Crossing the wet finishing line
The weaving is done, but there is more to do! Follow along as we go through each step of the finishing process.
How to use weaving yarn in colors you don’t like
Stuck with great weaving yarn in colors you don’t love? Tien teaches us a few tricks for working with the dull or awkward colors in our stash.
Make it Work Moments
Sometimes, the best ideas come at the last minute. Deciding that Janet, Carly, and Dawn would join everyone in the “Weaving for the Winter Holidays” weave-along was one of those brilliant, last-minute inspirations. We would weave along with you!
How to reduce the bulk of hems
Hems that are woven in same weft yarn as the body of the project can be bulky once turned under twice to hide the raw edge. Here are some suggestions for reducing that bulk: Use a finer weft in a matching color for the entire hem For example, if the body of your item is […]
Figuring out EPI from an irregular sleying pattern
When you’re sleying every dent in the reed with the same number of ends, it’s pretty easy to tell how many ends per inch you’ll get: you just multiply the number of ends per dent by the number of dents per inch and presto, there’s your answer. For example: 1 end per dent x 12 […]
How to fix your twill when neither side matches the drawdown – and gain more design options as a result!
Have you ever started weaving and realized that the fabric on the loom doesn’t look like the drawdown or picture? That happened to Susan Palwick recently, so she posted pictures of her drawdown (draft #80355 from Handweaving.net) and her fabric on Facebook, and asked if anyone could help figure out what was happening. Most of […]
Four ways to calculate sett when weaving (Ashenhurst’s Rule Part 2)
Need to find the sett for a draft that isn’t plain weave or twill, or in an unfamiliar yarn? Here’s how to calculate it.
How to calculate sett using Ashenhurst’s Rule
Need to calculate sett for an unfamiliar yarn? Ashenhurst’s Rule will help. In this blog post and its sequel, we’ll explain how Ashenhurst’s rule works and how you can apply it in your weaving. What is Ashenhurst’s Rule? Thomas R. Ashenhurst (1849-1902) was the chief instructor in weaving and pattern designing at the Bradford Technical […]
Design with me: Kathy’s Snow Dyed Warp, Part 3
Welcome back to the Design With Me blog series! In Part 1, I selected colors and dyed my painted warp. In Part 2, I put the warp chains in order and beamed the warp, explaining my special method for warping without a cross and for getting out tangles. Today I’m excited about choosing a draft […]
How to add plain weave selvedges
Have you ever seen a piece of weaving with a lovely border, then looked at the border more closely and discovered it was simple plain weave? Did you wonder why the weaver chose to add that border? The weaver may like the neat, ordered look of a plain weave border. Possibly they were looking to […]
