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About 100' of warp woven to date, and I'm just figuring this out. See the picture: The picture shows the tail end of a rug I just …

I made more than 50 rugs before I found my floor loom on Craig's List, using knitting needles like the ones in the picture below. (I …

I wanted to write this post a month ago when I first saw the ad on Craig's list: Sewing machine's motor works but the gear is worn out …

When I see "how tos" that show people recycling t shirts into yarn by cutting with scissors, I cringe. It's simply not possible to …

(Click here for a pinnable image that shows all of these steps.) This tutorial is one of a series about slicing old clothes into fiber …

Was it in The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, or one of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books, where it was a family tragedy that one of the …

I saw the ad on Craig's list two weeks ago. "Brio Child's Loom." Most of the weavers I know have more than one loom, and I wanted something …

A month ago, I brought home a truckload of t shirt scrap from TS Designs in Burlington. It's sorted by color, and I've started sorting each …

Last week, I went to TS Designs in Burlington and came home with a truckload of t shirt scrap fabric. I sorted my load into piles by major …

I tried to make a rug using the Log Cabin pattern from Mason Dixon Knitting, and I got as far as one square, and I quit. I like to knit. I …