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ArticleAsk Madelyn: Floating Selvedges: To Wind Or To Hang?I've gotten lots of different answers when I've asked about floating selvedges. Do you wind them on the back beam with the warp, or hang them over the back?
ArticleAsk Madelyn: Too-Tight Floating Selvedge Threads

My floating selvedge threads, one on each side, are getting progressively tighter. What could the cause be, and how could I avoid it?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: How To Sley Floating SelvedgesI 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?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: SelvedgesSelvedges are always a concern to weavers, even though most non-weavers would never notice what we consider to be terrible flaws.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Warping Stripes With a PaddleI am planning a project that has regularly repeating stripes in the warp. There are three colors. and their order repeats after every 7 ends. What is the most efficient way to wind this warp?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Determining Sett for DoubleweaveLearn how to best determine sett for your doubleweave projects

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Relative Absorbency of Mercerized and Unmercerized YarnsIsn't mercerized cotton as absorbent of water when using it to dry dinnerware? I'd like to make these towels using mercerized cotton if possible.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Selvedge Denting The closer denting of the edge threads is probably suggested in order to add a bit of strength to the selvedges.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Converting Metric Reeds to InchesIs there an easy way to convert metric reeds in order to follow project instructions that give the setts in the number of ends per inch?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Sleying the Reed for Specific SettsThe overall goal in sleying a reed with more than one end in a dent to achieve a particular sett is to make the sleying order as even overall as possible.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Shrinking TowelsI 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.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Dense Sett for Better Selvedges? I’m trying to work on my selvedges. I’ve heard that you can get better, stronger selvedges by setting the warp threads denser at the selvedge edges.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Fishing Line for Neat Selvedges?In a Weaving Today Q & A, a weaver asked about using fishing line for neat selvedges. What thickness fishing line is best?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Turning a DraftThe attached draft is from a non-weaving friend. How do I change the draft to put the pattern stripes in the warp? I have an 8-shaft, 10-treadle loom.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Metric Conversion for SettsI 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)?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: More on Handling Floating SelvedgesI’m trying to understand the rules regarding tabby and floating selvedges in Donna Lee Sullivan’s Weaving Overshot: Redesigning the Tradition.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: The Best Reed SizesProbably having multiple reeds would be preferable, however, reeds are expensive. If you could have only a few reeds, what reed sizes would you suggest?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Even More About Floating SelvedgesYou 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?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Even Warp Tension: A ReviewWhy would a warp get tighter on one side of the loom and looser on the other?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Broken Warp ThreadWhen you are experiencing more than the occasional broken warp thread, first look at where the warp threads are breaking. Usually, you can then use strategies to prevent or minimize breakage.

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