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Show and Tell and a Weaver’s Handshake

Enjoy perusing the project gallery from last week’s Handwoven event.

Weaving’s Grand Masters: A Cage Match

Why choose when you can learn different techniques from each of them?

Pick-Up Bands Two Ways: Try Inkle and Backstrap Woven Bands

Try bandweaving with this free PDF, which includes two band patterns with full instructions for weaving them on either an inkle loom or using a backstrap weaving setup.

Long Thread Podcast: Justin Squizzero

Season 8, Episode 8: From his studio in the garret of his New England farmhouse, Justin produces the kind of cloth that would make weavers in every century sigh in admiration.

Ask Madelyn: Broken Warp Thread Woes

There are several factors to consider when you are determining the cause for broken warp threads. First and foremost is to locate where the break actually occurs in the threads.

Raffia Then and Now

The raffia I knew as a kid is not the same raffia that you can buy today.

I Can Help You Write Your 2024 Weaving Resolutions!

Your crafting life can really benefit by reimagining resolutions as things you want to do.

All You Need for Shadow Weave

If your loom has four shafts, you are probably sometimes disappointed to see projects in Handwoven that require six or eight. With many weaves, four shafts can’t do what more can. With shadow weave, four are all you need!

Weaving Away the Winter Blues (and Grays)

What better way to spend chilly winter days then happily weaving away at a warm loom?

Long Thread Podcast Spotlight Episode: Suri Network

You may think you know alpacas, but have you ever worked with Suri alpaca yarn? In this episode, two farmers reveal the secrets of this special fiber.