Handwoven Bonus Collection #1

What inspires you to weave? The projects in this collection, presented by the editors of Handwoven, will fuel your creative spirit.

The designers who created the 12 projects in Handwoven Bonus Collection #1 were inspired by ideas ranging from a historic dress fragment to precut quilting squares, a trip to Africa, patriotic colors, an indigo vat, gentle breezes, precious babies, and even flying pigs.

Susan A. Bloomfield‘s cheery 4-shaft Monk‘s Belt Revisited Towels were originally inspired by a dress fragment in a Swedish museum—but the story has a twist. The weaver who discovered that fragment, Margaretha Essen-Hedin, reinterpreted it as a tablecloth in Handwoven‘s May/June 1987 issue. Susan's towels are an interpretation of Margaretha‘s work—and a reminder that we are all a part of handweaving‘s long heritage.

Carla Jeanne Hubbart‘s elegant rigid heddle scarf, Zebras on the Serengeti, is a masterpiece of asymmetry and balanced random colors inspired by a trip to Africa. Repeated black and white stripes in warp and weft contrast with handpainted greens, blues, and tans, combined in color-and-weave.

The ripples in an indigo vat and the color changes that fibers undergo as they are withdrawn from the vat—from bright leaf green to rich blue—led Tegan Frisino to design her 4-shaft Inspired by Indigo pillows. The project is a very fresh take on traditional overshaft.

Dive in to the Handwoven Bonus Collection #1 eBook to find your next great weaving project!

ALSO INCLUDED

• Fluttery Lace Curtain [8-shaft] by Regina McInnes
• When Pigs Fly [pin loom] by Margaret Stump
• Mix It Up Mug Rugs [2-shaft] by Laura Lough
• A Slice of Layer Cake Runner [2-shaft] by Rebecca Fox
• Share Your Colors Scarf [4-shaft] by Maggie Byckalo
• Skullery Towels [8-shaft] by Margery Erickson
• City Chic Scarf [4-shaft] by Susan Capehart
• Celebration Romper [8-shaft] by Malynda Allen
• Natural Charm Dish Towels [rigid heddle] by Melanie Smith