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Once you take up weaving, you become a maker of cloth. In quite a magical way, you are able to produce your own fabric.You can either choose to weave an item that is basically finished when it comes off the loom, or you can use your hand woven cloth as a stepping stone or starting point for something else.If you have, or can learn basic sewing skills, you are well on your way to creating unlimited projects with your handwoven fabric.

This compilation of five boundweave patterns will inspire and encourage you to give weft-faced weaving a try! Any one of these beautiful projects would be wonderful to weave and to own.

The guide to cloth: Weaves and designs

To create their intricately beautiful array of fabrics, A Rum Fellow’s cofounders, husband-and-wife Dylan O’Shea and Caroline Lindsell, draw on centuries-old techniques found in Guatemala. “It’s a nation that lives and breathes textiles,” says O’Shea. There, family-run weavers produce the London-based studio’s brightly colored brocades and fabrics, which debut in the U.S. this summer with

Described by her customers as creating “the best wall hangings in the universe”, we’re excited to introduce you to the graphic handwoven tapestries of Australian artist Kristen Carter, creator of Olive and the Boy. Bored during naptime of her two young children, she formed a love for weaving. Now, Kristen is making some incredible moves ...