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Make a doubling island from a plastic flower pot. It allows yarn from two cones to be drawn together.
HANDWOVEN Jan-Feb 1984 (v.5#1) pg. 8

Make evenly twisted, double-twisted fringe more easily using a reversible electric drill.
HANDWOVEN Jan-Feb 1985 (v.6#1) pg. 7

A look at pick-up sticks, weaving swords, shed sticks and how each is used.
HANDWOVEN Mar-Apr 1986 (v.7#2) pg. 53

Tip: Sketch shows a slip-on brace to hold the beater in a upright position for sleying.
HANDWOVEN May-Jun 1987 (v.8#3) pg. 12

How to make a doup template, make doups and thread the loom for weaving doup leno.
HANDWOVEN May-Jun 1988 (v.9#3) pg. 15

Shoestrings, film cans and other good things. Tips on recycled items that become useful tools for a weaver.
HANDWOVEN Mar-Apr 1991 (v.12#2) pg. 22

Tip tells how to make saddlebags from a pair of baskets to hang on either side of a weaving chair.
HANDWOVEN May-Jun 1999 (v.20#3) pg. 20

Methods for salvaging weaving equipment and supplies from water damage.
SHUTTLE, SPINDLE & DYEPOT #34 Spring 1978 (v.9#2) pg. 56

Weaving in the Urban Tradition. How to accommodate weaving and spinning equipment into a small apartment without seriously upsetting other activities.
SHUTTLE, SPINDLE & DYEPOT #47 Summer 1981 (v.12#3) pg. 7

Teasel tools. How to make a tool for napping woolen cloth from the weed called Fuller's teasel (Dipsacus fullonum).
SHUTTLE, SPINDLE & DYEPOT #52 Fall 1982 (v.13#4) pg. 10

Doublejack, a device that eliminates the need for a floating selvedge and allows plain weave to be woven with one treadle. A description of how it works and a set of plans for making one.
SHUTTLE, SPINDLE & DYEPOT #53 Winter 1982 (v.14#1) pg. 7

How to remove excess "blades" from a finely dented reed in order to make a more coarse reed.
SHUTTLE, SPINDLE & DYEPOT #56 Fall 1983 (v.14#4) pg. 27

How to manage selvage. Build a simple device to overcome the two shuttle selvage problem in plain weave.
SHUTTLE, SPINDLE & DYEPOT #64 Fall 1985 (v.16#4) pg. 68

Tip: Use flat plastic-bag closures to make a reed-sleying hook.
THREADS #4 Apr-May 1986 pg. 8

Tip: Several uses for pipe cleaners as weaving tools.
THREADS #20 Dec 1988-Jan 1989 pg. 8

Tips on weaving and dyeing uses for spice-jar inner caps (with holes).
THREADS #22 Apr-May 1989 pg. 8

Tip for weavers on using empty thread spools to hold the last of the yarn from boat-shuttle bobbins.
THREADS #22 Apr-May 1989 pg. 8

Weaver's tool kit is made from inkle bands and stores an assortment of shuttles, beaters, picks, etc.
WEAVER'S JOURNAL #24 Spring 1982 (v.6#4) pg. 46

A raddle to make with screw eyes to space warp threads.
WEAVER'S JOURNAL #32 Spring 1984 (v.8#4) pg. 68

Tips on making and using a bubbler.
WEAVER'S JOURNAL #32 Spring 1984 (v.8#4) pg. 68

How to make a Doublejack, a device that manipulates the selvedge in multiple-shuttle weaves. Includes pattern and set-up instructions.
WEAVER'S JOURNAL #35 Winter 1985 (v.9#3) pg. 67

Simple stretcher uses S-hooks threaded through screweyes on each end of a loom's breastbeam and weighted with several nuts.
WEAVER'S JOURNAL #38 Fall 1985 (v.10#2) pg. 27

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