Smithsonian Craft Show 2024 I’m proud to be one of 120 of the nation’s finest craftspeople at the 2024 Smithsonian Craft Show, May 1-5 at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. Come see me in Booth 123 at the National Building Museum, Washington DC, May 1-5. #smithsoniancraftshow @smithsoniancraftshowsswc I’ll have both of these new […]
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The Holiday Sale Expands
For one week, use the coupon code MYHW2022 for a 20% discount on all in stock scarves and shawls. The sale includes pieces not on the website. I have many of the black and white patterns in luscious vibrant or soft colors. It’s too complicated to list them all. Look at Andante, Branzino, Allegro or […]
Holiday Sale!
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Convergence 2022 Events
This year, for the first time, I have entered some of the exhibitions that go along with the Handweaver’s Guild of America’s (HGA) bi-annual conference, Convergence. This Convergence, in Knoxville TN, is the first one since 2018 because of COVID. https://weavespindye.org/convergence/ The reason I did this is all about tapestry and The American Tapestry Alliance […]
Good Variants: Designing Scarves in a Pandemic
Here’s a little of what I’ve been up to as a weaver. COVID-19 is making it hard to sell scarves and shawls but I’ve been busy. I have new designs and I’m learning tapestry weaving! In the first wave of COVID I made some scarves with big colorful ovals, color against color (no black). I […]
Craft Boston Mix + Mingle
Please join me in conversation with other Craft Boston artists this Sunday. Betsy Hershberg, Barb Baur, Tamra Thomas-Gentry, Lisa B. Evans, and I will be meeting together over Zoom. It will start with introductions from each of us and then open up for chat and questions. This “Mix + Mingle” event will be held on […]
Designing a New Shawl
The original Mosaic scarves and shawls have been popular since I started weaving them, and it’s always interesting to expand on an existing pattern. Here’s the story of Mosaic Plus. The idea for Mosaic Plus started with a local customer who bought a black and white Mosaic shawl a few years ago. She wears it […]
Cloth#20
We’re going to Edinburgh! Muffy Young Handweaving will be participating in the Cloth#20 online sales event from August 22-23. Check out @pickoneweave on Instagram, or visit their website here for more information. I met James Donald at ACC Baltimore and was inspired by his commitment to Scottish weaving, but this show goes beyond tradition. It […]
Create, Chestertown MD
I’m thrilled to be a current guest artist at this gallery in eastern Maryland. Create is now open Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays from 11-3, Saturdays 10-4, and also available for appointments outside regular business hours. I have sent them a nice assortment of scarves and shawls, including two new patterns: Mosaic Plus and Landscape Variation. […]
Greene Ziner Gallery Opening
As retail spaces cautiously reopen, we wanted to give you some information on where to buy wearable art and hand-crafted gifts (or something for yourself)! The Greene Ziner Gallery in Deer Isle, Maine is home to Melissa and Eric, a potter and a metalworker respectively. They hope to be open Tuesday-Thursday from 10-5 starting next […]