Frequently Asked Questions

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How is cloth made?

Textiles keep us warm in our houses, cover our bodies, and decorate our world. Humans have been making cloth for a long, long time. They've...

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What is sectional warping?

Generally, people sectional warp because they want to wind on long warps that aren’t accommodated by warping boards or reels. In sectional warping, you need...

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What does a loom do?

All looms perform the same basic task of holding warp under tension. On the simplest looms, the weaver manipulates a needle threaded with weft yarn...

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Weaving terms

Weaving, like any other craft, has a vocabulary all its own, but it's not difficult to learn the language of weaving. In woven fabric, warp...

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