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Understanding Brackets and Repeats
Don’t let yourself be overwhelmed by all the information that sits above a threading.
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Threading
Ask Madelyn: How Do You Use a Warp Color Order?
And how is it different from a draft?
Don’t Let Threading Errors Slow You Down
Four ways to make repair heddles, plus a pair of buying options.
Ask Madelyn: Ends per Dent vs. Ends per Heddle
A new weaver searches for clarity about threading.
Learn How to Read a Simple Multi-Shaft Draft
We help you decode all those lines, numbers, slashes, and boxes so you can get to the weaving projects from Handwoven magazine.
Warping a Loom, Part 3: Sleying and Threading
Careful attention at this stage will pay off with fewer errors, fewer tangles, and fewer broken ends as you weave.
Warping a Loom, Part 5: Finding Errors
Check your work—and then it’s time to weave!
Ask Madelyn: Correlating Warp Color Orders and Drafts
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.
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.
Handwoven November/December 2022—Exploring the Ifs
There are a lot of “ifs” in weaving, but in this issue we looked at “what ifs” and “as ifs.”
AABest Practices: Interpreting Drafts and Series Download
Where do you turn when you have weaving questions? This collection of articles will answer most, if not all, of your questions!
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.
Prepare and Plan for Threading
The time spent planning and preparing for threading is time well spent.