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Ask Madelyn: Overshot or Tied Overshot?
How can you tell whether a fabric was woven inwoven in overshot and tied overshot?
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Draft
Ask Madelyn: Altering Drafts to Fit Your Loom
What if your loom is narrower than the width of the project you want to weave? Madelyn explains how to reduce a threading draft to fit your loom.
Ask Madelyn: All About Tie-ups
Tie-ups can look different depending on what resource you are using. Madelyn explains how to decipher them!
Warp Once, Weave Forever: Handwoven May/June 2019
Take a trip down memory lane with these new WIFs in the Handwoven Library.
Solving the Treadle Shortage Problem
Sometimes a draft will use more treadles than you have available. Here are some solutions!
Predicting Deflection
Drawdowns show threads at right angles, but many times threads deflect during wet-finishing. Read what Susannah figured out about how to predict deflection.
Ask Madelyn: Which Direction Do I Thread?
How do you read a threading draft? Does it matter whether you’re warping front-to-back or back-to-front? Madelyn has the answers.
Ask Madelyn: Using Tabletop Drafts on a Floor Loom
Learn from Madelyn how to adapt table-loom drafts to use with floor looms.
Ask Madelyn: Enlarging Drafts
Madelyn goes over the different methods one can use when enlarging a draft.
Ask Madelyn: Translating Treadling for a Table Loom
How do you rewrite a complicated draft so it's readable for weaving on a table loom? Madelyn has a few suggestions to make your life so much easier.
Valentine’s Day Drafts and WIFs for Weavers
I’m sure there are many more ways to weave hearts, but perhaps these downloadable Valentine’s Day WIFs will get you 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.
Telemarksteppe in Spring Colors
Get the weaving pattern for Laura Demuth's Telemarksteppe runner in spring colors.