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Easy Weaving with Little Looms Fall 2022
Regular price $ 14.99 Save $ -14.99Add a little something (or somethings) extra to your weaving with the Fall 2022 issue of Easy Weaving with Little Looms. This issue proves that even the smallest of additions can make a huge difference to your final product. Add a bit more finesse to your weaving with projects including a scarf with pops of inlay, a runner with a new technique called catenpile, and scarf with a fresh take on Danish medallions. Learn how to do beautiful statement joins by making a pin-loom blanket with stunning crochet joins or a rigid-heddle shawl with decorative stitching. Add some extra oomph to your weaving with a rigid-heddle towel with matching inkle-woven hanging tab, a set of cute pin-loom llamas complete with pompoms on their hats, and a pillow with pin-loom-woven fringe.
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Even the most advanced weaver can struggle with selvedges. Learn three tricks to getting cleaner selvedges on the rigid-heddle loom and see how they compare.
If you’ve been looking for a new way to embellish your handwovens with designs on the loom, you’ll love reading about catenpile, a new rigid-heddle technique. Jessica Lambert, creator of the technique, walks you through the ways she creates stunning raised designs in her weaving without a pick-up stick or supplemental weft.
See the design process behind a beautifully embellished bag complete with decorative darning, beaded kumihimo tassels, and two types of coordinating inkle bands, a flat one for decoration and a tubular one as the handle.
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Author/Designer: Handwoven Editors
Easy Weaving With Little Looms Fall 2023
Regular price $ 14.99 Save $ -14.99Easy Weaving with Little Looms Holiday 2020
Regular price $ 14.99 Save $ -14.99Surround yourself this winter with festive and cozy handwoven projects with the brand new, first ever, Little Looms Holiday. Featuring 23 projects for rigid-heddle, pin, and inkle looms, Little Looms Holiday is chock-full of wintery weaving.
In this inaugural issue you’ll find cozy scarves and shawls to keep you warm and cozy all winter long, fun—and easy!—gifts to weave for just about everyone on your list, and beautiful home décor items so you can surround yourself with weaving. Also in the 2020 Little Looms Holiday: guides to weaving and gifting handmade gifts without the stress, ideas for self-care for weavers, and the ultimate hemstitching how-to to help you add some extra “oomph” to your handwovens.
Whether you’re looking for projects to decorate your home for a specific holiday, or just want to find small loom projects for wintery weaving, this issue has you covered.
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Easy Weaving with Little Looms Holiday 2021
Regular price $ 14.99 Save $ -14.99Weave your days merry and bright with the 2021 Holiday issue of Easy Weaving with Little Looms. This wintry issue features 21 projects to jazz up your wardrobe, decorate your home, or gift to friends and family. The projects run the gamut between large and small so no matter how much time you have, you can weave something wonderful. Angela Tong’s totally 90s Pin-Loom Scrunchie, Lindsay Wiseman’s Glowing Emerald Scarf, and Joan Sheridan’s sweet Ribbon Candy Earrings weave up easily in a weekend (or less!). If you prefer a more complex project, Edith van Tassell’s Foxy Birch Blanket or Christine Jablonski’s Windowpane Spa Set will let you lose yourself in weaving.
As always, the issue is chock full of articles to help you build your weaving repertoire. Go beyond whipstitch, double overcast, and blanket stitch with Gabi van Tassell’s article about creative ways to join pin-loom pieces—all of which work for rigid-heddle cloth as well. Learn how to weave with a wave stick on a rigid-heddle loom with an article by Liz Evans, and then put your knowledge to the test by weaving the Ocean Waves Scarf by Rebecca Cengiz-Robbs. Add some texture to your weaving with three supplemental weft techniques—rya, looped pile, and soumak—in Do it By Hand.
Learn about the basics of differential shrinkage in our new department, String Theory. Read about the different shears, snips, and scissors available and how they can make your weaving life easier in Sara Lamb’s article about various cutting tools. And of course, there’s plenty of gear guides to help make your weaving life easier and your studio more aesthetically pleasing.
