Have you tried asking Swan Island where they get them? I doubt they are custom made, way too expensive. Sandra

I have white cardboard garment boxes from Uline. While better than brown corrugated boxes, I would not call them really nice linen. They deal more with high volume, commercial type boxes. You might fi

I will copy the chapter on Openwork on Linen. It will take some time, I need to enlarge it and multiple page pdf. Sandra

I read the Journal from the link to the archives, it is quite legible but the illustrations for the hemstitching are still grainy. I have a copy of the Encyclopedia of Needlework, and if anyone is int

It looks to me that the neck opening is faced. If so, I would open it out and also apply light fusible interfacing. If it isn't faced I would hand stitch bias tape, made of leftover fabric, if possibl

You may want to look at Seguin. AVL also makes some smaller Dobby looms, although t hey are electronic not mechanical. Sandra

The loop technique is used by sailors to secure a lashing; usually lashing a small cord around a larger line to keep the end from fraying. Sandra

I did not contact A B Carter. My search led me to Onrion. Sandra

Several people have asked me for information on how to get a Mesdan knotter. The Mesdan website lists A B Carter (https://www.abcarter.com/) as their distributor in the US. However, my search for a so

I finally got the Mesdan knotter that I ordered from Onrion about three months ago. This is made in Italy. It is a model W/158 and is supposed to knot threads from 12/2 to 4/4. It does 8/2 very nicely

I have bought ramie from Colourmart recently. I think it was about 8/2 and may have been ramie/silk. I'll loke in my storage for accurate details. Sandra

You can use a screwdriver as a butter knife, and you can use a butter knife as a screwdriver. But each does what it was designed to do more easily, and sometimes the point is not that it can do it, bu

I knew my comment about not weaving rep on a jack loom would get a righteous comment from someone. If all I had was a jack loom, and wanted to try rep, I would find way to do it. But, since I have loo

Not all looms are equal when it comes to rep. I have done it very easily on a big, old cm loom, and on a Leclerc cb loom. Not so much on a Barbara IV set up as cb. Wouldn't try it on a jack loom. Sand

I don't have a cement floor, but I my studio is over the unheated lower floor of the barn. I have wooden floors with roofing felt, carpet underlayment, and large rugs. I use a large heating pad under

I have an old Boyce knotter I got on Ebay. It will do 10/2. I have been looking for a knotter that will do 8/2, and found a series of knotters made in Italy and sold by Onrion in NJ that will do a lar

What Brenda was talking about is taring the scale, and most scales have a button marked "tare". If you have a large enough scale, you can put the winder on it, tare, and it will read only the weight o

Overall, I agree with George. I do finish cotton blankets and some woolens in my washing machine. How much control you have depends a lot on the machine. I have a very expensive, high end front loader

Aha, I have wondered what you do for a threading cross with the folded warp method. I don't warp with lease sticks in place, but it would be worthwhile to try it with another Bateman warp. I can usual

I recently wound a 15 yard warp for Bateman's pattern 99. This has 11 warp colors, changed frequently. This was done on a smaller, tabletop mill, with cones and tubes on chairs. This would still be mo