How Fate Brought Me to Weaving
Christina stumbled upon weaving when a pottery class wasn't an option. She's glad she did.
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Christina stumbled upon weaving when a pottery class wasn't an option. She's glad she did.
Turns out the fashions of prehistoric times that we all saw on the Flintstones was nothing like the real thing.
Taffeta is the fabric of ball gowns and balloons.
In this first of a three part series, Madelyn describes the underlying characteristics of block doubleweave and finnweave after explaining how doubleweave differs from doublewidth weaving.
Many books and magazines use the term "Use Tabby" to keep the drafts manageable. What does that mean?
After weaving a plain weave header, should you then retension your warp?
When you have a limited choice of reeds, which is the best one to choose for a certain sett?
For doubleweave, you can consider a single dark/light pair as the smallest number of threads in a pattern/background choice.
What's the best way to handle floating selvedges when weaving twill?
How do you calculate the amount of weft needed for a project?
Can you weave 4 layers of cloth at once on an 8-shaft loom? How do you get started?
How do you determine sett for waffle weave? Madelyn can help you figure it out.