Vicuña: Fiber of Incan Royalty
If you want to try weaving with vicuña fiber you can try mixing it with a less expensive, but equally luxurious fiber in the warp such as guanaco or qiviut.
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If you want to try weaving with vicuña fiber you can try mixing it with a less expensive, but equally luxurious fiber in the warp such as guanaco or qiviut.
Madelyn explains how to set yourself up for success when weaving doublewidth doubleweave on a jack loom.
In her Rose Circles Bed Runner in the March/April 2019 issue of Handwoven, Rosalie Neilson takes the traditional coverlet and turns it on its head, all while paying homage to its history.
I don’t weave super-fancy inkle bands for my towels, but I do weave simple bands that either match or perfectly complement them!
I'd like to weave a baby blanket but all of the patterns I've looked at are wider than my loom. Would this be an opportunity to try doubleweave?
Celebrate Americana with the March/April 2019 issue dedicated to North American handweaving and its long history.
How do you rewrite a complicated draft so it's readable for weaving on a table loom? Madelyn has a few suggestions to make your life so much easier.
First of all, whenever you cross a space-dyed warp with a weft (whether solid or space-dyed itself), if the weft shows at all, it will interrupt the stretches of solid color in the warp.
The Iban weavers create cloth with beautiful designs that reflect the content of their dreams. Known as Pua Kumbu weaving, only positive dreams are woven and if a weaver has the same dream three times they are obligated to weave that dream.
Solar-powered textile technology is still in its early stages of development, and it could be several years before we can wear—or weave—solar-powered fabric. Learn about it.
In her A Job Made Easier Runner from the March/April 2019 issue of Handwoven, Nancy Dunlap explored the history of the table runner.
Finding an appropriate floral draft was easy, but I soon realized that if I wanted to weave hops, I would need to figure out the pattern myself.