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Easy Weaving with Little Looms Spring 2022
Regular price $ 14.99 Save $ -14.9922 Fresh Project For Home, Garden, & Wardrobe.
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Easy Weaving with Little Looms Spring 2023
Regular price $ 14.99 Save $ -14.99When a fellow weaver can’t help but touch your handwoven scarf, shawl, or other project, it’s known as the weaver’s handshake. In this issue you’ll find projects with all kinds of tempting textures that other weavers won’t be able to leave alone. Among the 21 projects featured in the issue, you’ll find tea towels woven with bouclé cotton, a colorful scarf with differential shrinkage, puffy embellished pin-loom and rigid-heddle pillows, and a traditional Icelandic wall hanging woven using unspun wool locks. If you’re looking to add some texture to a project you’ve already woven, you’ll also find an article on visible mending where you’ll learn how to use a darning loom.
Easy Weaving With Little Looms Spring 2024
Regular price $ 14.99 Save $ -14.99Squares and rectangles make up many popular and timeless patterns in weaving; plaids, gingham, log cabin, and so many others are beloved by weavers worldwide. Not only are they simple to weave on any loom, but they are also endlessly versatile. So, for this issue of Easy Weaving with Little Looms, we’re exploring many ways weavers can highlight and celebrate the right angle in weaving.
Some patterns draw from classic designs, including a chic plaid scarf, a pin-loom woven argyle purse, and patterned gamp towels inspired by spring blooms. Other weavers chose to explore the theme through different means, including a krokbragd runner in modern colors, a crammed-and-spaced scarf perfect for spring, and a Celtic knot inspired pin-loom blanket. This issue also features a special section of handwoven game boards, including an inkle-woven chessboard fit for a king.
Our articles also stay on theme with a feature on the history of Scottish tartan, another on how to beat squarely and evenly on rigid-heddle and inkle looms, and a deep dive into the different methods of weaving plaids on pin looms. Claudia Chase and Elena Kawachi continue their series on tapestry weaving, this time focusing on meet-and-separate and split-weft weaving—and include a small project perfect for practicing what you’ve learned. There’s so much to learn and weave in this issue of Easy Weaving with Little Looms that proves it’s hip to be square.
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Author/Designer: Handwoven Editors
Easy Weaving with Little Looms Summer 2021
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Author/Designer: Handwoven Editors
Easy Weaving with Little Looms Summer 2022
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Easy Weaving with Little Looms Summer 2023
Regular price $ 14.99 Save $ -14.99Cooking and weaving have much in common. Both use recipes with a list of “ingredients” and amounts, create something often more than the sum of its parts, and bring joy to the maker and recipient. In this issue, you’ll find projects that celebrate the intersection of food and weaving, including ice cream inspired rigid-heddle woven napkins, raffia coasters with matching snack mat, a sweet scarf designed to look like candy buttons, a zesty lemon kitchen pin-loom towel, a clever inkle coin purse perfect for the farmer’s market, and much more. We’re also going back to a childhood favorite with a section devoted to potholder looms. As it turns out, these simple looms are capable of weaving complex cloth!
Learn the basics of tablet weaving from John Mullarkey, including how to thread cards, warp your loom, read a draft, and weave basic design. Join Christine Jablonski as she explains the mathematical concepts behind the Fibonacci sequence, the Cantor set, and Pascal’s triangle and how they apply to weaving. Go on a hike with tapestry weaver extraordinaire Rebecca Mezoff as she writes about her method of weaving sketch tapestries to capture a moment in time.
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Easy Weaving With Little Looms Summer 2024
Regular price $ 14.99 Save $ -14.99Easy Weaving with Little Looms Winter 2022
Regular price $ 14.99 Save $ -14.99Readers rejoice! In this Winter 2022 issue of Easy Weaving with Little Looms you’ll find projects inspired by beloved books for young and old alike as well as projects designed with reading in mind. Learn two methods for weaving words on your inkle loom, create a pin-loom-woven tote bag with a book motif perfect for trips to the library, and make a soft and snuggly blanket—with a 12”-wide rigid-heddle loom.
