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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!
The weaving is done, but there is more to do! Follow along as we go through each step of the finishing process.
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.
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.
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.
Janet explains how to use paper clips as an ingenius aid to count metal heddles accurately and efficiently.
Learn about three easy to find and affordable items to make your weaving and warping life easier.
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.
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.