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The Weaver’s Yarn Companion

The choice of yarn can make or break a weaving project, making the weaving experience and the finished project either satisfying or disappointing. In this video, master weaver Tom Knisely teaches you how to choose the perfect yarns for your projects.

Course · Handwoven

Weaving with Novelty Yarns

In this video, master weaver, mythbuster, and yarn explorer Tom Knisely shows that weaving yarn doesn't have to come on a cone, and that weaving with novelty yarns opens a whole new world of design possibilities for woven fabric.

Life After Warping

Natural Dyeing

Spinning Gossamer Threads: The Yarns of Orenburg

In Spinning Gossamer Threads, Galina Khmeleva takes you on a journey back in time to the place where the iconic Orenburg shawls were first created.

Spin Flax and Cotton: Traditional Techniques

Slots and Holes: Three Ways to Warp a Rigid-Heddle Loom

Spinning Cotton

In Spinning Cotton, Stephenie Gaustad is out to revive an art that is often overlooked by today’s contemporary spinners; spinning cotton.

Wet-Finishing for Weavers with Laura Fry

In this video, professional weaver and teacher Laura Fry shows you how to wet-finish different kinds of fibers and cloth, from the magic that happens in the water through to proper pressing and drying techniques.

The Efficient Weaver

The most common complaint of weavers is that they don't have enough time for weaving. Production weaver and teacher Laura Fry has an answer: weave more efficiently so you can make the most of the weaving time that you have.

The New Spinner’s Guide to Troubleshooting

Love spinning, but have persistent problems you can't seem to solve? Abby Franquemont answers your questions, shows examples, and demonstrates why these things happen and how to address them.

Warping Your Loom

In Warping Your Loom, Master weaver Madelyn van der Hoogt tackles the often frustrating task of the warp.She'll walk you through different methods of warping so you can begin weaving yarn in a way that is comfortable for you.

Weaving Overshot

From heirloom coverlets to dazzling contemporary household textiles and garments, overshot is one of the handsomest of weave structures.

Get More Spun: Spinning For Sale

Join handspinning expert Abby Franquemont and delve into the pros and cons of turning your hobby into a small business.

Weaving Well

The instructor for Weaving Well, Madelyn van der Hoogt, has heard her fair share of tips for weaving well.

Get More Spun: Spinning to Knit Large Projects

Join internationally-acclaimed handspinning teacher Abby Franquemont as she shares tips and techniques for staying on track, and gives you the confidence you need to tackle spinning for big projects.

Block Weaves

Madelyn van der Hoogt designed Block Weaves specifically as an overview of all of the possibilities that you can use to create with block weaves.

Knitting Lithuanian Socks

Wet Felting with Sharon Costello

Felting is fun! Just take wool, water, and a bit of soap, and you can make instant fabric in any color and shape you can imagine. Make a purse or a hat, slippers or a garment.

Big and Lofty Yarns: How to Spin Bulky Yarn with Ease

Start Spinning

In Start Spinning the talented Maggie Casey guides Eunny Jang through the basic techniques and common problems of spinning yarn. Maggie will show you how to pre-draft your fiber, adjust your spinning wheel, ply and finish a good skein and much more.

Learn from My Spinning Mistakes

Much as we hate to think about it, every spinner makes mistakes . . . In her new video workshop, Maggie Casey opens her trove of finished projects (and unfinished ones!) that didn't come out as planned and discusses where she went astray.