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Season 2, Episode 2: John Mullarkey

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

Mapping Out Your Fiber Arts Business Plan

Need help getting your business started? Deb Essen can help you develop a business plan that will lead the way.

Reader’s Gallery—Nature and Peace

Many weavers draw from nature for inspiration, and the Reader’s Gallery weavers were no exception.

Homage to the Simple Stripe

From a white wedding dress to "blue-collar" clothing, cloth tends to reflect our cultural beliefs and values. Here's weaver and Handwoven contributor Liz Moncrief to tell you about the spotted history of stripes.

Use Your Thrums and Weftovers: Stitching

Sara started experimenting with sewing scraps of handwoven fabrics together with her thrums with the idea of one day making a large blanket.

A Weaver Lives Here

I realized the other day that my house holds many subtle and not so subtle clues that a weaver lives here.

Putting Time at Home to Good Use

Here’s to not playing on our phones and instead, using this time for weaving.

A Little Handwoven Idiosyncrasy (and a Little Math)

Ever wonder about the weird fractions in Handwoven? Based on the mail we get, you are not alone.

Taking the First Pick When Weaving

This weekend, I threaded 430 ends of 20/2 cotton on my loom in 4 shades of gray from Lunatic Fringe’s Tubular Spectrum. It’s an easy threading of plain weave with some crammed ends of 10/2 cotton to create ribs in the fabric.

Ask Madelyn: When to Hem

I know some weavers hem their towels before finishing in the washing machine and dryer. Do you have a preferred way?