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After lurking for years, I decided to get a subscription and check out the WIFs on Handweaving.net for real.
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After lurking for years, I decided to get a subscription and check out the WIFs on Handweaving.net for real.
Let’s see what we can do with color, structure, and yarn choice to bring out some of the color effects found in nature.
I feel comfortable with dyes that I don‘t have to use in the kitchen, so these new tinctures are right up my alley.
Here’s your chance to play with color-and-weave.
After realizing I didn’t like the untwisted fringe on a shawl, I set about twisting it and in the process learned a new-to-me way of making fringe even.
I’m hard pressed not to see weaving patterns everywhere, and I don’t think I’m alone.
Exploring Yarn Labs from 2021 plus subscriber exclusive PDF pattern download for the Silk Linen Scarf by Liz Moncrief.
Madelyn helps clear up any questions you may have about why some weave structures deflect during wet-finishing.
I love refreshing my understanding of different weaving concepts so downloadable courses such as Introduction to Shadow Weave are perfect for me.
Twills can be simple or complex, but they are all related, and they are all interesting for different reasons.
Someone told me that there were 65, 534 possible tie-up combinations on a 16-shaft loom. I didn’t know whether that was true, but I thought it was worth finding out.
As I wait for warm weather to finally arrive, I can dream and weave summer projects using Handwoven May/June 2021 as my guide.
Having a place to start helps when planning a project. In this case, a “Yarn Lab“ gave me a head start.