BeWeave It: A Brief History of Harvesting Spider Silk
If you've ever looked at a spider's web and wondered what it would be like to weave with that beautiful, fine thread, you're not alone!
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If you've ever looked at a spider's web and wondered what it would be like to weave with that beautiful, fine thread, you're not alone!
When I become editor of Handwoven I had no idea that Handwoven’s Ruby Anniversary was coming and that my idea of a dream issue would mesh so perfectly with it.
On July 14, France celebrates Bastille Day (or as they call it “Quatorze Juillet”), the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789 that marked a turning point in the French Revolution—well, the first of their revolutions, anyway.
As Lynn Tedder writes in this article, originally published in the November/December 2018 issue of Handwoven, huck is a structure for all seasons.
If I want 30 epi in my warp and I have the choice of an 8-, 12-, or 15-dent reed, which is the best?
I remember the first time I saw deflected doubleweave—it was a set of scarves woven by Madelyn and featured in the January/February 2007 issue of Handwoven.
In our new Loom Theory: Four-Shaft Scarf Collection we celebrate fine silk, wool, Tencel, and linen yarns in four-shaft scarf patterns.
I was delighted to see Madelyn van der Hoogt listed as the inspiration for Ann Weymouth’s Tied Overshot Journey Runner in the March/April 2019 issue of Handwoven.
During the mid- to late-eighteenth century, drizzling became quite the fashion in France to carefully remove gold and silver threads from other textiles so they could be sold.
First of all, whenever you cross a space-dyed warp with a weft (whether solid or space-dyed itself), if the weft shows at all, it will interrupt the stretches of solid color in the warp.
The Iban weavers create cloth with beautiful designs that reflect the content of their dreams. Known as Pua Kumbu weaving, only positive dreams are woven and if a weaver has the same dream three times they are obligated to weave that dream.
Hagfish, also known as slime eels, are fascinating creatures. These aquatic animals are known, perhaps most famously, for their ability to exude a mucus that when combined with the surrounding water turns into a truly remarkable amount of slime.