Nothing, nothing, nothing can replace the face-to-face interactions you get at a show—no amount of Tweeting gets you even close to the relationships you form when you are in the right forum for the task at hand. The National NeedleArts Association trade show is a very necessary part of your weaving life, whether you are …
It is no secret that I have a preference for using a warping board to dress a rigid-heddle loom. This is now called the indirect method. Before rigid-heddle weaving became so popular, the indirect method was “warping.” To many new weavers the direct method is the only warping method she or he will ever need …
I love new beginnings! The world is sparkly and new, everything fits perfectly together in your mind, and nothing has gone wrong. (This won’t last, but that is also part of the process. For an excellent blog post on navigating roadblocks check out Kate White’s post on the Schacht Blog.) I’m starting my Year of …
A brand new shiny year has arrived and with it comes all the hopes and dreams of new beginnings. In 2014, I moved to a new home in a small town in New Mexico. Once a church, it is a magical building flooded with the light of New Mexico—particularly because we have no curtains. The …
The New Year is approaching. Soon what is old will be new again; excellent timing for the first hard copy of the revised and updated Weaving Made Easy to land on my desk. What is new about this old book? I’ll let the book speak for itself. Easy is a word that would stop any weaver …
Hemstitching is worked on the loom while the warp is still under tension. Once the cloth is removed from the loom, you need only wash it and then trim the fringe. Here is a brief tutorial on how to hemstitch like a pro. Set Up Weave about 1” leaving a tail of working weft …
A weaver recently e-mailed me to ask why use a heddle rod in the Spa Set Pattern mat instead of two pick-up sticks? The quick answer is that in this particular pattern, if you placed two pick-up sticks they would interfere with one another. This isn’t the case with all pick-up patterns that require two sticks, …
Yesterday I was on The Yarn Thing Podcast with the delightful Marly Bird. She asked me, “If I know nothing about weaving and go to the Yarnworker site, which pattern should I pick?” My first thought was our free Lovely Lace Scarf pattern or the Fat and Happy Scarf, but the great thing about beginners …
Recently a colleague, who works on the knitting side of the craft, asked me what is up with Wraps Per Inch? There appears to be so much misinformation about how to use this measurement. I had such fun answering this question that I thought I’d share some of my thoughts with you. In my …
The highly textural Puffy Pillows Because of Martha Stewart, I was fortunate enough to meet Deborah Jarchow. Remember when Martha left jail wearing a crocheted poncho made by one of her fellow inmates? Ponchos became an overnight sensation! That year Handwoven decided to host a poncho contest and I was in charge of corresponding with …
