This issue is dedicated to demystifying block weaves. Nearly all the projects in this issue use the same 2-block profile draft, but each use a different weave structure including doublweave, Halvdräll, Taqueté, and more!

Other featured projects include a coverlet woven in summer and winter, piano keyboard scarves, and ply-split baskets.

The May/June 2011 issue of Handwoven magazine contains fourteen lace projects for woven lace. We've included delicate dotted swiss napkins, instructions for weaving eco-friendly cotton scarves, how to weave beaded bands on a bow loom, and more.

We've also included a review of all of the winners of Handwoven's Weaving for the Home award for 2010.

The January/February 2011 issue of Handwoven magazine is full of ideas to help you celebrate, communicate, and commemorate the special memories and events in your life. You will find cultural inspiration for your contemporary weaving; our cover features a striking warp-rep table runner by Tom Knisely that is based on kente cloth. Inside you will find a stylish jacket woven from a tartan, a vest that is reminiscent of a Hindu Toran, contemporary chenille scarves with a message, and more.

We've also included a bonus Loom Buyers Guide chocked full of info to help you decide on a future loom purchase.

This issue contains 14 projects in yak, cashmere, alpaca, paper, and more! There are five projects that can also be woven on a rigid-heddle loom and a special bonus yarn insert.

Special Yarn Issue!

In this issue, we have great tips and projects that will inspire weavers to learn a variety of doubleweave techniques.