Episode 17: Weaving Periodicals

This episode is all about those wonderful weaving periodicals that inspire and delight us. We talk to Madelyn Van Der Hoogt of Handwoven, Jean Scorgie of Weaver’s Craft, and Tina Ignell of Vävmagasinet. We discuss a summer reading list of fiction books that feature weavers, ask for your thoughts about an online weaving magazine, and finally, I share the details of my torrid summer love affair.

Summer Reading List

• Wintersmith by Terry Prachett
• Avielle of Rhia by Dia Calhoun
• The Last Mortal Man by Syne Mitchell
• Silas Marner by George Eliot
• Pelle's New Suit by Elsa Beskow
• Sophie's Masterpiece by Eileen Spinelli and Jane Dyer

Resources (mentioned during the show)

• WeaveCast: Backstage
• ColorCache4 (a cool color-design program)
• Handwoven
• The Complete Book of Drafting for Handweavers by Madelyn van der Hoogt
• Weaver's Craft
• Vävmagasinet


• Favorite Rag Rugs by Tina Ignell
• Australian Hand Weaver and Spinner
• Journal for Weavers Spinners & Dyers
• Complex Weaver’s Journal
• Twist
• Shuttle Spindle and Dyepot

Musical Guest

• "Blue Summer Day"
  from Blue Summer Day
  by D.C. Anderson
  LML Music

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