Handwoven Fall 2024

Get your creativity flowing, and weave something out of the ordinary! This issue features ten tempting projects in corduroy, summer and winter, barleycorn, honeycomb, and more, to energize and delight you. 

Whether you live for bright (or subtle) colors, are intrigued by curves, find yourself drawn to a particular texture (we’ve got smooth, fluffy, and satiny), or have a knitting stash to deploy, there’s a project here for you. (Psst! If you’re wondering what a twill is, Madelyn van der Hoogt lays it all out for you.)

Beyond the projects, the articles and features in this issue will help you create new weaving connections. You can catch up on Handwoven’s robust new life with owner Anne Merrow. In Notes from the Fell, Tom Knisely writes about old-fashioned laundry tools—and the one he still uses while finishing handwovens. Yarn Lab tests a silk that weaves into cloth with incredible drape and hand.

Are you a big sports fan? Read the article that explains how to make a custom scarf with your team’s logo or graphics. Follow one weaver’s journey from the most complex loom to a simple rigid heddle, and another’s experience teaching adults with disabilities.

Explore weaves beyond twill and try something new with Handwoven Fall 2024!

Articles:

• With New Ownership, Handwoven Flourishes by Anne Merrow
• Notes from the Fell—Scrub-a-Dub-Dub by Tom Knisely
• Show Your Team Spirit by Claudia Tokola
• From Jacquard to Rigid Heddle by Yvonne Ellsworth
• Weaving a Fabric of Connection by Lory Widmer Hess
• The Draft: What Is a Twill? by Madelyn van der Hoogt
• Yarn Lab—The Silk May Not Be Smooth, but the Weaving Sure Is by Christine Jablonski
• Endnotes—How Did I Get Here? by Lynn Rognsvoog

Projects:

• Vis-à-Vis Runner by Sheila O’Hara (16-shaft)
• Autumn Jewel Scarf by Véronique Perrot (4-shaft)
• Rainbow Sherbet Towels by Malynda Allen (2-shaft)
• Dizzy Drones Honeycomb Pillows by Rebecca Fox (4-shaft)
• A Taste of Sonoma Scarf by Robin Monogue (4-shaft)
• Blue Willow Towels by Susie Hodges (4-shaft)
• Corduroy Patch Pillow by Sue Anne Sullivan (6-shaft)
• Taqueté All Day Tote by Annette Swan Schipf (8-shaft)
• Gilded Amethyst Scarf by Laurie Brown (8-shaft)
• Mod Block Towels by Tracy Kaestner (6-shaft)