Ask Madelyn: How to Divide the Reed to Sley Multiple Ends Per Dent
What do you do when you're warping a loom front to back, with multiple ends per dent, and your warps won't stop twisting? Madelyn is here to answer!
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What do you do when you're warping a loom front to back, with multiple ends per dent, and your warps won't stop twisting? Madelyn is here to answer!
I'm interested in a project with lots of weft color changes. I'm worried that my edges will build up more than the rest of my weaving if I overlap tails.
If the instructions say to "use tabby," is this weaving overshot that's reversible? Should I use warp or weft yarns for the tabby to make it stand out?
I was reading your article on Tied Overshot from Handwoven, and it doesn't look like the drawdown and treadling match in Figure 2, page 16.
Is there a way to test yarn for color fastness?
The temple will keep the warp threads parallel to each other so that the reed doesn’t rub on them.
I have read in various places that you recommend using a temple (stretcher) as a means of getting good selvedges.
In a recent Ask Madelyn, you talked about temples. Did you really mean to say that you advance the temple every three quarters of an inch?
When is a temple the most useful? Is it necessary?
When and how do you insert a temple? They don't come with instructions!
There are some reasons to choose one temple over the other, but none are really “right” or “wrong.”
I know you recommend using a temple (stretcher) when you weave. I have had terrible luck doing that.