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The Victorians and Macrame
If you think of macramé and images of elaborate work from the 60s and 70s comes to mind, you’re probably not alone. You also might also be surprised to find out that macramé was very popular amongst...
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Mystery Weft Floats Explained
Ask MadelynHAVE A QUESTION?OUR EDITOR HAS THE ANSWERmadelynv@interweave.comHi Madelyn, On several different weaving projects, weft floats have appeared on the back of my fabric after I take it off the...
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Playing with Pin Looms
When I found out our intern Lauren had never woven before, I immediately began plotting ways to get her started. Lending her a floor or table loom wasn't feasible given her small dorm room, so what was...
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Anne Field
The next teacher we’re honoring in our BeWeave It Weaving Teacher series in honor of the Weaving Teacher of the Year contest is the wonderful Anne Field. If you learned to weave or spin in the past...
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Can You Turn an Overshot Draft?
Ask MadelynHAVE A QUESTION?OUR EDITOR HAS THE ANSWERmadelynv@interweave.comMadelyn is preparing to film her next exciting weaving video this week so we're pulling a classic from the archives for this...
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Forget Sweater Weather—It's All About the Scarves
Christina's soon-to-be scarf, still on the warping board. I’ve always been a warm weather type of person. As a teen in Kansas, I would take naps on the porch in summer when it was in the high 90s....
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Preparing for the Holiday Onslaught
Free Weaving Patterns from Weaving Today I’m finding it very hard to believe September is almost over. Last I checked, it was still June, the sun was shining, and the whole summer was ahead of me. Now,...
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Pin-Loom Fun
The tiny balls of yarn yielded two 4" squares with plentyof yarn leftover for more! Here at Interweave we have a "free yarn" table. Sometimes there are also books, fiber tools, and other items, but...
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Show Us What's On Your Loom and Win!
Who doesn't like getting things for free, especially if those free things include yarn?Here at the Interweave offices, we have stuff coming out of our ears that we want to give away. The beginning of...
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New eBook on Honeycomb!
Blanket by Sharon Alderman Swatches by Sharon Alderman Bib by Margaretha Essin-HedinNothing is quite so appealing to a weaver as to weave something that looks one way on the loom, remove it,...
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Ergonomic Weaving
Ask MadelynHAVE A QUESTION?OUR EDITOR HAS THE ANSWERmadelynv@interweave.comHi Madelyn, As there are ergonomics involved with using a computer such as screen height, distance, angle, chair height, and...
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Running on Hemp
We here at BeWeave It headquarters never thought in our wildest ideas that hemp could basically become a super powerful, one-shot battery. (Usually those dreams involve dancing chicken zombies.) But of...
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Add Something Extra with Inkle Weaving
Rebecca Fox's apron with matching trim Susan J. Foulke's sweet hanging tabI’ve noticed a trend recently. More and more contributors to Handwoven are picking up their inkle looms and submitting...
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Overshot Obstacles
Ask MadelynHAVE A QUESTION?OUR EDITOR HAS THE ANSWERmadelynv@interweave.comDear Madelyn, There is a weaving problem in overshot that has been bothering me for a long time. In the May/June 2014 issue,...
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An Inkling About Inkles
While writing this main post on inkle weaving it made us at BeWeave It wonder whether "inkle" was related in any way to the "inkling." (We also thought that regardless of whether a relation was found,...
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Warping Method Pros and Cons
Ask MadelynHAVE A QUESTION?OUR EDITOR HAS THE ANSWERmadelynv@interweave.comHi Madelyn! We’ve been having an argument in my guild study group about what is better, warping back to front or front to...
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A Love As Strong As Tabby
Katrina and Dave's scarf is fit for a travellerof time and space. Suzie Liles's elegant huck scarves use plainweave as a ground cloth. There’s an old fairy tale about a king who asked his beloved...
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Ballgowns and Hot Air Balloons
As the main post states, plain weave really is anything but "plain" or ordinary. It's an incredibly versatile structure without which most other structures wouldn't be possible. Even on its own plain...
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Linen, Egypt, and Mummies
Flax is one of the oldest fibers to be used for cloth. The use of it in Egypt dates back to the fifteenth century BCE. That’s more than 3,500 years! The flax happened before the wheat harvest and was a...
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Warped and Twisted
Ask MadelynHAVE A QUESTION?OUR EDITOR HAS THE ANSWERmadelynv@interweave.comToday's Ask Madelyn is a classic from our archives and was originally published August 16, 2013.Hi Madelyn!I just wound a...
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