This CD is so slick! You get weaving inspiration at your fingertips. You just pop in the CD and enjoy the ease of navigating through an entire year's worth of Handwoven issues.
Discover the magazines as they were printed in 2008 with a time-saving electronic index. You can also search each issue by keywords of your choosing such as:
- Names of master weavers
- Specific or general techniques
- Favorite projects
- Products or equipment such as looms, novelty yarns, laces, etc.
- Challenges and results
- Keywords like tapestry, warp-faced and weft-faced, Indigo dyeing or any other areas of interest
Jan/Feb: Two Faces of Weave
This issue focuses on warp-faced and weftfaced weaves, and weaves that create texture with special effects. There is a special tapestry section and a feature on sock yarn.
Mar/Apr: Color and Lace
Lace is great in white and natural, but it comes alive with color. This issue features huck, Swedish, and Bronson laces in spring and summer rainbows of color for interiors and wearables. A special article covers creating iridescence in lace weaves.
May/Jun: Coordinated Fabrics for Interiors
Projects in this issue come in pairs: each article presents two or more coordinated textiles to decorate a room. Winners of Handwoven’s Synchronized Swatches contest are presented and a feature gives tips on showing off novelty yarns.
Sept/Oct: Weaving inspired by other times and places
Weavers get inspiration from other weavers more than from any other source. This issue presents projects inspired by weaving around the world with special features on easy indigo dyeing and using eco-cotton.
Nov/Dec: Fulling and Felting
This issue explores the fascination weavers have with what can be created in the fulling process. We explore all of the magic that can happen after the cloth leaves the loom.