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You see a project you really love, but you don’t have the right yarns. You could order them, but you want to start weaving today. Here are some tips for using the yarns you have.
Bumberet, Velveret, and Thickset are three related weave structures that produce fabrics with interesting texture. All three invite experimentation with colors and yarns
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!
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.
Find an online version of all errata and corrections for this year’s issues of Handwoven listed here for your convenience.
As we inch our way closer and closer to 2017 it’s hard not to be introspective about the previous year and wonder and hope about what the new year will bring. This is true for me pretty much every year, but especially so now that I’m 7, going on 8, mo
Check out these 4-shaft overshot towels by Pattie Graver.
I hope you love these towels as much as I do, and that if you end up weaving them that they make you feel as happy and cozy as they do for me.
I don’t think I can think of a better project for a cold December weekend that weaving up a nice, cozy scarf, and I don’t know of a more wintery scarf than the gorgeous American Snowflake Scarf by Jan Josifek.
