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  • Life Saving Silk

    Silk is truly wonderful. It feels delicious on the skin, has a lovely drape when woven, and can keep us warm in winter and cool in summer. It is equally beautiful when used for clothing, upholstery, or...

    Posted to Beweave It by Christina Garton on 3 Feb 2012

  • Of Tartans and Pandas

    Tartans have been woven and worn by the Celts and then the Scots for nearly three thousand years. Originally tartan patters would signify where the wearer lived, later clan specific tartans appeared, and...

    Posted to Beweave It by Christina Garton on 1 Feb 2012

  • A Weaver on the Horizon

    Welcome to the Year of the Dragon! In honor of the Chinese New Year, which began this last Monday, here's the story of Huang Daopo , a legendary Chinese hero of handweaving. Daopo was born in 1245...

    Posted to Beweave It by Christina Garton on 25 Jan 2012

  • The Unraveling of Penelope

    Penelope is the faithful wife of Odysseus in the epic poem The Odyssey . When Odysseus has been gone on his journey for ten years and is presumed dead, Penelope is left to deal with a hoard of suitors...

    Posted to Beweave It by Christina Garton on 20 Jan 2012
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  • Exploring Fiber Horizons

    Recently, Kathy O’Hern sent us some information about the wonderful display her guild, the Helena Weavers and Spinners Guild, created for the Association of Northwest Weavers’ Guilds Conference...

    Posted to Beweave It by Christina Garton on 18 Jan 2012

  • Our Apologies to Mr. Lindbergh

    In the most recent issue ofHandwoven, we made a boo-boo. During the editing process, the description of Charles Lindbergh's flight was changed from "famous" to "infamous." Many...

    Posted to Beweave It by Christina Garton on 11 Jan 2012

  • Contemporary Weaving in a Medieval Church

    This coming May 12th and 13th, the 800-year-old Medieval Church of Persingen, near Nijmegen, Holland, will host some exciting and innovative weaving. Textile artists Anneka Kersten and Roos Cox play with...

    Posted to Beweave It by Christina Garton on 6 Jan 2012
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  • Colorful Cotton

    Cotton balls, today thought of as white and fluffy, have a surprisingly colorful history: there was a time when cotton came in a variety of colors. Around 5,000 years ago, strains of naturally pigmented...

    Posted to Beweave It by Christina Garton on 4 Jan 2012

  • The World's Oldest Weavings

    Paleolithic fashion has long been depicted as loin cloths and animal-skin togas, and for many years, this is what most people believed to be true. According to some modern archaeologists , these Flinstones...

    Posted to Beweave It by Christina Garton on 28 Dec 2011
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  • Kwanzaa's Woven Foundation

    December 26 marks the start of Kwanzaa , a holiday created in 1966 by Maulana Karenga as a way for African Americans to celebrate their history and culture. For each of the seven days of the holiday there...

    Posted to Beweave It by Christina Garton on 23 Dec 2011
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  • Weaving With Glass

    Artists Eric Markow and Thom Norris have taken color and texture play in weaving to a new level, and they "weave" with glass ! From colorful kimonos to oversized feathers and three foot long...

    Posted to Beweave It by Christina Garton on 21 Dec 2011
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  • Endangered Weavers

    UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list protects intangible aspects of cultural heritage, including oral histories, performing arts, and knowledge of traditional crafts endangered by industrialization...

    Posted to Beweave It by Christina Garton on 14 Dec 2011
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  • Weaving With...Asbestos?

    When weaving table linens for the holiday season and beyond, oftentimes linens and cottons are the first choice, but there was a time when the must-have fiber for these items was asbestos . Asbestos is...

    Posted to Beweave It by Christina Garton on 7 Dec 2011

  • The Outer Limits of Tapestry

    For over a decade, the Magnolia Editions fine art studio has been using Jacquard looms to create stunning tapestry works based on the work of contemporary artists as part of their Magnolia Tapestry Project...

    Posted to Beweave It by Christina Garton on 30 Nov 2011

  • Weaving from the Sea

    Italian weaver Chiari Vigo is one of the last of her kind. Like her maternal grandmother before her, Vigo processes and weaves with byssus , a filament secreted from the foot from the endangered noble...

    Posted to Beweave It by Christina Garton on 25 Nov 2011
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