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I am a beginning weaver (actually, a beginning-again weaver) and need help with yarn substitutions. I am using an older pattern from Handwoven, November/December 1996, “Man’s Scarf in Silk and Cotton.” It calls for 12/2 silk at 2,790 yd/lb.
I grouped these three questions together because they all involve the same kind of reasoning and knowledge related to designing around yarn. The first important step to take is to download the Master Yarn Chart.
After having a baby, I developed strong opinions about baby blankets. They should be beautiful, yes, but they should also be durable and washable. Baby blankets need to stand up to use, abuse, and many, many trips through the washer. Deanna Deeds’s Swee
Am I the only one intimidated by “random” warping? I love the look of it, but I can’t seem to bring myself to let loose at the warping board. Enter Sarah Resnick’s Sunset Towels from the January/February 2019 issue of Handwoven.
You might not realize it, but the Shakers of old gave us a lot to be thankful for. Do you own a flat-bottomed broom? Those were first patented by a Shaker. Do you enjoy buying packages of seeds every spring? Shakers invented those, too.
The Handwoven January/February 2019 issue has a beautiful selection of five scarves and shawls woven with yarn blends by Anu Bhatia, Deb Essen, Nancy Dunlap, Sandra Hutton, and Pattie Graver.
Madelyn shares her tips for yarn substitutions when you can't or don't want to use the yarn specified in your weaving patterns.
I have a pattern that I’d like to use that calls for 8/2 cotton. However, my best quality cotton is 22/2. What substitutions do I have to make in terms of ends per inch, reed size, etc?
Here is a dilemma: I have inherited several cones of two different yarns and would like to make a table runner, but I'm not confident in how to approach it.
I am weaving a small table runner using 3/2 pearl cotton for warp and weft (red and green in the warp, white in the weft). I used a draft (#479, page 129) from Carol Strickler's A Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns, which I've modified a little.
Celebrate friendship and weaving with Suzie Liles’s 14-shaft Friendship Scarf. Suzie’s design cleverly uses Bronson lace to spell out Frienship in Weaving in crisp and lovely linen. Find it in Loom Theory 2018: Eight and Over Eight Scarf Collection.
Using just 8-shafts—no pick-up stick required—Suzie’s Friendship scarf has friendship spelled out in beautiful Bronson lace. Woven in crisp and luscious linen, this scarf from Handwoven Loom Theory: Eight and Over Eight Scarf Collection is sure to delight.
