Detangling your weaving yarn stash
Buying new yarn is fun, but weaving it up can seem like work. Read about how we will be tackling our stashes this spring in the Handweaving Academy!
Stripes + Drafts = Magic!
Want to know how to pick colors to make your draft pattern show?
The secret is the contrast in darkness (also known as value contrast) between the warp and the weft.
From Gamp to Scarf
Today we have a guest blogger, Handweaving Academy member Miriam Lebby, telling the story of how she designed and created her beautiful scarf. Read on to find out how one Academy member is using what she learned!
Get weaving in the New Year
Why should New Year’s Resolutions be boring and hard to keep? Janet presents creative and exciting ideas for resolutions you’ll actually be excited to make.
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.
A simple hack to make counting heddles quick and painless
Janet explains how to use paper clips as an ingenius aid to count metal heddles accurately and efficiently.
Weaving Hacks : 3 Handy items for the weaving studio.
Learn about three easy to find and affordable items to make your weaving and warping life easier.
Which version of A Handweaver’s Pattern Book should I buy: Green, orange, or brown?
A Handweaver’s Pattern Book by Marguerite Davison is VERY popular; many weavers consider it a must-have, especially for folks with four shaft looms. Known as the “Green Book” for its green, hardback cover, it’s one of the best references and draft collections available for four shafts, containing hundreds of drafts in all kinds of different structures, as well as some basic theory related to those structures.
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!
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 […]
