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For me, weaving is always an adventure, sometimes because I head off into uncharted territory and sometimes because I end up in unintended places. But some weaves are adventures in themselves.
Slow weaving brings a unique peacefulness to life.
Rita Buchanan spins and weaves her own placemats, table runners, napkins, aprons, kitchen towels, bath towels (handwoven terry cloth!), shirts, jackets, blankets, pillow cases – in short, she lives in an environment of beautiful handmade cloth.
I can manage decent selvedges with most yarns except chenille. My chenille edges are downright sleazy!
If warp ends cross at the back beam, is it a problem?
We understand that when the fell line at the selvedges starts smiling, our selvedge warp threads are too loose. But when this happens mid-project, is it better to weight them at the back or tuck stuff into the offending areas on the cloth beam?
A reader has questions about caring for their handwoven tufted chenille cloth.
Sometimes when you are in the midst of something like Convergence you don't have a good sense of all that is going on.
A documentary worth viewing about seven fair trade Guatemalan organizations.
Download this two page article about using color with lace weaves.