Ask Madelyn: Overshot Obstacles
I'm weaving overshot and my pattern is coming out elongated. Help!
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I'm weaving overshot and my pattern is coming out elongated. Help!
Madelyn delves in to two more forms of doubleweave in this second part of a three part series, Beiderwand and Lampas.
What can I do with wool yarns that won't stop breaking?
Is there a preferred way to warp thin threads such as 60/2 silk?
After first pulling on small bouts of the warp, when turning the beam to wind, do I not touch the warp threads at all?
How should you position lease sticks for threading?
Two heddles on a rigid-heddle loom are not the equivalent of two shafts on a 4-shaft loom. It takes one heddle on a rigid-heddle loom to produce plain weave; whereas it takes two shafts on a 4-shaft loom.
In this third part of Madelyn's description of the different types of doubleweave, she addresses stitched double cloth.
Is using fishing line the solution to better selvedges? Madelyn weighs in.
What is the best way to start/end a weft? At the beginning of a project, the end of a project, and when you run out of weft and start a new one?
How do rigid-heddle looms differ from multishaft looms? What types of projects can you weave on a rigid-heddle loom?
What's the best approach to weaving a coverlet when you have a narrow loom?