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In the November/December 2017 issue of Handwoven Tom Knisely travels to a little town in Michigan to learn more about his handweaving past and ends up learning about the history of modern American handweaving.
Weaving silk is absolutely a wonderful experience—perhaps the only thing better is wearing silk.
The Knotty Macramé scarf from Handwoven May/June 2017 is a beautiful color-and-weave silk scarf finished with a fancy macramé fringe. Learn how the designers achieved their fancy fringe with these instructions.
The older I get, the more I choose to weave with thin fibers, such as fine cotton, linen, and silk because the results are more interesting for me. I also love to combine weave structures because that also produces interesting results.
There are two factors that contribute to choosing the optimum methods of wet finishing handwoven textiles. Madelyn explains the details.
Learn how to best determine sett for your doubleweave projects
Recently, as I have been working with finer threads, I am finding my weft gets distorted, becoming like waves as I advance the warp and the fabric rolls over the breast beam. What can I do to prevent this?
Have you ever wondered what exactly is Scandinavian weaving?
You know you've been wondering about how to use that big bottle of wool wash you've had for 3 years. Here you go!
To weave well, you must also be able to unweave well.
What size cottons work best for overshot? Can you use a 3/2 cotton pattern pick with a 10/2 cotton base? Madelyn has all the answers!
Julie Kornblum’s and my weaving circles overlap only slightly in Southern California, but I have always admired her work.
