Ask Madelyn: Tracking
Sometimes after wet-finishing, plain-weave fabrics will have a cross-hatching pattern that won't press out. Madelyn describes what is commonly known as tracking.
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Notes from the Fell: Twist
You can use a yarn's twist in your handwoven cloth to your advantage. Tom explores tracking and then spins yarns to test how it affects cloth in this article from Handwoven Jan/Feb 2022.
Ask Madelyn: Yarn Tracking
Yarn tracking is something that happens to some yarns when they are woven in plain weave—but why and how?