The seemingly humble flying-shuttle loom, originally built to make the weaving of wide cloth faster and easier, stood at the threshold between the largely handcrafted world of the past and the ...

Maths wasn't Eleanor Pritchard's strongest subject at school. She might have paid more attention had she realised how much maths is involved in weaving. "It's all about counting," she says.

A 50-square-meter patch of field and 100 cotton trees. That's all that Jin Shirai needs to make his living. Shirai is a weaver, though the term only represents part of what he actually does. As a ...

This hands-on session guides you through the basics of weaving on a 10x15” frame lap loom. Learn essential skills such as warping, weaving stitches like plain weave, soumak, and rya knots, adding ...