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Shadow Weave
Create Dazzling Patterns in Simple Cloth
Shadow weave only looks complicated—both the warping and the weaving are easy to do.
Shadow Weave: How Else Would We Celebrate Groundhog Day?
Three projects that explore the shapes of shadows, plus three others in color and weave.
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!
Using Value as a Design Element: Log Cabin
Just like the similarly named quilt pattern, log cabin in weaving is a sophisticated yet simple design. It’s a good starting place for learning about color-and-weave.
Handwoven May/June 2023: Mud-Free Weaving!
We’ve all woven mud, those unlucky combinations of close values in warp and weft. You won’t find that problem in this issue of Handwoven.
AAShadow Weave Incognito Towels
By breaking with tradition, Barbara Goudsmit designed a shadow-weave design ... without shadows. This is a free download of her 4-shaft towel pattern for All Access members.
Ask Madelyn: The Best Yarn to Use for Baby Blankets
I'm planning a baby blanket and am trying to figure out what type of yarn to use. What do you recommend for baby blankets?
Handwoven May/June 2023 Call for Submissions: Color-and-Weave!
Here’s your chance to play with color-and-weave.
SUBWindows and Shadows Shawl
Here is a pdf download of the pattern for this beautiful shawl by Jannie Taylor that combines spaces in the warp and weft with shadow weave to great effect.
Jannie Taylor: Shadow-Weave Aficionado
I knew Jannie was an accomplished weaver and teacher, but what I didn’t know was the extent of her drive to learn about weaving, today and in the past.
Valuable Value Strategies
Our eyes are better at seeing color than distinguishing values, and values are an important component of not only shadow weave but other weave structures.
Shadow Weave: An Impressive American Original
Mary Atwater developed shadow weave 80 years ago. Learn how she did it in this video clip.