiration for her napkins from towels by Marty Benson and Janet Giardina, those two weavers found their inspiration from Ozark weavers of old.