Handwoven Magazine Winter 2025

Handwoven Magazine Winter 2025 invites you to channel natural landscapes into your studio with ten compelling projects spanning diverse weaving structures and techniques. Discover runners featuring overshot patterning and honeycomb details, scarves with unexpected textural elements—from differential-shrinkage ruffles to hidden passages—and an array of functional pieces including waffle-weave and tumbling-block dish towels. This issue explores honeycomb, monk's belt, doubleweave, basketweave, and twill, working with materials ranging from traditional wool and cotton to innovative tencel and bamboo. Beyond projects, delve into color-and-weave explorations with Tom Knisely, examine the evolution of weaving passementerie through curated book selections, and trace Linda Ligon's influential journey in publishing. Yarn Lab offers an in-depth comparison of the new Zephira yarn with its predecessor, while features on creative practitioners and their artistic processes round out this richly layered winter edition.

Articles

• Notes from the Fell — Sampling Close Color-and-Weave Relations, by Tom Knisely
• 50 Years of Weaving in the House That Linda Built, by Anne Merrow
• 100 Days of Shadow Weave, by Rebecca Winter
• Media Picks — Passementerie, by Jessica Light, and Passementerie, by Elizabeth Ashdown; reviewed by Christina Garton
• Yarn Lab — Still Mourning Zephyr? Please Meet Zephira!, by Denise Bolger Kovnat

Projects

• ON THE COVER: Misty Mountains Runner, by Dana Lutz (8-shaft)
• A Shaggy-Bag Story, by Linda Ligon (2-shaft)
• Magic Ruffles Scarf, by Jennifer Sargent (8-shaft)
• Garden Path Towels, by Malynda Allen (4-shaft)
• Secret Passage Scarf, by Marcia Toms (8- or 4-shaft)
• Blueberry Waffle Towels, by Claudia Tokola (7-shaft)
• Making Waves Runner, by Andrea Williams (4-shaft)
• Dicey Dish Towels, by Sheila O’Hara (16-shaft)
• Birds of a Feather Scarf, by Alison Stewart-Guinee (6- or 4-shaft)