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How to walk your treadles, and why you might want to Join the Academy to gain access to more in-depth content From the Course Catalog: The Secrets of Liftplans, Treadling, and Tie-Ups – Deep dive into the details of Liftplans, Treadlings, and Tie-Ups, how to read them, and how to change them to suit your loom
Colour your Heddles! - The Handweaving Academy Have you ever started threading a project, and JUUUUST before you finish, you realise that you don’t have enough heddles on one or more shafts? This can happen for
How I tie on a warp: Kathy’s version - Handweaving Academy There are several different ways to secure a warp on the loom in a way that will allow you to tension the warp and weave easily New weavers are often taught to tie the warp directly to the front apron rod, which is known as “tying on ” Many weavers continue to use the method that they are originally taught for the entirety of their weaving life I am going to take you along with me while
Design with me: Kathy’s Snow Dyed Warp, Part 3 - The Handweaving Academy Welcome back to the Design With Me blog series! In Part 1, I selected colors and dyed my painted warp In Part 2, I put the warp chains in order and beamed the warp, explaining my special method for warping without a cross and for getting out tangles Today I’m excited about choosing a draft
Choosing colors to get many projects from one warp If you don’t love warping but you don’t want to weave the same thing over and over, one way to solve the problem is to weave many different projects on the same warp You can weave nearly limitless possibilities from a single warp! One way to change things up without changing the tie up, treadling, or threading is to play with colors You might be surprised by how many different looks you
How to use clashing colors in your handwoven cloth Using yarns whose colors clash can be a challenge when designing your own handwoven cloth It’s easy for them to weave into fabric you dislike But it’s not that hard to harmonize colors that don’t “go together” This blog post will show you how to use clashing color combinations to make beautiful handwoven cloth Why do colors clash? Let’s start by saying that “clashing” is a
Tien Chiu, Author at The Handweaving Academy Author: Tien Chiu Handweaving Academy's resident expert on Color and Visual Design Weaving while traveling Even if weaving takes you away from your bigger looms, you can still bring some of your projects with you Learning without fear It’s not the hours we put in, it’s the way we take on new challenges