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Long Thread Podcast: Rebecca Mezoff (classic)

Season 9, Episode 1: On making magic carpets, looms large and small, and weaving as healing

The Diné, Their Sheep, and a Tale of Survival

Nikyle Begay, a shepherd with a flock of Navajo-Churro, is also a weaver and a member of the Diné tribe.

Make a Cartoon and Use It for Tapestry!

Using a cartoon for tapestry and other figurative weaving is a time-honored technique. Here's how Tommye McClure Scanlin does it.

Designing for Handwoven and Little Looms: Using Issue Themes to Drive Designs

Often weavers find that having a theme to design for helps them expand their design skills. Read how weaving projects to submit to Handwoven and Little Looms has prompted Barbara Goudsmit to explore new design avenues.

Yarn Lab: Reflections on Absorbency

Why are some handwoven towels absorbent but not others? This informative Yarn Lab will clear up some of the mystery.

Dyeing with Oxalis

I have heard that oxalis (sour grass) dyes yarn an intense yelllow-green color, so I decided to give it a try.

Cody by Mountain Meadow Wool

For the Yarn Lab in Handwoven November/December 2020, Angela K. Schneider put Cody by Mountain Meadow Wool through its paces.

Reader’s Gallery: Rigid-Heddle and Multishaft Scarves and Shawls

For this edition of the Reader’s Gallery, I looked at scarves and shawls woven on rigid-heddle and multishaft looms.

Weaving Communities of Guatemala: After Hurricanes Eta and Iota

Deborah has been working with artisans in Guatemala for the past 20 years, but the hurricanes of 2020 changed her role from advisor to relief worker.

Season 2, Episode 2: John Mullarkey

What can you weave with a pack of cards? More than you’d imagine…