I love that Elisabeth Hill isn’t timid when she designs and weaves. She seems to have an uncanny sense of how color combinations and weave structures work together on the loom, and she jumps wholeheartedly into projects.
Whether you spin, weave, knit, or crochet, at some point, the urge to dye fiber and yarn takes hold. Let's talk about the importance of dyeing safety.
If you want to try weaving with vicuña fiber you can try mixing it with a less expensive, but equally luxurious fiber in the warp such as guanaco or qiviut.
An end-feed shuttle operates with a pirn instead of a rotating bobbin. The problem with a rotating bobbin is that when the bobbin is full, it rotates fewer times than when it is empty to unload the same length of yarn.
Owner Lori Kirk began Cowgirl Yarn 11 years ago in Laramie, Wyoming, and has evolved into a fiber destination for knitters, crocheters & fiber folk alike!
I just wound a linen warp of 35/2 linen and the threads were quite twisted as I sleyed, threaded, and beamed the warp. What was I doing wrong?
I'd like to weave a baby blanket but all of the patterns I've looked at are wider than my loom. Would this be an opportunity to try doubleweave?
Celebrate Americana with the March/April 2019 issue dedicated to North American handweaving and its long history.
Hemp yarn is eco-friendly and incredibly versatile. You can knit, crochet, weave, and even spin with it. But hemp’s greatness doesn’t end there!
Is there anything wrong with putting on one warp, and using it to weave many different things?