Handwoven May - June 2015

Texture! From crimp cloth to honeycomb to grasscloth and more, this issue of Handwoven offers texture to delight the hand and eye.

Dianne Totten presents parrot-bright "crimp cloth." Sarah Jackson's "fuzzy tote" and Patricia Morton's grasscloth journals will brighten your days. David Wismar evokes the smooth texture of a snakeskin with Tencel and twill, Yoko Arai intrigues us with the textural pleasures of shifu (Japanese paperweaving), and Elisabeth Hill brings liveliness to your kitchen with her Danish rosette towels.

Summer is upon us, so we also have weaving projects to do with kids or just for fun. And in case warm days have you daydreaming about new possibilities, Tom Knisely philosophizes on how to choose the perfect loom, and Marilynn Cowgill and Jill Graham relate their adventures in the Handweavers Guild of America Certificate of Excellence program.

Articles

• Texture in Weaving, by Sara Goldenberg
• Shifu for the Earth and You, by YoKo ARAI
• In Searcho Fiber Excellence, by Marilynn Cowgill and Jill Graham
• Notes From the Fell: A Space of My Own and a Loom With a View, by Tom Knisely
• Idea Gallery: Weaving Origami, by Susie Taylor
• The Show Towel: A Pennsylvania German Tradition, by Tom Knisely
• Yarn Lab: A Question of Fulling, by Robin Lynde

Projects

• Parrot Plumage Crimped Scarf, by Dianne Totten
• Shaggy Travel Tote, by Sarah H. Jackson
• Grassland Journal Covers, by Patricia Morton
• Tropical Seas Scarf, by Beth Mullins
• Snakeskin Scarf, by David Wismar
• Danish Rosette Towels, by Elisabeth Hill
• Honeycomb Beaded Pillows, by Deborah Heyman
• Playing with Blocks Waffle-Weave Towels, by Jodi Ybarra
• Classic Capelet, by Judy Pagels
• Hula Hoop Rug for Kids, by Haley Pierson-Cox
• Kid's Woven Necklace, by Jennifer Lee
• Pennsylvania Show Towel, by Tom Knisely

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