weaving


Ask Madelyn: Using Tabletop Drafts on a Floor Loom

Learn from Madelyn how to adapt table-loom drafts to use with floor looms.

Reader’s Gallery: Reflecting on Life during Lockdown

Clearly the pandemic has changed our lives, and for many weavers, it has also changed their weaving.

Yarn Lab: Enchanting Churro

Churro yarn has long been used for weaving tapestries, rugs and blankets. Read this Yarn Lab from Handwoven September/October 2015 to see how beautifully it works up in different structures.

Use Your Thrums: Knotted Cut Pile

If your thrums are too nice to throw away, try turning them into magic carpets

Reader’s Gallery: Love Theme

As I was reading contributors’ messages I noticed a common theme: love.

Hemp: America’s Crop

Our next issue of Handwoven, the January/February 2021, features two projects woven with hemp. Read how hemp has fallen in and out of favor over the ages.

Lily Hope: Tlingit Weaver of Chilkat and Ravenstail

Lily Hope is one of the few remaining traditional Chilkat weavers. Read about the traditions she follows, and the techniques she uses to weave beautiful dancing blankets.

Ask Madelyn: Using a Sectional Beam without Warping Sectionally

You can warp a sectional beam without warping sectionally. Madelyn describes her method.

Reader’s Gallery—Scarves and Wraps with a Message

I sit in the lucky position of seeing the many beautiful scarves and shawls submitted to our Reader’s Gallery. Here are just a few.

A Weaver’s Journal of Endangered Wildflowers

Carol Irving took a friend's weaving challenge and ran with it. The end result was a series of tapestries based on Michigan's endangered wildflowers.