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How to Turn Inspiration into a Towel Design
Two beds of flowers that simply wouldn’t be ignored.
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Two beds of flowers that simply wouldn’t be ignored.
SUBWeave a classic piece with a twist—using just two shafts.
Is it the same thing as shadow weave?
Shadow weave only looks complicated—both the warping and the weaving are easy to do.
Don‘t let your four-shaft or rigid-heddle loom keep you from this classic color-and-weave pattern.
Three projects that explore the shapes of shadows, plus three others in color and weave.
If your loom has four shafts, you are probably sometimes disappointed to see projects in Handwoven that require six or eight. With many weaves, four shafts can’t do what more can. With shadow weave, four are all you need!
We’ve all woven mud, those unlucky combinations of close values in warp and weft. You won’t find that problem in this issue of Handwoven.
By breaking with tradition, Barbara Goudsmit designed a shadow-weave design ... without shadows. This is a free download of her 4-shaft towel pattern for All Access members.
Use paper weaving to learn about color combinations, color-and-weave designs, and even weave structures without worrying about warp tension, yarn choices, or setts.
Here’s your chance to play with color-and-weave.
Here is a pdf download of the pattern for this beautiful shawl by Jannie Taylor that combines spaces in the warp and weft with shadow weave to great effect.
Thanks to Marion Powell we now think of shadow weave as a block weave that can be designed using profile drafts. Madelyn explains.