As much as I do love a good runner, sometimes runners can be limiting because you can really only position them one way on any given table. Enter Laura Fry’s ingenious Bronson table mats from the November/December 2018 Handwoven.
Need a set of curtains for your kitchen windows? Weave up a set that fits perfectly! For Mary Berry’s Lacy Kitchen Curtains from the November/December 2018 Handwoven, that means Brooks bouquet curtains woven on a rigid-heddle loom.
My favorite type of project is the one that looks complicated but in reality is just really clever. You know those projects, the ones that folks—especially nonweavers—ooh and aah over, exclaiming how difficult it must have been. Barb Wainright’s Swe
It’s been a while, but BeWeave It headquarters is back up and running again, and we couldn’t be more pleased. To kick off our new season of fun fiber facts and current events, we’re going to India to learn about the spectacular embroidery of Banjara.
Phillenore Howard’s twill and basketweave napkins and the rest of the projects from the Silver City Weavers’ Tea Study Group featured in the September/October 2018 issue of Handwoven came about in just this way.
I love chenille scarves and I love Tencel scarves, but I would never have thought to combine the two. Fortunately, just like the brilliant minds that combined peanut butter and chocolate, Sarah Jackson thought to combine chenille and Tencel, and the resul
There’s just something about handwoven lace scarves. They’re timelessly elegant and go with just about anything.
There are certain weavers whose work never fails to impress me, weavers who come up with designs that leave me breathless more often than not. One of those weavers is Bonnie Inouye.
There are days when I don’t feel like a real weaver. When I was pregnant, I wove a few dish towels and then didn’t sit at my floor loom again until my child was walking and saying his first words. I often felt like a fraud—and oh, the guilt!
Knitters have known and loved Icelandic lopi yarn for years, but as Anita Osterhaug points out, it’s wonderful for weaving as well.