Free Guide to Choosing, Designing, and Weaving with Yarn

To avoid unnecessary guesswork and to help make the most of those beautiful yarns, the experts at Handwoven have put together this useful, FREE eBook on weaving supplies. Start with an article providing valuable tips for weaving with yarn, including how to allow for loom waste and take-up. Then learn about designing with a new yarn for either a 2-shaft or 4-shaft loom, or start on the scarf pattern that we’ve included. Finally, take a look at our must-have guide to yarn for every weaver, including details on ends per inch, conversions, a reed chart, and more.

Inside you'll find:

• How Much Yarn Do You Need? - As every weaver knows, there is nothing worse than happily weaving along and suddenly realizing that you are about to run out of warp (or weft) before you've reached the woven length you need. And then, worse yet, to find out that the yarn you need no longer exists. This is every weaver's nightmare! Included in this free eBook are helpful strategies for determining loom waste, calculating warp length, and formulating the percentage of weft take-up to ensure you don't come up short in your endeavors.

• A Guide to Designing for Weaving With a New Yarn by Marilyn Murphy - Marilyn Murphy walks you through step-by-step instructions for determining wraps per inch, how to weave a sample, and methods for washing a sample to assess fulling and to measure shrinkage. She's also included a beautiful woven scarf pattern to use on either a 2-shaft or 4-shaft loom.

• A Weaver's Guide to Yarn - This free guide includes everything you ever needed to know about weaving yarn, including weaving sett, reeds, and more. You'll also find a "Reed Chart," a "Knitting-yarn directory," and a "Count System" for determining yardage. If you love weaving with yarn and enjoy experimenting with different fibers, then don't miss the opportunity to download this eBook.

The three helpful tutorials included in this downloadable eBook will appeal to both novice and experienced weavers alike! Whether you are new to weaving yarns or are a skilled weaver who has been looking for some great tips and helpful resources, you’ll appreciate the information (and the free scarf pattern) included in this free eBook.