{"product_id":"handwoven-magazine-spring-2026-volume-xlvi-number-6-copy","title":"Handwoven Magazine Spring 2026, Volume XLVII Number 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eStep into a world of color, pattern, and shimmering effects inspired by the tiny creatures all around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ten projects in this issue celebrate the details that make insects so captivating. You’ll weave a table runner that echoes a distinctive butterfly’s coloration and another that draws on a beetle’s hues and shape. Two scarves use different techniques to create shimmering effects, while a third suggests a drifting flight of dragonflies. There are cheerful ladybug towels, garden-inspired moth towels, butterfly pillow covers woven with a special pick-up technique, and cocoon-like zipper bags shaped on the loom for simple finishing. The collection wraps up with a versatile shawl that can even become a set of playful wings for a child.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProjects explore a range of structures—including plain weave, boundweave, shadow weave, summer and winter, and lots of twills—using cotton, cottolin, bamboo, silk, Tencel, and wool.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou’ll also find articles about drafting and weaving techniques, textile history, and even pest control, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTom Knisely writes about how to keep bugs and other tiny creatures out of your stash.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eMedia Picks\u003c\/em\u003e reviews a new book about the power of profile drafting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRead about the history of two insects and the brilliant reds they give us.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn dozens of ways you can achieve shimmer in your weaving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eYarn Lab\u003c\/em\u003e takes a closer look at Yarn Barn of Kansas’s new Big Dipper and Little Dipper Tencel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLet your weaving take flight with the ideas you’ll find in \u003cem\u003eHandwoven\u003c\/em\u003e Spring 2026. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArticles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNotes from the Fell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Tale of Moths and Mice,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Tom Knisely\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eTwo Insects and Their Brilliant Reds,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Sara Temme\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Bounty of Ways to Weave Shimmer, by Bobbie Irwin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedia Picks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProfile Drafting for Handweavers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, by Deb Essen; 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