Tag Archives: Handweaving

The one about “Is false damask a twill?”

Posted on September 21, 2020 by rainydaytextiles

I was weaving Norbert’s extremely handsome scarfs a couple of weeks ago and watching the diagonal twill lines shift and thinking I had seen a scarf with blocks that didn’t have those diagonal lines. And then I started paging thru … Continue reading →

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The one about Color and Twills and Jayne….

Posted on September 4, 2020 by rainydaytextiles

I just read the best article by Deborah Heyman! It’s at Handwoven.com entitled “Controlling the primaries in your color mixing“. You need to read this article, especially if sometimes your weft turns your beautiful striped warp into mud. I’m going … Continue reading →

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Almost Becker 63

Posted on August 10, 2020 by rainydaytextiles

I don’t know how many of the weavers out there get VAV magazine…but you should! It’s a Swedish handweaving magazine, much like Handwoven, but where Handwoven focuses on the craft of weaving, it seems like VAV focuses on the art … Continue reading →

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