Apologies for sending this message to the list. Erica Dear Sara, I hope you will have a wondeful Midwest Conference. Will you also be present at MAFA in July? Either with a booth to promote your loom

Dear Sara, I hope you will have a wondeful Midwest Conference. Will you also be present at MAFA in July? Either with a booth to promote your loom or as a registrar? I will be teaching at MAFA a three

If the teddybear is only in the center of your blanket why not do it in Summer-and-Winter pick up technique? The rest of the blanket could be in a two block loom controlled pattern, and you do not nee

Does anybody on the list know the correct e-mail address of Jane Eisenstein? I found on internet an article on pulled warp technique by her, and have some questions about it. Thank you and greetings,

Thank you fo this info. Erica dyeing your own self-patterning yarns.

This sounds like supplementary warp ends of which the floats are cut out/of after the weave has been taken of the loom? Erica I have an exquisite scarf that has random discontinuous warps. I don't kno

Isn't this also called 'scaffold-weaving'? I remember reading an article many years ago in one of the weaving magazines. Might not be of much help but this is al I know. Erica Does anyone have informa

Some time ago I read about a publication on how to dye yan in 'Opal'-yarn style. I cannot remember where I read this, and really wanted to order the book. Doe anyone on the list remember where this bo

Dear Stacey, I have been teaching in France for the last few years and with the help of a French/Dutch weaver friend I translated my worksheets in French, so I learned some weaving French I am not qui

And the French word for loom is 'métier'. My French is not impeccable but I would say: a dobby loom is in French: 'un métier à ratière'? Erica To reply privately send message to: ederuiter@... p

I got a few more useful answers on my message. One said that even nailclippers can be confiscated. Another message suggested to use an empty dental floss case and also I was suggested to find a plasti

This yarncutter must be very popular: I received over 20 replies and many addresses for the little thing. Thank you all. I must be able to have one on my next trip. However: the nailclipper idea is in

When traveling by air we are not allowed to carry scissors in our cabin luggage. Apart from reading I love to do some fibre activity on long flights: embroidery, Kumihimo-on-a-card, miniature tapestry

Thank you, Su, for putting the warpwise cannele drawdown in the photo album. Unfortunately it arrrived there upside down. Is there a trick to rotate it 180degrees? There is still a (real minor) improv

What is meant here as 'floating selvedge'? The fishing line ends on either side of the weave? For the actual tube I think a floating selvedge is unnecessary. Erica If you're using a floating selvage,

Unfortunately I am gathering my luggage for a long teaching trip to New Zealand, otherwise I would have put up a sampler warp. I must admit I do not have the actual pattern from Sharon's book (will ha

Dear Ruth, I am thinking of turning the drawdown - and the weaving structure - i.e. warp gets weft and weft gets warp. And the tieup must be reversed (rising gets sinking and sinking gets rising) Mayb

Jämtlandsdrall is the Swedish name of Crackle weave. I have an American book "The crackle weave" by Mary E. Snyder all about Jämtlandsdrall, method of threading, designing etc. Mine is bought in 1986,

Weviti was is a Dutch loommaker business - (WEduwe VInks TIlburg - widow of Mr. Vinks in the city of Tilburg) - that has closed for many years. That is why you won't find any info on internet. When ha

There is a gorgeous Silk Museum in Lyon which can provide you definitely with addresses, places to visit etc. I do not know a website right away but that might be fairly easy to find. Good luck and en