Yesterday, while trying to consult an issue from 1985, I realized that there was a problem accessing many back issues of Handwoven. Strangely, I can still read some of them, especially the newer ones,

Thanks everyone for your replies. Here's a follow on question. If someone was thinking of submitting a teacher/ seminar proposal, how would they decide which to submit to? - Penny

I have a Toika computer assisted loom that usually works like a dream. The compute board was new in 2020. I tried to weave something on Saturday and discovered it’s acting up. I weave a dozen or so pi

Hi, all, HGA runs Convergence. Complex Weavers runs Complexity. They are held back-to-back in the same city every even year. They both have classes or seminars. They both have exhibits. What is the di

Hi Everyone About 20 years ago, I made some Christmas table runners out of a dark green Red Herat Yarn I plied it by stacking it between milk crates on top of each other it kind of got a soft spin to

We are inviting you to consider presenting a topic at the next Complex Weavers conference, July 6-9, 2024 in Wichita, KS. This conference immediately precedes HGA’s Convergence, also to be held in Wic

The above article appeared in the March 6, 2023 issue of the online magazine Hakai. Again, fiber plays a key role in our planet. I don't know how to create a link to this article but googling Hakai Ma

Hi Everyone I bought a few dish rags that are knitted out of peaches and cream cotton. They are fine if I did not do a lot of cooking. I do cook a lot. I have a lot of peaches and cream. I am thinking

This sounds like a large end feed shuttle. The big ones were industrial, and have steel ends because they were used with a flying shuttle on a commercial power loom. Sandra

I am using Blue Sky Alpaca/silk as warp and weft for a set of scarves. I had wanted a slightly warp dominated fabric, set at 24 epi. Suggested sett is 18-20. I am getting a very loose fabric, which wi

Hi Everyone & Nancy I never said how much peaches and cream I have, 2 cases 48 of the large cones all natural, 3 baby blanket blue. I bought it at a second hand store on half price day 4 years ago. fo

Someone asked some weeks ago about how to make "Complex Weavers" organization sound less intimidating. Some possibilities for a name expansion, while keeping "CW" intact, might be: Courageous Weavers,

I'm wondering if there is a name for the effect where two warp threads travel together for a number of picks, so that if the warp threads are on the same side they can exchange places. Or if they are

Dear members of this group, Has been a while since I looked at my 'labelled' groups mail... I would like to announce that I will give a short workshop in the upcoming Textile History Forum 2023, befor

Did anyone else here sign up for the ZOOM sessions from this conference? Was scheduled for St. Petersburg prior to Ukraine invasion and is now happening in Lodz, Poland this weekend. The theme is CODE

Those of you who are reluctant. Join to at least get access to the Complex Weavers Journal CWJ. As you progress in your own style, different articles will come to mean more to you as you learn. As a r

During the revival of American Handweaving forward to the 1970s or 1980s, did anyone offer a correspondence course in fabric analysis? Something along the lines of a fabric swatch being sent to the su

I have 3 barn frame looms----which I will sell soon hopefully considering how old I am----almost as old as the looms. Anyway, these looms were for my personal use. They use 8/4 carpet warp for the hed

Because this group has many, many brilliant weaver-brains, maybe someone can help me and my OLD brain. With my 24 shaft Toika and old eyes/brain, seems to me that with a straight-draw on 24 (which is

I hope this works. I uploaded 4 images of a heddle jig I made for the 1923 loom at Heritage Farm Museum, that I demo on. I also put the same images on my facebook page, Cyndi Bolt.