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Lessons in Weaving Mastery

Sharon Alderman's Winter Celebration table runner was inspired by the colors she observed the morning after an overnight snowfall. I never took an actual class from her, but so much of what I know about weaving I learned from Sharon Alderman. Sharon...

Published 19 Jun 2013 4:00 AM by Linda Ligon

Filed under: How To Weave, Weaving Loom, Weaving Patterns, Weaving
Four Shafts are Fabulous!

Robyn Spady is one of my weaving structure gurus; I don't think Robyn's ever met a structure she didn't like and that she couldn't thoroughly master, transform, and make sit up and do tricks in less time than you can say "tromp as...

Published 7 Jun 2013 1:00 PM by Robyn Spady

Filed under: How To Weave, Weaving Loom, Weaving Patterns, Weaving, Four Shaft Loom
New Free Inkle Weaving eBook from Weaving Today

Weaving Today's Guide to Inkle Weaving: Free Inkle Loom Patterns, Plans, and Projects Today's inkle weavers have many wonderful inkle looms to choose from. When I was in eighth grade, the girls were required to take a year of home economics classes...

Published 5 Jun 2013 4:00 AM by Anita Osterhaug

Filed under: How To Weave, Weaving Loom, Weaving Patterns, Weaving, Inkle Loom Weaving
Recipes for Success

Sarah Jackson is one of the most talented weavers and designers I know. I am perpetually in awe of her ability to marry structure, yarn, and color and produce just the right fabric for her purpose. Sarah blazes new territory in her weaving, but she also...

Published 24 May 2013 2:31 AM by SarahJ@41

Filed under: Weaving Projects, How To Weave, Weaving Loom, Weaving Patterns, Weaving
A New eBook: Blankets and Throws on Four Shafts

Rainbow blanket by Faye Kolhonen Caribbean Blues Blanket Leslie Voiers In my first weaving class, we wove four-inch-wide samplers. This gave me the distinct impression that new weavers should weave little things, narrow things. The warp for our samplers...

Published 17 May 2013 4:00 AM by Madelyn van der Hoogt

Filed under: How To Weave, Weaving Loom, Weaving Patterns, Weaving
Inkle Weaving: Color and Design

Color is a core element in designing any weaving project, predicting the complex interaction of wa rp and weft colors, yarn textures, and color proportions. Even for a warp-faced inkle band, there are many interesting choices to be made. Here's Handwoven...

Published 10 May 2013 4:00 AM by Anita Osterhaug

Filed under: Weaving Projects, How To Weave, Weaving Loom, Tapestry Weaving, Weaving Patterns, Weaving, Inkle Loom Weaving
Weaving in Honor of Weavers

The American handweavers of the early twentieth century had to rediscover much that was lost over decades of industrialization. Today, our weaving community is blessed to have generous, experienced members to pass on the craft, welcoming new weavers,...

Published 10 Apr 2013 6:53 PM by susan horton

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Weaving by Hand

When I visit with weavers from around the world, one thing that strikes me again and again is that the weaver is so much more than his or her loom. Handweavers in remote areas, working with the simplest of looms and tools, create stunning, intricate designs...

Published 3 Apr 2013 4:00 AM by Anita Osterhaug

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The Wonders of Wet-Finishing

Laura Fry is a longtime contributor to Handwoven , a master weaver, and an expert and dedicated researcher into the science of wet-finishing of fabric. She is the author of the definitive work on wet-finishing, Magic in the Water. Here she is to tell...

Published 2 Apr 2013 2:59 PM by LauraFry

Filed under: How To Weave, Weaving Loom, Weaving Patterns, Weaving
The Weaver's Playground

How to Weave a Scarf: Seven Handwoven Scarves from Weaving Today Scarves are the weaver's playground: a chance to explore color and weave structures to your heart's content. When you weave a scarf, you're not committing your loom for weeks...

Published 6 Mar 2013 9:00 AM by Anita Osterhaug

Filed under: Weaving Projects, How To Weave, Weaving Loom, Weaving Patterns, Handwoven Scarves, Weaving
The Allure of Weaving

I am fascinated by what drives people to want to weave. For me, I think it is a natural curiosity to understand just how threads interlace to create a textile. It is a lot of fun to take a fragment of a coverlet and analyze it to see just how the threads are interwoven and identify the weave structure.
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Published 30 Jan 2013 4:30 AM by Tom Knisely

Filed under: Weaving Projects, How To Weave, Weaving Loom, Weaving Patterns, Woven Rugs, Weaving
Totally Terrific Twill

As part of my job, I am constantly surrounded by all things weaving. I spend most of each day reading, writing, and talking about various aspects of weaving, and all the beautiful projects we publish in the magazine spend several months in my office....

Published 17 Jan 2013 9:35 AM by Christina Garton

Filed under: How To Weave, Weaving Loom, Weaving Patterns, Weaving
Spending Our Weaving Time

Suzanne Halvorson's scarves are inspired by African kente cloth. Did you make New Year’s weaving resolutions? My resolutions invariably involve setting aside more time: more time for weaving, for exercise, for reading, for visiting with family...

Published 9 Jan 2013 4:00 AM by Anita Osterhaug

Filed under: Weaving Projects, How To Weave, Weaving Loom, Weaving Patterns, Weaving
Weaving Down Ancient Roads

Ban d weaving has been a common thre ad for ce n turies across many cultu res . Guild friend Cookie Mesmer weaving a bright band on her small inkle loom. Happy New Year! If you are reading this, then we both have survived the end of the Mayan calendar...

Published 2 Jan 2013 3:12 AM by Anita Osterhaug

Filed under: How To Weave, Weaving Loom, Weaving Patterns, Weaving, Inkle Loom Weaving
Weaving Expectations

Allison I rwin's Sun and Stars Pouc h may be my holiday weaving treat to myself. I love this time of year––the sparkling lights in the long, dark night, holiday music, weaving cozily while storms rage outside, and visiting with family...

Published 7 Dec 2012 9:33 AM by Anita Osterhaug

Filed under: Weaving Projects, How To Weave, Weaving Loom, Weaving Patterns, Handwoven Scarves, Weaving

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