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 …
Occasionally when I’m working with two of my favorite fibers—linen and hemp—my selvedges lose tension. I keep s-hooks and old shower curtain hooks handy for just these occasions. Usually they are heavy enough to weight down the loose threads, but tonight I needed to add additional weight. Luckily, I hadn’t put away the holiday decorations …
Recently Handwoven asked me to write a series of articles for rigid-heddle weavers exploring the basic building blocks of yarn work on the rigid-heddle loom. The first was “Can I Weave That on My Rigid-Heddle Loom” (Handwoven November/December 2013). I’m not the first person to have tackled this question for the magazine. If you can …
May is the month we declared we would have our full collection up. Full meaning we have eight patterns in the works. It may be late May before you see them all. Currently, we have three patterns available for sale—Color-and-Weave Towels, Spa Set, and the Fat and Happy Scarf. The Puffy Pillow by Deborah Jarchow …
Why Yarnworker? Did you ever was up one day and say, he, I’m going to start __________ (fill in the blank). I wrote in Yarnworker. For years, I watched my knitting, crocheting, and seeing friend, colleagues, and heroes self-publish patterns and thought, one day. Weaving has a long tradition of self-publising, along with supportive distribution …
