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May/June 2009
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May
Scarf of the Month: Skinny Scarf
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Looking to weave the perfect summer scarf? This warp-emphasis skinny scarf is perfect for hot weather wear. Made from a soy/polypropylene blend it wicks moisture and breathes beautifully. It also highlights a clever way to keep your warp colors intact! |
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April
Scarf of the Month: Big Bumps Scarf
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Here's an amazing collapse-weave scarf based on the differential shrinkage between wool and—wool! A soft merino fulls and shrinks while a long-stapled wool does not to create the circular bumps in the April Scarf of the Month. |
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Linen Fingertip Towels
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Shown in the Yarn of the Hour (November/December 2008, pages 64-65), these towels are woven in a fine variegated line linen. Here are complete instructions for weaving them on four or eight shafts. |
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March
Scarf of the Month: Pocket Scarf
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Weave this handy scarf and never be without pockets again! Made with eco-friendly yarns, this scarf will quickly be your go-to garment for your morning walk. As a bonus, learn to make a versatile crochet trim that adds a decorative edge to any handwoven fabric. |
Books & eProject Collections |
 Best
of Handwoven: Top Ten Placemats on Eight Shafts
Beautiful, colorful, fun and easy to weave,
this placemat collection is also a compendium of multishaft
pattern weaves. Doubleweave, diversified plain weave, every
kind of lace weave, summer and winter, samitum, and more!
You'll love what you weave and what you learn from this book.
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 NEW
- Best of Handwoven: A Bakers Dozen Top Projects in Overshot
Here's our seventh Best of Handwoven
eProject Collection: Thirteen Projects in Overshot. From tiny
pincushions to a full-sized coverlet, you'll find fabulous
overshot fabrics—all of them on only four shafts! |
 New
book: Weaving Made Easy
by Liz Gipson
Weaving Made Easy,
well, makes weaving easy. It includes seventeen simple projects
made on a simple rigid heddle loom. A perfect blend of fun
and functionality, the rigid heddle is small, portable, and
affordable.
Read more about
Weaving Made Easy |
Online Photo Galleries, Podcasts & Streaming Videos |
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Handwoven challenged Colorado State University fiber-arts students to look
trough issues of the magazine and create a functional object based on what struck
their fancy. Here
are the results.
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Even on a rigid heddle loom,
you can create fine fabrics that practically spill off the loom. Here
are two free scarf projects, one in fine singles and the other in 20/2
lace weight wools . As a special bonus you can watch a short, streamed video that
shows you the creation of a handspun version.
View Video
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Bag Gallery
From September 2007–August 2008, Handwoven posted a free
bag pattern for weavers to enjoy. We also asked for our readers to share
their creations. Click
here to see their masterful work. |
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Handwoven magazine offers the Weaving for the Home Award for the best
handwoven functional textile in a juried show. See
the winners from 2004-2007. |
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Liz Gipson, managing editor of Handwoven magazine, traveled to the Maker
Faire in San Francisco, and you get to go with her! Listen
to this audio travelogue or take
a look at the slide show to learn more about weavers inspired by garbage,
drummers who knit, and a fairy who learns to crochet.
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From fanciful to sophisticated, here are twenty towels selected
from over a hundred inspiring entries from the Towels of the 21st Century contest. View
the winning designs
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Handwoven Index |
Handwoven's
2005-2008 Index
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The 2005-2008 index is now available! Use this index to find
articles that you may have missed. The 1979-2004 index is also
available for download. See
all indexes.
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Weaving Community |
Handwoven
has launched
a new listing of weaving classes. If you or your organization offers weaving classes—beginning
to advanced—enter your information
online today.
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Find other people who share your passion for weaving. |
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