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Sock yarns are everywhere, so why not on your loom? Let your imagination run wild, and then send us pictures of your woven flights of fancy. Win prizes and amaze your friends! Click here for all the details!
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January/February 2010
On Sale December 22, 2009
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Books & eProject Collections |
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 A New e-Book: Reader's Choice!
To celebrate thirty years of Handwoven, we asked you, our readers, to choose your all-time favorite Handwoven projects. This new electronic collection is the result. You’ll find decorator ensembles for home decor, shawl patterns from Olive and Harry Linder, tartan towels, a color-gamp baby blanket, lace-gamp tablecloth, curtains, pillows, and more. |
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 Best of Handwoven: Doubleweave, Doublewidth!
NEW! Best of Handwoven: Doubleweave, Doublewidth! is the first in our new "technique" series. For weavers whose eyes are bigger than their looms and for all lovers of doubleweave, this electronic book is more than a collection of ten great projects from the first twenty years of Handwoven. It also includes the theory you need to design your own fabrics twice as wide as the weaving width of your loom. |
 New
book: Woven Treasures
by Sara Lamb
Pre-order! Renowned fiber artist Sara Lamb gives weavers an inside look at her groundbreaking work in Woven Treasures. From inspiration and project planning, to her signature hand-manipulated techniques, Lamb leads weavers through the steps of making exquisite bags using folk weaving techniques that evoke modern ideas in brilliant colors and textures.
Read more about
Woven Treasures |
Online Photo Galleries, Podcasts & Streaming Videos |
Gizmo at the loom |
They share your studios and they'll steal your hearts. We asked the readers of our Weaving Weekly e-newsletter to send in photos of their studio pets, and the response was fantastic. They're not only cute, these beasts have amazing weaving powers! Click here for the first-ever Handwoven Creature Feature!
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Muffler monkey |
During Spinning and Weaving Week, October 5-11, 2009, the famous bronze statues in downtown Loveland, Colorado, were accessorized with a profusion of scarves woven by the Northern Colorado Weavers Guild. The Downtown Scarf project, brainchild of former Handwoven managing editor Liz Gipson, helped hundreds of people experience the comfort and fun of handmade cloth and raised more than $600 for Angel House, a program that helps homeless families with children. Check out the photo gallery to see the proud statues in their handwoven duds.
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A woven treasure |
People have woven amazing fabric for thousands of years with very simple looms. Sara Lamb’s new book, Woven Treasures: One-of-a-Kind Bags with Folks Weaving Techniques, takes weavers, new and experienced on a journey of discovery, exploring these traditional techniques and sophisticated possibilities. Check out Linda Ligon’s interview with Sara to learn more about how the book came about, the projects, and the joys of walking on the simpler side of handweaving.
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Handwoven challenged Colorado State University fiber-arts students to look
through 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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Scarf Gallery
Look here for free patterns for handwoven scarves. |
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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 
(133 KB)
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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