I know . . . you're at your first lesson and are feeling a mixture of anticipation, excitement and fear. You'd learned that weaving itself wasn't so complicated, but that preparing the loom was. It wasn't so long ago that I felt the very same way, and all I can tell you is that I prepared my loom today to weave a long scarf in about half an hour . No anxiety, no stress. It will take you about two or three times that your first few times, but after, it will be smooth saili

These are the most repeated and important questions people ask me about rigid heddle weaving: Isn't rigid heddle weaving an inferior way of weaving? Not at all: I had a table loom that I sold because I found weaving with my rigid heddle more enjoyable. You can weave just about anything you can on a shaft loom, only constrained by its size, as you would with a shaft loom as well: blankets, table linens, bathroom linens, scarfs, shawls, bookmarks, "mug rugs,"tapestries, clothe