How to plan and weave your scarf
Practical steps for getting your design pinned down and your scarf onto the loom (and off again).… Read More
How to turn a profile draft into a threading draft
Take the essential steps to turn your profile draft into a threading draft… Read More
How to start working with block designs
A guide to taking your idea from a rough sketch to a profile draft.… Read More
How to find a starting point for your design
What do you think of when you think of summer?… Read More
Studio Stories: Building Blocks
Blocks are a weaver’s flexible design tool. … Read More
What the Drawdown tells us
The drawdown is essentially a diagram of the woven cloth. Every square in the grid shows one point of interlacement between warp and weft.… Read More
Reading a Tie-up
The tie-up is an essential piece of information when you are weaving on a floor loom with treadles. … Read More
Understanding the Threading Draft
The threading draft is the instruction that tells you how you need to thread your warp for a specific pattern.… Read More
Weaving Drafts Examined
Generations of weavers have used drafts to pass on information to their students and colleagues, so let’s continue that historic tradition by working through the components of the weaving draft piece by piece.… Read More