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.

#2 method of fixing a threading error using Texsolv sounds good. I do have a bunch of those heddles but I think I’ll continue using 8/4 carpet for the old looms because I have so much of that warp and

In the Vimeo documentary about Ann Sutton, she is visited by Reiko Sudo and they discuss weaving tartans for use in railways. Ann shows Reiko some samples. One she describes as "lukette" and says it i

I am interested in learning more about supplemental weft techniques especially in a way that I may be able to adapt to a 40 shaft loom instead of using pick up. However, I have not been very successfu

Hi all. I made a flip suggestion to a friend about having a shuttle race. Not the loom part. And then I thought it might really be fun to put on a race. Shuttles racing each other. Does anyone have ex

I have had a very old loom that called out to me so I bought it. It might be a loom with a little bit of historical significance (possibly an early, very small, unmarked Bergman countermarch with hand

I purchased the two blankets in the attached photos just before Christmas at an antique shop in central Pennsylvania. There is one like it in a 1976 Coverlet catalog for The Chester Co. Historical Soc

I have been having issues with my dobby interface solenoids extending (or failing to extend). I've contacted Dave van Stralen, and he suggested sending it back to the factory. They didn't find any pro

The computer that has driven my dobby loom for decades has given up the ghost. I have a laptop with WeavePoint, the program I use, on it, but it doesn't recognize the AVL dobby. I know there is a tric

What does the term "boutonée" mean?

Thanks, I teach at Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Studio and I have Sarah’s video. I will send her photos and see what she says.

Hello everyone, its been a while since I've posted on this group. Maybe someone might know the answer to my question: We are having problems finding a place with a room large enough for a weaving work

I am trying to save an ancient 90-inch Leclerc Kebec loom from the burn pile. The loom has a few issues that are getting in the way of a good shed - e.g., nothing is square. Assuming we get these prob

Hello all, I am wondering if anyone knows of resources for countermarch looms - more of the technical end of things? I have a new to me Bexell Cranbrook loom that I've been working on. I'm wondering w

My husband and I will be traveling in May on a cruise down the Rhine, Amsterdam to Basel, Switzerland. I'm looking for advice on any excursions that might be fiber related along the way. Here our stop

Has anyone read this book? Comments appreciated. Louise in NorCal

Thank you for all the great places to visit in Florence - I really appreciate it - Best, Chrystal