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Weave more in 2024! with two new collections of beautiful drafts

and a special offer from  Handweaving.net ! ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

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Dear Weaver,

Looking for inspiration to kick off the new year? Time to sit down with a cup of coffee, page through some beautiful drafts, and start cooking up some fabulous weaving in 2024!

To help you start 2024 right, we've just released two brand-new draft collections on Handweaving.net, the result of months of meticulous work and dedication. These collections offer a unique blend of historical significance and creative inspiration - a real treasure trove for weavers!

Anonymous pattern book discovered at the Free Library of Philadelphia

draft collection

  • 138 exquisite profile drafts, dating back to the 1700s

  • View Draft Collection
  • Access Original Manuscript
  • These designs are presented as profile drawdowns in the handwritten manuscript. Use our Profile Block Substiturion Tool to translate them into your own drafts in 46 different structures!
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We are delighted to also introduce a second collection of historical profile drafts.

Mary Meigs Atwater: A Book of Patterns for Hand-Weaving by John Landes, from Drawings in the Pennsylvania Museum.

These drafts were created by us (with some edits and corrections) from a facsimile of the original handwritten manuscript in Mary's book, paying homage to her dedication and creativity from almost 100 years ago.

 
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To celebrate our new collections, we invite you to explore these drafts - and more! - with us, with a special offer for new subscribers. Inspire your creativity with a new world of drafts, weaving tools, and historical document treasures.

 

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But hurry, it expires January 8, 2024.
 


Create your projects with us, from inspirational draft to finished design.

  • Discover 75,000+ drafts from MANY different countries, time periods, and styles.
 
  • Find drafts suitable for YOUR loom and goals quickly and easily, using our Draft Search.
 
  • Got a profile draft? Transform it in a single click! Our Profile Block Substitution Tool makes simple block substitution quick and easy in over 46 weave structures.
 
  • Expand your draft to project size using our Draft Repeats Tool.
 
  • Edit any draft (or create and design your own!) with our powerful, yet easy-to-use Draft Editor.
 
  • Add color and see what your final project will look like with our Draft Color Editor.
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  • Expand your creative horizons using our Amalgamation Drafting Tool. Don't get caught up in shaft envy - this tool creates gorgeous designs on fewer shafts than you'd ever think possible!

What's more, we offer a bountiful online library of hard-to-find historical weaving documents. You can search thousands of articles and books for answers to your questions, without ever leaving your loom.
 

Reach your full weaving potential with Handweaving.net!

The Handweaving.net Color Editor is amazing. I've bought and used at least five different weaving software programs and the Color Editor is by far the easiest and most effective for working with color. I use it myself every day, and have strongly recommended it to the over 11,000 students I've taught about color in weaving!

– Tien Chiu

The drafting capabilities of Handweaving.net just keep getting better and better! I love how easy it is to use for demos during my classes and webinars, and how accessible it is to everyone! The new features in the Draft Editor make it possible to do just about everything a typical user needs and features like Amalgamation and Profile Drafting are super for power users, too. I recommend a subscription to Handweaving.net to floor loom weavers before any other book or publication these days! 

– Janet Dawson

Weaver, start 2024 off with a creative BOOM! Tens of thousands of beautiful drafts await you, along with the tools you need to translate them into wonderful projects. Discover more, design more, and WEAVE more in 2024.

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Happy New Year from your partner in weaving success!

Handweaving.net

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From the bottom of our hearts, thanks for being part of this new venture with us. 

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