An editorial essay from the Master Weaver newsletter (Z-Handicrafts, Fulford, Quebec) criticizing hand weavers' lack of knowledge and their rigidity. It argues that "texture weaving" with odd materials repeats the earliest weavers' experiments, and that vegetable-dye enthusiasm and poorly designed looms show the same pattern. It closes with a recommended course of learning for the average weaver: loom mechanics, yarns, weave theory, art and design, then a narrow specialty, with guilds helping members find experts.