Ask Madelyn: Floating Selvedges and Twill
What's the best way to handle floating selvedges when weaving twill?
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What's the best way to handle floating selvedges when weaving twill?
What's the best way to cut a multicolored warp off of a warping board?
The problem is that the snowball and pine tree design is a 5-block design. Summer and winter and doubleweave are both weaves that can produce it, but they don’t require the same number of shafts per block.
How do you calculate the amount of weft needed for a project?
"Tromp as writ" means to “treadle as written,” and the assumption is that the “written” part is the threading draft. Here's more explanation of the term and technique.
You may be surprised by the fibers that are available to you locally, in your own fibershed.
Is the weft always thinner in a warp-faced weave?
What's the lifting plan for doubleweave?
Can you weave 4 layers of cloth at once on an 8-shaft loom? How do you get started?
Read a weaving book or a good article, visit a weaving exhibit at a museum or gallery, hang out with your guild or study group, in person or online. Wind a warp and pick up a shuttle when you can.
There’s no replacing the “Aha!” moments to be gained by watching someone who has woven so long that weaving knowledge has sunk into in every synapse, bone, and sinew.