Handwoven Fall 2026

Whether you’re just starting out or you feel ready for bigger challenges, if you’re weaving what you enjoy, you’re doing everything right.

This issue focuses on ideas that will inspire, support, and challenge you, from articles that will sharpen your technique, to nine projects to weave.

You’ll find a simple wool pillow sleeve with just a bit of hand-manipulation, and a set of charming pillow covers inspired by playing cards. Two projects (a shawl and a scarf) show you how to wind semi-random warps—a skill that’s tailor-made for using up stash. Another one will have you making a wide variety of towels on a single warp (non-boring holiday weaving alert!). For a different challenge, we have a shawl and a runner that are easy to warp and slower to weave. We think the spectacular results are worth the effort! If split-shed weaving is new to you, a wall art project will teach you how to do it. The collection wraps up with a bag covered in columns of circles and a coordinating towel.

Projects explore a range of structures—including basketweave, crackle, lace, overshot, summer and winter, and twills of all sorts—using cotton, wool, Tencel, cottolin, and silk.

You’ll also find articles about weaving gradients, preparing cartoons for pick-up, weaving with silk, and more:

• Tien Chiu explains how to create simple and complex gradients.
• Tom Knisely writes about a yarn that carries memories of a distant land.
• Deborah Silver shows a cartoon setup for easier pick-up.
• Susan Du Bois provides real talk about weaving with silk.
• Yarn Lab takes a look at Tillie, a cupro yarn.
• Deborah Chandler writes about different ways of weaving, and asks for your ideas.
• Rachel Navarre shares her love of weaving: “I fall asleep imagining weave structures.”
  

We invite you to rediscover the joys of weaving, from simple to challenging, with Handwoven Fall 2026.

Articles

• Notes from the Fell—The Best Type of Memory Yarn, by Tom Knisely
• Yarn Lab—A Shiny Yarn Spun from Cottonseed Waste, by Lynn Rognsvoog
• A Simple Approach to Complex Gradient Design, by Tien Chiu
• Humans Who Weave, by Rachel Navarre
• Endnotes—For the Love of Weaving, by Deborah Chandler

Projects

• ON THE COVER: Fire Over Water Shawl, by Tien Chiu (24-shaft)
• Me and Ewe Pillow Sleeve, by Anu Bhatia (4-shaft)
• Cascading Bells Runner, by Alan Luhring (8-shaft)
• Shifting Structures Towels, by Annette Swan Schipf (8-shaft)
• Woodland Profiles, by Deborah Silver (4-shaft)
• Evergreen Shawl, by Rebecca Fox (4-shaft)
• Full Circle Tote, by Regina McInnes (16-shaft)
• Silken Treasure Scarves, by Robin Wilton (4-shaft)
• Winning Hand Pillows, by Kate Kilgus (4-shaft)