
Weaving Studio Hacks: 5 Ways to Use Your Cellphone Camera
Your cellphone camera will come in handy in the weaving studio. Here are some ways to use it you may not have thought of.
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Your cellphone camera will come in handy in the weaving studio. Here are some ways to use it you may not have thought of.

In honor of National Craft Month, I feel compelled to help the non-weaving world understand why weaving is the best craft. Here are my top ten reasons:

Meet Elisabeth Hill: Fabulous Designer, Weaver, Instructor, and Technical Editor

How much yarn do I need for weaving projects, and how do I calculate it? Does my choice of weaving yarn make a difference?

What is better than a baby blanket? A handwoven baby blanket!

For this edition of Why We Love we’re focusing on something we at Handwoven couldn’t live without: our designers. We wouldn’t exist without their willingness to share their talents and their projects with the world.

Beautiful towels you can weave over the weekend, or for a romantic weekend. These Baltic Hearts Towels are a popular project.

If you want to find handwoven projects for the home, the September/October 2015 issue of Handwoven can be your guide and inspiration. In addition to table linens and towels, you'll find upholstery, blankets, pillows, and rugs, and advice from other weaver

At this point, all my friends and immediate family have learned to never say, “Oh, that towel is just too pretty to use,” because they have the lecture on why handwoven towels are superior to all other towels memorized.

Sometimes simple changes can make a big difference in warping your loom faster and more efficiently. Find lessons in warping here.

Find an online version of all errata and corrections for this year’s issues of Handwoven listed here for your convenience.

In 1975, Sharon Hudgins and her husband Tom made an award-winning film titled Homespun, for the U.S. Information Agency, about the crafts of spinning and weaving in the southern Appalachian Mountains.