Christina Garton

Christina Garton


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Learn to Make Woven Bags with Free Woven Bag Projects

Learn how to make woven bags like a pro with this FREE eBook that includes woven bag projects great for all weavers and expert instructions.

Free eBook: 3 Free Rag Weaving Patterns

Go from rags to rugs with a free Weaving with Rags eBook. The eBook comes with 3 free rag weaving patterns including: a vest, a rag rug, and a t-shirt rug.

The Fortuna Major Scarf and the Beautiful Brooks Bouquet

One of the earliest things I learned about weaving is that the practice, as a whole, has a truly wonderful vocabulary. We warp the loom, sley the reed, and mess about with heddles and treadles.

Weavers Workshop: What’s a Fibonacci?

The Fibonacci Sequence can be a great aid in designing handwovens.

Things We Love: Baby Blankets

What is better than a baby blanket? A handwoven baby blanket!

Designing Around Fashion Yarns

Fashion yarns can be fickle beasts. They’re so enticing in the yarn shop, but sometimes when you get them home, you start wondering how to actually weave with them. Fortunately fashion yarns don’t have to be difficult.

Why We Love Our Designers!

For this edition of Why We Love we’re focusing on something we at Handwoven couldn’t live without: our designers. We wouldn’t exist without their willingness to share their talents and their projects with the world.

Weekend Weaving: Baltic Hearts Towels

Beautiful towels you can weave over the weekend, or for a romantic weekend. These Baltic Hearts Towels are a popular project.

An Ode to Handwoven Towels

At this point, all my friends and immediate family have learned to never say, “Oh, that towel is just too pretty to use,” because they have the lecture on why handwoven towels are superior to all other towels memorized.

(Re) Learning Lessons in Warping

Sometimes simple changes can make a big difference in warping your loom faster and more efficiently. Find lessons in warping here.

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