WEFT Magazine Issue 7 - No Waste - pre-order

Winter is when WEFT’s theme is an end-use and this Winter it’s No Waste! What does that mean and why should you be sure not to miss it? It’s about more of the good stuff (like weaving) and less of the bad stuff (like waste). And not just our precious weaving materials and handwoven cloth. We're also looking at what wastes our time, our energy, and our creativity, and how to be more efficient, ergonomic, earth-friendly, and resourceful at the loom. 

Is there a faster way to thread, beam, or tie up? Which tools actually earn their keep? Can you save time by advancing the warp less often, and is it worth what you give up? What about saving our bodies and our equipment: How should a loom fit us, and is that rusty reed worth rescuing? Can better warp and weft calculations cut down on leftovers, and should we be measuring by weight or by length? Does handwoven cloth outlast commercial cloth, and how do we make ours last longer still? 

We went looking for answers and came back with a full issue of them. Laura Fry shares a lifetime’s worth of tips for becoming a more efficient weaver without pretending that slow cloth should be fast, and Susannah Day runs the experiments to find out what really happens to your cloth when you advance the warp less often. Felicia Lo tests sectional warping against boards and mills to find the warp length where it finally pays off, while Elisabeth Hill demystifies universal and skeleton tie-ups, and Jette Vandermeiden shows how far one warp and threading can stretch. Tom Knisely takes us deep into Zanshiori, Prue Simmons brings us the history and philosophy of Saori, and Tegan Frisino cuts a garment without wasting an inch of yardage.