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Want more from your pin-loom? Learn how to use continuous-strand weaving to make different shapes on a single pin loom.
Pick-up sticks can open a new world of design on the rigid-heddle loom, but if you’ve never tried them before they can be intimidating. Get the basics down and banish your fear with our feature on the power of pick-up sticks.
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Easy Weaving With Little Looms Winter 2023
Regular price $ 14.99 Save $ -14.99Handwoven Magazine January/February 2021, Volumer XLII, Number 1
Regular price $ 7.99 Save $ -7.99Connect with the handweaving world through Handwoven. Every issue is packed with projects, instruction, and inspiration to help you build technical skills and design confidence.
In this issue are 11 Projects That Look Great & Do Good, Use cartoons to weave pictures p. 22, Weave A Better World With Inspirational Yarns, Hemp Bag Bliss, and so much more! Pick up your copy in store or have us ship it to you. Check out our current inventory of back issues as well.
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Handwoven Magazine January/February 2024, Volume XLV Number 1
Regular price $ 9.99 Save $ -9.99Bast fibers like linen, hemp, and bamboo have been used for thousands of years. Recently, however, they have gained popularity in the weaving world in part due to their eco-friendliness—many bast fibers require fewer resources to produce, and they often come from renewable plant sources. Fabrics woven with bast yarns have a rustic yet refined beauty, and the yarns are known for their strength.
This issue features 11 projects that showcase bast fibers in various ways. In addition to the expected linen towels and curtains, there are surprises such as a hemp runner, a runner woven using a combination of cotton and raffia, pineapple yarn placemats, and baby blankets with hemp and bamboo wefts. The Yarn Lab explores weaving balanced cloth with a new hemp yarn.
Many of the articles in the issue have a reflective aspect. There are pieces on how to continue weaving as you age, the intrinsic value of handmade items, and journaling your weaving and your life. Tom Knisely takes readers on a tour of a production weaver’s studio, and Rebecca Fox invites you to a special island with a unique indigo dye studio.
If bast isn’t yet in your stash, this may be the time to add it! Enjoy this beautiful issue that celebrates the wonder of plant-based bast.
Handwoven Magazine March/April 2023, Volume XLIV, Number 2
Regular price $ 9.99 Save $ -9.99Weavers have a unique way of looking at the world and often borrow color combinations, patterns, and interesting forms from everyday life for their designs. In this issue of Handwoven we celebrate the inspiration that surrounds us in buildings and structures with 11 projects that each explore some aspect of architecture. In addition, you’ll learn about 2 weavings that used special types of architecture for their inspiration—an iconic skyscraper, and oddly enough, a pleated corpse flower.
In other articles, you’ll be introduced to the Tuesday Weavers of Tennessee, learn how to spin and weave with paper, receive tips for taking care of your eyes and hands while weaving, and read about the many Icelandic sheep and wool customs. In Notes from the Fell, Tom Knisely shares his list of go-to weaving books, and there is something for everyone in the Euroflax Yarn Lab.
Wherever inspiration finds you, you’ll love this issue of Handwoven based on the elements of the architecture that surround us.
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Handwoven Magazine November/December 2021, Volume XLII, Number 5
Regular price $ 7.99 Save $ -7.99Take a step (or a leap, as the case may be) out of the box with this issue of Handwoven celebrating weaving that deflects out of the woven grid. Whether it’s a function of weave structure or yarn composition, the threads in all 12 projects curve and twist during wet-finishing, whether it’s a lot or a little, and many of the projects differ from one side to the other. Two technique articles expand on the deflection theme, one by Yvonne Ellsworth about dyeing a warp and weaving a scarf to mimic a doubleknit piece, and a Traditions article by Phyllis Miller on weaving sashiko-style patterns to pair with a treasured piece of kimono silk. Our new article series, Best Practices, by Susan Bateman and Melissa Parsons gives tips for better warping, and Tom Knisely in Notes from the Fell looks at different ways of keeping weaving records—some of which may surprise you. The Spotlight is on a young man, Nevan Carling, intent on studying and restoring antique looms, and for the Yarn Lab Elisabeth Hill puts three fine yarns into deflecting structures with great results. The issue wraps up with an essay by Janney Simpson about her own winding path to using deflection in her beautiful scarves and shawls.
