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Spinning Cotton

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

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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.

Designing with Weaving Software - OUTDATED DON'T USE

Weaving is an investment of time and yarn. One of the greatest modern innovations in weaving is the availability of software that enables weavers to quickly create and test their designs before committing them to the loom.

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

In Knitting Lithuanian Socks Part 1, you'll learn about the rich history of Lithuania and how it's knitting culture has been translated into contemporary culture.

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.

Boutonné

Delve into the rich history of Canadian coverlet weaving and give a modern twist to the craft of boutenné (often misspelled boutenné, boutenne, or boutonne).

Building Blocks of Spinning with Sarah Anderson

In Building Blocks of Spinning with Sarah Anderson, Sarah teaches the building blocks you need for a lifetime of successful spinning—twist, draft, and control—and takes us on a tour of the yarn universe to see what you can create.

Spinning Energized Yarns

In Spinning Energized Yarns, Kathryn Alexander will show you how to really liven up your yarns with brilliant handspun knits.

Creative Weaving: Designing with Hemstitching

In this video, Sara Bixler will show you how you can use hemstitching to add interest to the body of your fabric, as a way to enhance handwoven lace, as a lace technique in itself, and as a way to add color and graphic elements to your weaving.

Creative Weaving: Clasped Weft Patterns

Join expert weaving instructor Sara Bixler to learn the unique Clasped Weft technique, an impressive way to enhance and customize your woven projects.

Creative Weaving: Brooks Bouquet with Sara Bixler

In her Creative Weaving series, weaver and teacher Sara Bixler shows how you can make exciting, attractive cloth on a rigid-heddle loom or any loom.

Creative Weaving: Leno Lace

Join weaving expert Sara Bixler and learn an easy yet impressive technique for your rigid heddle loom or any floor loom. Create open weave lace patterns by physically manipulating individual threads to change their orientation and appearance.

Creative Weaving: Six Fringe Finishing Techniques for Weavers

Learn creative and practical techniques for finishing your fringe! This video will teach you six different fringe finishing techniques – each one with unique properties and visual appeal.