Tapestry

Celebrating Domestic Arts: A Day of Historical Natural Dye

Connecting Threads allows visitors to experience the process of turning a sheep’s fleece into a piece of clothing through a natural dye workshop.

Annamarie Hatcher

The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Weaving Tapestry with Handspun

Working on Easy Weaving with Little Looms, I’ve been eyeing my little I-loom and dreaming of weaving tapestry with handspun.

Anne Merrow

Weaving with Handspun: What Makes a Good Tapestry Yarn?

Rebecca Mezoff

Spinning Is Always the Right Decision

Spin Off themes are pretty relaxed; we think of them as prompts instead of narrowly focused plans. The Spring 2017 issue focused on making decisions—a spinner’s greatest challenge and opportunity. Whether they were choosing between two ways of prepari

Anne Merrow

A Tale of Three Yarns: How to Make and Use Art Yarns

Anne Merrow

Inspiration Everywhere: Handspun Yarn in Tapestry Weaving

Whether she's weaving enormous tapestries, tiny four-selvedge tapestries, or linen yardage on a backstrap loom, Sarah Swett is a delight to watch. From our archives, an inventive piece how to weave on a cardboard box.

What did Jane Austen do with a spinning wheel?

Of Spiders and Spinners

Who made that yarn?

Q&A with Spinning Instructor Jillian Moreno

Spinning to see the world

Weaving with Handspun, a balance of opposites