Palindrome skeins on a rigid heddle
Learn all about what a palindrome skein is and how you can warp with it on a rigid heddle to give the appearance of a painted warp without needing to learn indirect warp.
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.
How to warp your loom faster and more enjoyably
I could easily teach an entire class just on winding a warp. It seems like such a simple thing yet there are so many hints and tricks that make it far more efficient and enjoyable – and, more importantly, that make dressing your loom easier and more successful.
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 […]
How I tie on a warp: Janet’s version
Last week Kathy described her process for tying a warp onto the front apron rod. This week, I’ll tell you how and why I do things a little differently. To be clear: both methods work! Neither one of us is trying to convince you our way is better! Our goal is to just show you […]
How I tie on a warp: Kathy’s version
There are several different ways to secure a warp on the loom in a way that will allow you to tension the warp and weave easily. New weavers are often taught to tie the warp directly to the front apron rod, which is known as “tying on.” Many weavers continue to use the method that […]
1 + 1 = 1? How weaving defies mathematics
Here is a little bit of weaving trivia for you; when does one plus one equal one? This seems impossible, based on what we’re taught in grade school. However, one plus one DOES equal one when you are talking about warps and tying a new warp onto an old one. There are many reasons to […]
How to choose the best reed (and sleying order) when the perfect reed is not available
Many weavers have a limited number of reeds available to them. If you have a 12 dent reed, and the project you are working on has a 24 epi Sett, you simply sley 2 ends in each dent. Easy peasy! What happens if you DON’T have the perfect reed available? Example 1: Anne Hiemstra ran […]
How can I fix twill floats that are too long?
When a twill’s floats are too long, the solution is to change the float lengths in its tie-up. “But tie-ups don’t have floats!” you say? You’re quite right: a tie-up doesn’t have actual floats. A tie-up is the connections between the shafts and treadles that make the sheds required while weaving, and those connections don’t […]