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Handwoven Magazine November/December 2022, Volume XLIII, Number 5
Regular price $ 9.99 Save $ -9.99Weaving by its very nature invites exploration. This issue of Handwoven delves into the role experimentation plays in design development, whether it is using new-to-the-weaver yarns, unique color mixtures in warp and weft, or combining weave structures in a draft. Each of the 11 projects shows how the craft continues to evolve in the hands of weavers.
Many of the features continue along the theme of exploration, including an article by Tommye McClure Scanlin about developing tapestry designs, an Endnotes about treadling within a loose framework of rules, an Idea Gallery describing how to design blankets using the temperature ranges at a special location during a significant year as a color guide, and a Yarn Lab about an unusual blend of bamboo and cotton. You’ll want to check out the article about Handweaving.net, a website that has grown since its inception in 2003 to become not only a huge repository of weaving information but also an interactive website with a slew of design components. The Perfect Towel article explains why some towels are superior to others and provides tips for weaving better towels, Tom Knisely gives some surprising insights on managing heddles in Notes from the Fell, and two occupational therapists outline ways to weave smarter so you can weave longer and remain pain free.
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Handwoven Magazine November/December 2023, Volume XLIV Number 5
Regular price $ 9.99 Save $ -9.99Weaving is compelling on its own, but there are many other aspects of a weaver’s life. This “Venn diagram” issue looks at how weaving overlaps with those other parts. The 11 projects reflect the designers’ interests, including cooking, gardening, puzzles and games, quilting, history, butterflies, and grandchildren.
In the articles for this issue, we continue along the same line of how life and weaving intersect. The Traditions article talks about wool sample quilts from the early 1900s, and the Idea Gallery includes a method of translating musical scores into treadlings. If your passion is mid-century modern, you’ll be interested in the Dorothy Liebes exhibit covered in What’s Happening.
On the technical side, Tom Knisely looks at scale and investigates how changes in yarn size or the length of pattern repeats can affect a cloth’s appearance. Elisabeth Hill explains how to weave tubular hems for double-sided cloth pieces without hem splay. In addition, Deanna Deeds describes changing your tabby/pattern relationship in overshot to create matelassé-like cloth, and in the Yarn Lab, baby alpaca yarn is taken for a spin and found to be a joy to weave with. Finally, if you are worried, as many of us are about preserving your guild’s library and history, the Endnotes offers a solution. Check it all out and find new ways to connect your life’s passions to weaving with this issue of Handwoven.
Handwoven Magazine September/October 2021, Volume XLII, Number 4
Regular price $ 7.99 Save $ -7.99Connect with the handweaving world through Handwoven. Every issue is packed with projects, instruction, and inspiration to help you build technical skills and design confidence.
In this issue are 6 feature articles, 12 exciting projects, and so much more! Pick up your copy in store or have us ship it to you. Check out our current inventory of back issues as well.
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Handwoven Magazine September/October 2022, Volume XLIII, Number 4
Regular price $ 9.99 Save $ -9.99Read how weavers have faced their fear of fraying to sew coats, skirts, bags, espadrilles, pillows, and other items—all with their handwoven cloth—in this inspiring issue of Handwoven. You’ll gain confidence by learning how accomplished sewists approach handwoven cloth, giving it the respect it deserves, but not shying away from sewing the items they envision.
In her article, Daryl Lancaster walks you through her process, from picking yarns through weaving the cloth, and then using it to make a slouchy comfy jacket. Kelly Walsh describes how she designed and wove the bodice for her wedding dress and then dyed the silk for the skirt. On the other side of the spectrum, three small sewing project ideas in the Idea Gallery show how to use handwoven scraps to make fun giftable items, and many of the projects throughout the issue use small amounts of fabric and require very little cutting and construction.
