Washing Dos and Don’ts
Did you know that common laundry detergents and softeners might be harming your handwovens? Here’s the scoop on how to wash your cloth better.
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Did you know that common laundry detergents and softeners might be harming your handwovens? Here’s the scoop on how to wash your cloth better.
Drawdowns show threads at right angles, but many times threads deflect during wet-finishing. Read what Susannah figured out about how to predict deflection.
Finishing projects doesn't have the same appeal to many of us as starting projects. Here are some tips from Tom Knisely that may change your attitude towards finishing.
Should hemming, fringe twisting, etc. for woven pieces be done before or after wet-finishing them?
The feedback I’ve received from viewers of my video The Loom Owner's Companion has been unbelievable and very positive.
Most projects need some sort of finishing touches, whether it is knotting, twisting fringe, hemming, or clipping and sewing in ends. And even then, an experienced weaver will tell you that the project still isn’t finished.
Applying the same standards to the finishing as you did to everything else about a project sometimes takes more time than the weaving.
The projects found in the May/June 2017 issue of Handwoven take that peaceful feeling one step further and, in some cases, multiple steps further with exquisite finishing techniques.