I know we have some weavers here who like nomenclature to be used correctly. Some of these are not Overshot, Halvdräll for instance, does this bother you? There is also a book making the rounds in rig

I am working with a type of lampas in which there are thick 'pattern' warps as well as wefts (see attached draft image). After weaving several small samples, I've woven a couple of longer pieces on my

Hi Linda I do not never Will not ever answer a off list post to me I enjoyed reading the off-list post you sent to me today and I am open minded. I hae cut adn I am going to past is below under that w

I received my copy yesterday of the CW 40th Anniversary Book and couldn't put it down! Hats off to the editor Laurie Autio and her committee for a wonderful book. And a big thank you to all the weaver

Here it is: "The selection of the terms we use today must be such that as many people as possible can understand each other." -Peter Collingwood Sara von Tresckow, Fond du Lac, WI sarav@... Author of

..I am new here ! If you would like to read the full text of the article in The Economist, please find it here https://labo.pt/news Looking forward to many interesting topics! Helena

Why study the warp and weft of canvases? https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/07/13/why-study-the-warp-and-weft-of-canvases

Found this article about a woman in Portugal analyzing and reproducing the canvas used by painters like El Greco and Titian: https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/07/13/why-study-the-warp-and-weft-of

A couple of years ago someone posted an article on the myths of a goddess spinning the golden hairs of the pen shell and there was a spinner who was doing it and had posted quite a lot of information.

I know some of you already have received this information, but it's a great conference whether you present or attend. They did a great job via Zoom this past year! From: Marina Loew <marina@...> Sent:

Hi all, I teach weaving at the Rhode Island Weaving Center, a wonderful studio and teaching space in southern Rhode Island that started up a year ago. We’ve had great success with our classes, and hav

Hello Everyone, I'd like to invite anyone who'll be at Convergence on July 18 to join us at the Speakers Session for American Tapestry Alliance (ATA). I'm not sure of location yet but it will be from

While checking travel reservations pre-seminars, I just noticed that there doesn't seem to be any hotel shuttle service for downtown Knoxville! Is there anyone else flying in tomorrow mid afternoon wh

I, too, am interested in a shared-ride from Knoxville Airport on Sunday morning—arriving at 10 a.m. The link for shuttle service says that it is under maintenance—no service from the airport. Janet St

Hi all - the much anticipated new book from Complex Weavers has just arrived here from the printer yesterday. If this is the first you're hearing about it, there's a great write up about the book here

I am hoping folks will be posting from Seminars next week. Does anyone have a public-access platform they will be posting to, that they want to share the link? (Ex: Blog, Instagram, or Facebook) And i

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am researching which company produced the first ever compu dobby for handweavers. All I could find so far is a mention of AVL that in 1982 they produced their first one. But was that the first loom ma

Does anyone have a source for really nice linen gift boxes for giving woven items as gifts? Thank you. Pam

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