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ArticleAsk Madelyn: What to Use for a Tabby WeftI 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.
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Ask Madelyn: Matching the Structure to the Yarn

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.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Yarn SubstitutionsI 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?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Designing Around YarnI 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.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: More on Yarn SubstitutionsI 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.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Should Fringe Come Before Wet-Finishing?Should hemming, fringe twisting, etc. for woven pieces be done before or after wet-finishing them?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Swedish Drafting FormatI would really like to see a discussion of the best way to translate an American weaving draft into a Swedish draft. The conventions are so different, I get brain freeze trying to do it myself!

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Setts with Deflected Doubleweave Is there anything I should be aware of when it comes to deflected doubleweave patterns using a wool that will full quite a bit after it is washed?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Tie-Ups and TreadlesHow can you weave a project that calls for 7 treadles using a loom with only 6 treadles? Try changing your tie-up.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Rayon Chenille FringeI wove a scarf with rayon chenille warp and a silk/cotton weft. Now I have a chenille fringe that is raveling away. What would be the best way to avoid a "bare" fringe for this scarf?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Winding BobbinsI read in Allen Fannin's book about how best to wind a bobbin. I started winding bobbins that way and my selvages are better.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Irregular Denting OrdersThe most important principle about irregular sleying orders is to spread the threads as evenly as possible throughout the reed.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Uneven Warp ThreadsWhen it comes time to tie on the warp threads at the front, I consistently get a diagonal line of threads, with the threads on one side being shorter than the other.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Weaving Double WideIf I want to weave a structure such as overshot, summer and winter, or a lace weave double wide for a tablecloth, what problems can I expect? I have just given away my large floor loom and will be using a 36” table loom for this.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Multiple Projects on One WarpIs there anything wrong with putting on one warp, and using it to weave many different things?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Best Structures for Space-Dyed WarpsFirst of all, whenever you cross a space-dyed warp with a weft (whether solid or space-dyed itself), if the weft shows at all, it will interrupt the stretches of solid color in the warp.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Converting Projects to DoubleweaveI'd like to weave a baby blanket but all of the patterns I've looked at are wider than my loom. Would this be an opportunity to try doubleweave?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Twisting LinenI just wound a linen warp of 35/2 linen and the threads were quite twisted as I sleyed, threaded, and beamed the warp. What was I doing wrong?

ArticleAsk Madelyn: A Dent DilemmaWith twisty yarns or when you have several ends in a dent, you want to maintain the exact order of the threads from warping board to heddle.

ArticleAsk Madelyn: Using End-Feed ShuttlesAn end-feed shuttle operates with a pirn instead of a rotating bobbin. The problem with a rotating bobbin is that when the bobbin is full, it rotates fewer times than when it is empty to unload the same length of yarn.

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