Ask Madelyn: Even More About Floating Selvedges
You explained the need for and ways to use floating selvedges when you are weaving overshot. I was wondering why you would need a floating selvedge?
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You explained the need for and ways to use floating selvedges when you are weaving overshot. I was wondering why you would need a floating selvedge?
I’m trying to understand the rules regarding tabby and floating selvedges in Donna Lee Sullivan’s Weaving Overshot: Redesigning the Tradition.
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I am wondering if it wouldn't be possible to have the Master Yarn Chart (which already reports meters per kilogram) with the sett ranges given in metric numbers (ends per centimeter)?
I have a question about cotton shrinking. When I use handwoven kitchen towels, usually 8/2 cotton, they seem to keep shrinking every time they are washed.
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I have an odd number of threads, so my last dent will have only one thread. Won’t this put extra stress on that thread? Should I sley floating selvedges?
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