Handwoven

Ask Madelyn: Overshot Obstacles

I'm weaving overshot and my pattern is coming out elongated. Help!

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Ask Madelyn: Doubleweave, Part 2: Beiderwand and Lampas

Madelyn delves in to two more forms of doubleweave in this second part of a three part series, Beiderwand and Lampas.

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Ask Madelyn: Starting and Finishing a Weft

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?

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Ask Madelyn: What Kind of "Hand" Will My Yarn Yield?

Is there any way to avoid sampling to determine "hand"?

Madelyn van der Hoogt

Ask Madelyn: Choosing a Sett for a Shawl

I am weaving a shawl in huck lace using 10/2 bamboo. I have woven samples at both 20 epi and 24 epi. I’m not sure which sett to use for the shawl or whether the pattern is supposed to look the way it does.

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Ask Madelyn: Stuffer Rugs

Madelyn describes the weave structure of stuffer rugs.

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