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If your loom has four shafts, you are probably sometimes disappointed to see projects in Handwoven that require six or eight. With many weaves, four shafts can’t do what more can. With shadow weave, four are all you need!
Handweaving.net holds over 75,000 weaving drafts. Learn more about this amazing site and its founder Kris Bruland from this article origianlly published in Handwoven November/December 2022.
Sometimes the relationship between the warp color order and the weaving draft isn't obvious and you have to read them carefully to understand their connection. Madelyn explains how.
After lurking for years, I decided to get a subscription and check out the WIFs on Handweaving.net for real.
AAWhere do you turn when you have weaving questions? This collection of articles will answer most, if not all, of your questions!
SUBIt's frustrating to love an 8-shaft pattern when you only have a 4-shaft loom. In this article from March/April 2018, Madelyn describes how to reduce 8-shaft twill drafts to 4-shafts. We tried her methods on some recent drafts, check out our results!
SUBBalance in weaving has multiple meanings. You can balance a design or a draft, and you can weave balanced weave. Susan and Melissa break it all down in this second part of the series.
SUBPlanning a project from scratch can feel daunting, but if you break it into steps, it is easier than you might think.
Thanks to Marion Powell we now think of shadow weave as a block weave that can be designed using profile drafts. Madelyn explains.
On a lark, I went through past issues of Handwoven looking for project titles that were flower-inspired with the goal of adding to the WIF Library. I was surprised by what I found.
Madelyn explains step-by-step how to read an extra-long, extra-complicated draft.
Madelyn goes over the different methods one can use when enlarging a draft.
Madelyn explains how to put 2 drafts, from 2 different structures, side-by-side in a single weaving.
