Warp And Weft


Bronson Table Mats

As much as I do love a good runner, sometimes runners can be limiting because you can really only position them one way on any given table. Enter Laura Fry’s ingenious Bronson table mats from the November/December 2018 Handwoven.

Lacy Kitchen Curtains

Need a set of curtains for your kitchen windows? Weave up a set that fits perfectly! For Mary Berry’s Lacy Kitchen Curtains from the November/December 2018 Handwoven, that means Brooks bouquet curtains woven on a rigid-heddle loom.

Sweet as Honey Dress

My favorite type of project is the one that looks complicated but in reality is just really clever. You know those projects, the ones that folks—especially nonweavers—ooh and aah over, exclaiming how difficult it must have been. Barb Wainright’s Swe

Ask Madelyn: Weaving Hems with Less Bulk

There are several different ways to treat the hems of a fabric with a supplementary pattern weft. Madelyn explains a few!

The Moment You Realize You Should Have Sampled

I’m working with 16/2 cotton that I originally sett at 30 epi. That might be a great sett for plain weave, or even a scarf, but when I finally sampled my M’s and O’s pattern, I saw immediately that a sett of 36 was a better choice for towels.

Ask Madelyn: Huck Lace and Frustration

I have some questions about weaving huck lace. I have woven several projects and none of them have turned out the way I hoped they would. Help!

Ask Madelyn: From Rigid-heddle to Floor Loom

I am interested in making the Travel Shawl on page 32 of the May/June 2018 issue of Handwoven. Is there a way to convert the rigid-heddle draft for use on a 4- shaft table or floor loom?

Turnabout Scarf

I love chenille scarves and I love Tencel scarves, but I would never have thought to combine the two. Fortunately, just like the brilliant minds that combined peanut butter and chocolate, Sarah Jackson thought to combine chenille and Tencel, and the resul

Bead Leno Scarf

Maybe I haven’t been paying attention, but I have never seen bead leno used as effectively as Deanna Deeds used it in her Bead Leno Scarf in the Loom Theory Four-Shaft Scarf Collection.

Jin Silk Scarf

There are certain weavers whose work never fails to impress me, weavers who come up with designs that leave me breathless more often than not. One of those weavers is Bonnie Inouye.