Handwoven Summer 2025

It’s time to get ready for warm-weather adventures with the help of Handwoven. The eleven appealing projects in this issue will beautify and enrich your summer, wherever you find yourself. For trips to the beach or pool, you’ll find two bags with matching towels and a pair of cover-ups. For camping inside or out, we suggest making potholders, utility cloths, towels, a bread cloth, and napkins. For comfortable travel, consider weaving a cozy scarf—or a drapey shawl. 

Wondering about the structures they use? You’ll find shadow weave, turned taqueté, color-and-weave, overshot, and multiple takes on twill, woven in cotton, linen, hemp, Tencel, recycled yarn, old t-shirts, and just a touch of wool. 

That’s not all! You’ll learn more about weaving history, design, and techniques in the articles and features in this issue:

• Tom Knisely writes about an ancient rug woven with—wait for it—cat hair. He visited it, and so can you! 
• Anita Osterhaug reviews a book about designing and weaving krokbragd, as viewed through the eyes of an artist.
• In Vintage Weavers you’ll find techniques for weaving with touchy shoulders.
• Learn how—and why—to turn a summer and winter draft (and then weave a tunic project that does just that).
• Yarn Lab takes a closer look at LoftyCotton Boucle.

Set yourself up for summer with the project ideas you’ll find in Handwoven Summer 2025.

Articles:

• Notes from the Fell—A Rug with the Cat Hair Built In, by Tom Knisely
• Vintage Weavers—From Pain to Gain: Weaving with Touchy Shoulders, by Tina Fletcher and Cynthia Evetts
• Media Picks—Krokbragd: Contemporary Weaving with Colour, by Angie Parker; reviewed by Anita Osterhaug
• Setting a Goal, Then Finding the Path, by Cynthia Newman and Katzy Luhring
• Yarn Lab—Add Overall Texture with LoftyCotton Boucle, by Deanna Deeds
• Endnotes—Serve and Return on the Loom, by Maribeth O’Donnell

Projects:

• ON THE COVER: Shoreline Shawl by Joy Pate (8-shaft)
• Sunset Fiesta Towels by Donna Flack Shadix (8-shaft)
• Blue Horizons Tunic by Katzy Luhring and Cynthia Newman (4-shaft)
• Perfect Potholders by Lois Herr (4-shaft)
• Splash of Lime Cabana Set by Deborah Sykes (4-shaft)
• Scottish Summer Scarf by Jeremy Uden (8-shaft)
• Sea Breeze Cover-Up by Cathy Coatney (4- or 8-shaft)
• Adventure Utility Squares by Dorothy Tuthill (2- or 4-shaft)
• Floral Bouquet Napkins by Malynda Allen (4-shaft)
• Beach House Bread Cloths by Andrea Williams (8-shaft)
• Ripple Towel and Tote by Regina McInnes (8-shaft)