The Best Practices series finishes up with an article about drafts and how to read them. Tom Knisely gives tips for avoiding treadling errors, and in Stepping Up, Kay Balmforth details the path she and other weavers took to put together the Devon Weavers Workshop, a vibrant ongoing weaving studio. In the Yarn Lab, you’ll learn about Array wool tapestry yarn from Gist that also works as warp and weft on a multi-shaft loom, and in Endnotes, Jane Sheetz describes designing, weaving, and sewing her senior project that was a culmination of her education and dreams.
Handwoven Magazine September/October 2023, Volume XLIV, Number 4
Regular price $ 9.99 Save $ -9.99One of the joys of weaving is creating the unexpected. For this issue, that meant looking at how the combination of color, weave structure, and yarn types can produce the illusion of iridescence, pearlescence, and even incandescence in cloth. All nine projects seem to glow, reflect, and even shimmer in the light surrounding them.
Some of the articles address these same qualities, including Bobbie Irwin’s studies of woven iridescence, a Yarn Lab about weaving with neon bright colored yarns, and an Endnotes describing one weaver’s attempts to create iridescence but getting other unwanted effects. From a technical aspect, you can read about weaving with rayon chenille, a light-catching fiber that can also be a challenge to weave with, photography tips for weavers, and an interview with a scientist currently studying bioluminescence and photoluminescence in fiber. Tom Knisley has some tips if you are considering starting your own sheep-to-shawl team, and in What’s Happening we’ve highlighted a beautiful and long-awaited show about the weaving program at Black Mountain College. Finally, our Spotlight is on Toshiko Taira, a woman who is credited with reviving a Japanese fiber and weaving cultural tradition.
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What’s Happening: Weaving at Black Mountain College by Christina Garton
Spotlight: Toshiko Taira, Reviving a Cultural Tradition by Beth Ross Johnson
Notes from the Fell: Sheep-to-Shawl Basics by Tom Knisely
Bioluminescent Yarn? By Heather Matthews with Dr. Sweta Iyer
Photography for Weavers by Kelly Casanova
Exploring Multicolor Iridescence by Bobbie Irwin
Weaving with Rayon Chenille by Deborah Jarchow
Yarn Lab: Prairie Spun DK: Neon Bright Colors from Brown Sheep Company by Liz Moncrief
Endnotes: To be iridescent or not to be by Eileen Lee
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Shimmering Crackle Scarf by Bobbie Irwin (4-shaft)
Neon Incandescence by Dorothy Tuthill (8-shaft)
Autumn Pearls by Jennifer Sargent (6-shaft)
Perfect Pairing by Brenda Gibson (8-shaft)
Dreaming of Butterflies Wrap by Merriel Miller (4-shaft)
Ray of Light Placemats and Napkins by Malynda Allen (4-shaft)
Northern Lights Tote by Sara Pate (8-shaft)
More Echoes, Please by Barbara Goudsmit (12-shaft)
Heavenly Harvest Chenille Poncho by Deborah Jarchow (4-shaft)
Handwoven Magazine Spring 2024, Volume XLV Number 2
Regular price $ 9.99 Save $ -9.99Flying inspired the eleven projects in this issue that honor butterflies, birds, planes (both real and paper), and even the passage of time. Flight as a metaphor can also be found in many of the articles, whether it’s the Idea Gallery about printing swallow motifs on a shawl warp, an Endnotes about a flock of Noh Coats, or saving fleeting time through unique approaches to warping. In Notes from the Fell Tom Knisely talks about the inspiration he has found through travel and offers tips for how to use travel to inform your own weaving designs. You’ll learn how to keep your mind sharp in Vintage Weavers, how to use one ice-dye setup for two warps, and how a reader is helping her husband stay connected through weaving potholders.
Whether your feet are firmly planted on Planet Earth or your head is in the clouds, this issue based on the magic of flight will delight you.
Handwoven May/June 2023, Volume XLIV, Number 3
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