Handwoven, March/April 2003 Digital Edition

Now available for individual download!

Add color and texture to any number of weaving projects with simple stripes. We've got design tips and 10 festive projects, perfect for celebrating spring. Start by exploring the swatch collection of stripes, stripes, and more stripes. Check out exciting rainbow rugs. Weave a blanket in Buchanan Tartan. Add some pizzazz to your weaving with confetti napkins. Weave a three-color shawl.

The Weaver's Network explores teaching textile arts to high school students. You'll also get to study medieval Egypto-Islamic textiles. Play on your rigid-heddle loom with a warp-faced band that has weft fringe. See Schubert's Serenade translated into a striped, brushed shawl. Stripe up the band with the Weekend Weaver. You'll even learn how to get beyond the Fibonacci sequence in your weaving.

In every issue, you will be amazed at the amount of information packed into these pages:

• Be inspired by weavers from all over the world. In each issue, you'll meet weavers with unique stories to tell and special projects to share.
• Explore weaving techniques new and old. Get an up-close look at all of the projects.
• Test your weaving skills with projects that use doubleweave, twill, shadow weave, lace weaves, and many more.
• And so much more!