https://fiberbench.com/news/Notes + guides from Fiber Benchen https://fiberbench.com/news/warp-length.htmlhttps://fiberbench.com/news/warp-length.htmlThu, 05 Nov 2026 05:50:40 GMTwarp = finished × (1 + take-up) + 2 × tails + loom waste. The planner's formula, tablet's 20% (Handwoven's 10–15% plus the twist), inkle's 15%, and the loom ceilings — with one worked default. https://fiberbench.com/news/welcome.htmlhttps://fiberbench.com/news/welcome.htmlThu, 05 Nov 2026 05:50:40 GMTWhat the Fiber Bench site is, why it's free, and how the site and the app share one idea: the draft or chart each craft is really worked from. https://fiberbench.com/news/pick-your-first-band.htmlhttps://fiberbench.com/news/pick-your-first-band.htmlThu, 05 Nov 2026 05:50:40 GMTThree ways to weave your first band, compared from the app's own starter drafts: tablet cards, plain-weave inkle stripes, and Baltic pickup — plus where to start. https://fiberbench.com/news/whats-new-november.htmlhttps://fiberbench.com/news/whats-new-november.htmlThu, 05 Nov 2026 05:50:40 GMTNovember's bench builds: what is new on Fiber Bench and why it helps. https://fiberbench.com/news/twist-direction.htmlhttps://fiberbench.com/news/twist-direction.htmlThu, 05 Nov 2026 05:50:40 GMTA tablet-woven band, mid-weave, still threaded on all fifty-two of its cards since the Oseberg ship burial of 834 AD. The Viking Age's largest tablet-weaving archive, the S/Z threading rule, and the ten-turn habit the reconstructions still use. https://fiberbench.com/news/wpi.htmlhttps://fiberbench.com/news/wpi.htmlThu, 05 Nov 2026 05:50:40 GMTLabels lie, wraps don't: WPI — wraps per inch around a pencil — under 8 wraps is bulky, 10–12 is worsted, 14+ is fine. The one number that keeps your first warp honest. https://fiberbench.com/news/latch-vs-tufting.htmlhttps://fiberbench.com/news/latch-vs-tufting.htmlThu, 05 Nov 2026 05:50:40 GMTThree cut-yarn rug crafts compared honestly: latch hook, punch needle and rug tufting — costs, speeds, chart styles, and which one makes the best first rug. https://fiberbench.com/news/fiber-bench-0-5-12.htmlhttps://fiberbench.com/news/fiber-bench-0-5-12.htmlThu, 05 Nov 2026 05:50:40 GMTFiber Bench 0.5.12 is now on Google Play on Google Play: nine crafts, 165 worked examples, real drafts, supplies with take-up and loom waste, DMC-native cross-stitch, and the working order of each craft built into Make mode. https://fiberbench.com/news/floss-math.htmlhttps://fiberbench.com/news/floss-math.htmlThu, 05 Nov 2026 05:50:40 GMTDesign stitches ÷ fabric count = design inches; plus a 3-inch border for the cut. One DMC skein — 8 m of six strands — carries about 1,700 two-strand stitches on 14-count. The whole supply math, worked once.