Warp And Weft


Weaving Around the World

It was my great pleasure to put together our last pattern pack of 2017 featuring 5 of my favorite patterns, Handwoven Presents: Weaving Around the World.

Ask Madelyn: How to Rethread Mid-Warp

How do you rethread a warp that is already on your loom? Part of the answer is preserving the cross.

This Holiday Season: Worry Less, Weave More

I swear just a minute ago October was starting and we had months—months!—until The Holiday Season. Guess how many holiday weaving projects I’ve started.

Ask Madelyn: Turning a Draft

The attached draft is from a non-weaving friend. How do I change the draft to put the pattern stripes in the warp? I have an 8-shaft, 10-treadle loom.

Ask Madelyn: Fishing Line for Neat Selvedges?

In a Weaving Today Q & A, a weaver asked about using fishing line for neat selvedges. What thickness fishing line is best?

Ask Madelyn: Dense Sett for Better Selvedges?

I’m trying to work on my selvedges. I’ve heard that you can get better, stronger selvedges by setting the warp threads denser at the selvedge edges.

Ask Madelyn: Too Late to Use a Temple?

When is it too late to start using a temple? Madelyn explains to a reader how to salvage her much-too-drawn-in selvedges!

Weaving Silk with Treenway Silks

Weaving silk is absolutely a wonderful experience—perhaps the only thing better is wearing silk.

Warp Therapy: Turning a Draft

Turn the overshot draft so a section of the overshot pattern became two supplemental warp stripes running the length of the scarf.

Why We Love Rag Rugs

Weaving with rags, for example, shows up around the world for millennia. And it’s easy to see why: when people made all their cloth by hand, they didn’t want to waste even a scrap.