Well, it's been quite a week, and I'm inspired. Is anyone else amazed by the images coming back from Mars? Is anyone else thinking they'd be a fabulous inspiration source for weaving projects?? Ruth

If you have a choice for sley order at the selvedge, which would you choose for a 20/2 warp, set at 36 epi in a 12 dent reed/3 per dent? - 4 per dent in a single dent (to beef up the edge) - 2 per den

I have a weird problem. I have about 2500 yards of lovely Italian silk ribbon yarn in a variegated silver grey/pink that I got from Colourmart. I was working to find wpi and plan a warp for some scarv

Greetings to all! I recently purchased a new-to-me 32-shaft Louet Megado 70 loom. Long story short, the Texsolve cords on the pulleys for the compu dobby keep breaking. I do know that Dave Vanstralen

FYI. Louise in Northern California Scientists awarded a Guinness World Record for the finest woven fabric Scientists awarded a Guinness World Record for the finest woven fabric <https://phys.org/news/

As promised, here are two pics of my fix for the cord breakage issue. There are actually two sleeves. One covers the end of the wire connecting the treadle and also serves to help the cord from changi

This has never happened to me but... I have a friend who has two shades of 10/2 cotton on the loom with an extended parallel threading. Every so often, and sometimes more often, the yellow thread lite

Dear Group, I'm not sure if this topic or question is for this group, delete if not appropriate. I specialize in large wall hung weavings and want to branch out to public spaces, think Health Centers

Pony bead lacing did not work with this small circumference drive band. The hangup appeared to be the connector for the 2 ends of the pony lacing stopping on the "mousetrap" spindle. The connector inc

Of course I'm in the middle of an important project and I noticed that my shaft 1 was never being lifted. Its a doubleweave piece and looked great from the top (luckily for chairseats so I only need t

Hello, Thank you for adding me! My first question - can I add a Compu-dobby to an AVL 48” “Home Loom”. I’m getting a mixed message - AVL says no but there are internet references to adding a Compu-Dob

Hey Everyone, I have a new to me Leclerc Dorothy loom. While I’m weaving, one screw that holds the brace/spacer/beater uprights loosens with every beat of the reed. I have to tighten it every few minu

Hi Everyone I have a question: There are 3 ways that a weaver can put a warp on a floor loom. 1 back to front. 2 front to back. 3 sectional warping. I like to watch you tube videos, a couple of night

I posted my original request to join our focus group on the forum and the American Tapestry forum on Facebook so I am posting my apology to both groups. I am still looking for more members for my rena

Hi All, I am considering purchasing either a Leclerc 16h, 24” table loom or an Ashford. Any opinions? I already own 2 8h looms (60” Cranbrook and a 40” Loomcraft) and would like to explore more comple

Reading The Stubenitsky Code, it looks as if on occasions, 3 strands of fine yarn are used as one, in warp and weft.Made me wonder if anyone has a good method for winding two or three yarns together o

thank you kathleen i have one dvd of norman kennedy but did not see that spindle held in the hand. does he have more than one dvd? if he has more than one, i would happily buy it. is there a proper na

kathleen, could you/would you give me your email address so i could ask a couple of things off group list about that hand spindle i have the dvd but it does not show. the youtube segment has a few ope

wow, wow and double wow! i forgot your names. i tried for a number of years now, but apparently not on weavetech, to learn them again. i am absolutely delighted to have you again and also delighted to