Double, double, toil and trouble
When I am teaching doubleweave I generally use perle cotton as the standard yarn. It has lots of great qualities for doubleweave - it’s strong and smooth, is widely available and reasonably affordable, and it comes in a wide range of beautiful colors. Students often ask whether other types of fibers can be used for doubleweave. My answer is yes, of course. Any type of fiber can be used, but there are two important qualities…
Going Totally Tubular
What is it that compels me to start a new weaving project? Sometimes it is because there is something specific that I want to make for a specific reason. Sometimes I want to weave samples to illustrate a concept that I will be teaching about in a workshop. Sometimes just looking at all the colors of yarn in my studio makes me want to do something fun with them. And sometimes an idea enters my…
Weaving a Good Fold
As a teacher of doubleweave, what I get asked about more than anything else is how to weave a good fold. There are countless techniques in doubleweave and many reasons for using them, but easily the most common and functional reason is to be able to weave fabrics that are wider than the loom available. It takes two shafts to weave a layer of plain weave, so it takes four shafts to weave a doublewidth…