Ask Madelyn: Quigley and Half Satin
Madelyn explains the weave structures Quigley and Half Satin.
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Madelyn explains the weave structures Quigley and Half Satin.
How do you determine sett for boundweave, a weft-faced weave?
Madelyn helps a weaver find good resources for warping her sectional warp beam.
Corrected treadling for a figure in "The Draft: Tied Overshot" where the treadling and drawdown did not match. Get the corrected figure here.
Patterning in half dukagång is usually done with pick-up rather than with loom-controlled blocks, but structurally it is the same as a version of summer and winter in which only one tie-down shaft is raised throughout.
Read Madelyn's advice on how to pick the right loom for weaving runners or other projects.
I have trouble understanding the concept of weaving on opposites.
What causes a false cross when winding warp and how do you deal with it?
Here's Madelyn with some weaving techniques to help you accurately measure the length of a project on the loom. It's a key part of learning how to weave!
A weaver wants to know why the pattern isn't showing up the way it should in their weaving.
What's the best time to beat the weft? It depends. Madelyn explains how to weave with different styles of beating, and when to use them.
Sometimes handwovens bleed dye, especially if you used yarn dyed with red. Color bleeding can be prevented with good wet-finishing technique. Here's how!