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Peerless, Tearless Linen
Linen fingertip towels by Tracy KaestnerTo my mind, linen has always been the queen of fibers. (Perhaps silk is the empress.) Growing up with a parent and grandparents fresh from “the old country,” I...
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Pride and Prejudice and ZOMBIES
Halloween is coming up, and if there’s one thing we here at BeWeave It love it’s having an excuse to wear a costume to work. If you’re still trying to think of a costume that will be suitably scary and...
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Which Loom is for You?
Ask MadelynHAVE A QUESTION?OUR EDITOR HAS THE ANSWERmadelynv@interweave.comHi Madelyn! I have fallen in love with weaving by seeing the handwovens at our local guild’s annual sale. I bought two dish...
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Trolling for Gifts
My knitted Yule troll with his needle-felted tomte friends, Olaf and Sven.For holiday gifts, I give each household in my family a goody bag or basket full of Oregon hazelnuts and wine, homemade cookies...
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Get the Lowdown on Downton Fashion
We absolutely love the latest Unofficial Downton Abbey Knits, so when the opportunity came up to share this post from frequent PieceWork contributor Kristine Byrnes about her wonderful tour of the...
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Fine Threads and Warping
Ask MadelynHAVE A QUESTION?OUR EDITOR HAS THE ANSWERmadelynv@interweave.comDear Madelyn, I have a question about weaving with 60/2 silk (the sett will be 56 epi). What is the best method to warp?...
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Griffins and Toilet Tidies
As you may or may not have already known, Interweave has recently released an absolutely epic 6-volume set of Weldon’s Practical Needlework. As a result, instead of writing and researching serious...
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Pit Shields, Medieval Poetry, and PieceWork
We here at BeWeave It are very happy to announce that our friends at PieceWork, Handwoven’s sister publication, have finally gotten their own fan page on Facebook: Needlework Traditions.“But wait!” I...
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The Efficient Weaver
As the holiday season approaches, and the warps I put on my loom get longer and longer I know I try to find the balance between weaving quickly, but at the same time not hurrying. Fortunately for me,...
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What to do With Weak Wools
Ask MadelynHAVE A QUESTION?OUR EDITOR HAS THE ANSWERmadelynv@interweave.comHi Madelyn, I was given numerous cones of wool, 20/2 to 40/2 in weight, from a weaving outfit that closed its doors. When I...
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Scary Thoughts
Betty Davenport's Rio Grande placemats from The Best of Handwoven: Rigid Heddle Pattern Book 1 would look great on a Thanksgiving table. Halloween is more fun than scary. (I'll have my grownup kids and...
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Weaving New Adventures
The past few weeks have been rather bittersweet. After four long years, my husband finally finished his dissertation and will hopefully be a full-fledged doctor by this time next week. While there will...
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Weaving Through Time
This cozy throw appeared in the 1979 issue,but it looks like something Handwovenmight publish today This past weekend I spent quite a bit of time packing in preparation of my upcoming move to the...
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A Novel(ty) Scarf
A while back I wrote about being so inspired by Tom Knisely’s video Weaving with Novelty Yarns that I decided to weave myself up a fancy scarf using some beautiful rayon slub combined with a...
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The Pure Joy of Weaving
Christina is overjoyed and the prospect of onceagain having access to a loom. I am officially in the final throes of preparing to move. We currently have more items in boxes than not, we’ve found...
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In Awe of Rags
New Free eBook: Weaving with Rags: 3 Free Rag-Weaving PatternsI’ve been fascinated by rag weaving for a long time. When I was very young, I remember my parents purchasing a handwoven rag rug. I can’t...
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Listening to Your Loom
Back a couple years ago I wrote about my first time warping my floor loom for a set of Finnish twill dishtowels. It was a harrowing experience as my air conditioning-free house was about 90 degrees and...
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Joining Old and New Warp
Hi Madelyn! I am weaving some kitchen towels and plan to tie on a new warp with different colors. I am going to tie on at the front of the loom and then pull the warp through the reed and the...
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Top Ten Reasons I Love My Rigid-Heddle Loom
I'm writing this post now from my new, box-filled home office which is just down the hall from my equally new, and equally box-filled, weaving studio. Past Christina had hoped that she would be able to...
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A Question of Sett
Ask MadelynHAVE A QUESTION?OUR EDITOR HAS THE ANSWERmadelynv@interweave.comHi all at Handwoven, I brought beautiful 60/2 silk back from a recent trip to India and can't easily get more if my pattern...
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