FROM THE EDITOR
ONE OF MY FAVORITE WEAVING STORIES dates back to when I was a beginning weaver. With help from my instructor Lucienne Coifman, I wove a series of scarves to give as gifts based on eight-shaft twill patterns from A Weaver’s Book of 8-Shaft Patterns edited by Carol Strickler. I used Jagger Spun’s luxurious silk/wool blend, Zephyr, for warp and weft. For my mother, I picked a navy warp with a forest green weft. The scarf was beautiful, and I wove away enjoying the lovely patterning and colors. It wasn’t until I took the scarf off the loom that I realized one of the tie-up pins had fallen out causing the underside to look different from the top. It was only a slight variation—an error that only I would ever notice.…