Textile Studio
Transform thread into cloth, plants into color, fiber into form
Weaving, dyeing, and fiber arts. Traditional craft with modern insights. Learn the chemistry of natural dyes, master rigid heddle techniques, and understand why your fiber choices matter.
Textile work at Modernhaus happens in our working studio - weaving, dyeing, spinning practiced daily because these techniques survive through active makers. We document what we practice: the real learning curves, the actual results, the knowledge you only gain by working with fiber yourself.
Starting to Weave: Frame Looms and First Projects
Frame loom weaving provides immediate entry to textile work without the equipment investment
Understanding Rigid Heddle Looms: Dents, Warping, and What These Terms Actually Mean
The rigid heddle is a single frame with vertical slots and holes that both spaces warp threads and creates the shed for weaving.
Common First Projects on Rigid Heddle Looms
Why wool felts and cotton doesn't. The behavior that determines what you can make
Spinning Wheels: What Fiber Artists Actually Use in 2026
From New Zealand beech hardwood construction to Polish woodturning traditions, these are the wheels fiber artists actually use for transforming raw fleece into yarn.
Spinning Wheel Tension: Why Your Yarn Won't Wind On (Or Won't Stop Winding On)
Tension problems feel like your wheel is broken. Usually it's just that Scotch tension and double drive work opposite to how your brain thinks they work, and the manual didn't mention that part.
Why Your Handspun Yarn Keeps Breaking (And What The Break Tells You)
Yarn breaks aren't random failures. A break at a thin spot means different things than a break at a join or a sudden snap under tension. Understanding what failed tells you exactly what to fix..
The Natural Dye Color Wheel: What Actually Makes Each Hue
Understanding which plants produce which colors and why the chemistry matters for predictable results.
Mordants in Natural Dyeing: The Chemistry of Color Permanence
Start weaving. Choose your loom, understand dent sizes, pick yarn that works
The Reality of Indigo: What Makes It Different
Here's why this blue pigment has its own category in dyeing, and what makes the process so different from every other natural dye.
Recent Articles
What Yarn Works for Rigid Heddle Looms? (Spoiler: Probably Yours)
The yarn doesn't know whether you're knitting or weaving with it. But the terminology will make you question everything.
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Yarn Weights and Rigid Heddle Dent Sizes: What the Numbers Mean
A factual breakdown of yarn weight classifications and rigid heddle dent sizes. Learn what the measurements mean and how manufacturers determine compatibility.
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A Buyer's Guide to Rigid Heddle Looms
Comparing brands, understanding what features actually matter, making the choice that fits your projects.
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Yarn Weights and Rigid Heddle Dent Sizes: What the Numbers Mean
A factual breakdown of yarn weight classifications and rigid heddle dent sizes. Learn what the measurements mean and how manufacturers determine compatibility.
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Warping Direct vs Indirect: Time and Tension Trade-offs
Direct and indirect warping aren't beginner versus advanced techniques. They're completely different approaches with distinct time investments and tension characteristics that show up in different places.
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Danish Oil and Wood Finishes for Loom Maintenance
A factual breakdown of wood finishes for looms. Learn what Danish oil actually contains and how different finishes protect weaving equipment.
RecentWhy Textiles
Textile work connects material to making in immediate ways. You feel the twist in spun yarn, see color migrate into fiber, watch threads interlace into cloth. The feedback is direct.
These are technologies humans developed over thousands of years. The chemistry of mordants, the geometry of weave structures, the physics of fiber behavior. You're learning systems that work because generations refined them.
At Modernhaus, textile documentation comes from our working studio where these techniques stay alive through daily practice. We weave fabric that gets used, dye fiber that becomes finished textiles, spin yarn for real projects. Every guide here reflects hands-on experience because preserving traditional textile arts means more than archiving them - it means keeping them practical, accessible, and proven through actual use. The kitchen towel that outlasts commercial ones. The naturally-dyed scarf that develops character through wear. The satisfaction of creating functional textiles yourself."