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A Weaver's History of Velvet
Velvet has always been a luxury fabric of high class...but you can weave it yourself, too! Learn more about the history of velvet and how to weave it here!
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Italy
A Handwoven Chasuble and Stole to Thank a Priest
Read how Diane came up with an idea for weaving and sewing a chasuble and stole for a young priest from the region where she lives in Italy. It’s an unusual story, but one worth telling.
Spotlight: Tessitura Bevilacqua
Join author Deb Essen as she visits the Tessitura Bevilacqua Velvet Weaving workshop in Venice.
Sunset Towels
Am I the only one intimidated by “random” warping? I love the look of it, but I can’t seem to bring myself to let loose at the warping board. Enter Sarah Resnick’s Sunset Towels from the January/February 2019 issue of Handwoven.
Yarn Lab: Milk Fiber
Milk fiber is a relatively new fiber with a lot of potential. In her Yarn Lab in Handwoven November/December 2017 Liz Moncrief wove samples using this yarn.
Sublime Weaving
The older I get, the more I choose to weave with thin fibers, such as fine cotton, linen, and silk because the results are more interesting for me. I also love to combine weave structures because that also produces interesting results.
Ask Madelyn: Edges for Baby Blankets
I’d love to make more baby blankets with fringe if there is a “fix” for the problem.
Multicultural Weaving
The March/April 2015 issue of Handwoven has some spectacular projects inspired by textile traditions around the world.
Leonardo da Vinci's Loom
Leonardo da Vinci was a brilliant artist, inventor, and all-around scientist. He also invented an automatic loom.
Finishing and Hemstitching
Download this pdf with instructions for finishing handwovens.
Free Weaving Patterns eBook
Let’s say you are just dipping your foot into the weaving world. You have a new rigid-heddle loom and you want a weaving patten for it.
"Super Silk": Silk That's Strong Enough to Catch a Falling Plane
Scientists are working to improve on a pretty spectacular natural silk, spider silk.
Ask Madelyn: Fringe and Hemstitching
I hemstitched my project, but I am not sure if this is stable enough unless I allow for fringing. I do not really want fringe so would it be better for me to fold in the ends and machine stitch them?