Issue 33 (Summer 1984) of The Weaver's Journal, a quarterly for textile craftspeople, which marks the change of ownership from Clotilde Barrett to Karen Searle and Suzanne Baizerman. Features include an explanation of how the Jacquard loom works, Sarakatsani cord and split-ply decoration from Greece, weaving the ancient Egyptian Girdle of Rameses on four or five shafts, a Telemark card-woven belt, shaft-switching with harness control on two-tie overshot-style block drafts, and production placemats in a Summer and Winter variant. Further articles cover a Smalands weave on eight shafts, a felted jacket in 5-shaft satin woven on opposites, a Beiderwand garment, a fashion trends column, and a children's class blanket project. Departments include letters, conference reports (Convergence '84, Midwest Weavers Conference), calendar, book reviews, products, classifieds, an annual index of volume VIII, and many advertisements.

Fall 1984 issue (Vol. IX, No. 2, Issue 34) of The Weaver's Journal, a quarterly for textile craftspeople. Features include Helen Sellin's study of the weave structure of a Chinese drawloom silk, Madelyn van der Hoogt on turned drafts in double two-tie unit weave (with profile drafts, tie-ups and treadling plans for tied Beiderwand, summer and winter, overshot and related structures), and articles on soft drink mix dyes, natural dyeing with household materials, antique fiber tools (wheels, swifts, winders, shuttles), textile conservation, fibers for spinning, Japanese weaving tools, a handspun ramie blouse, a 5-shaft Bronson belt woven on 4 shafts, heathered yarns, finishing techniques from Guatemala, and the fiber heritage of the Salish. Departments cover complex looms, fashion trends, letters, a conference on complex weaves, news, reviews of books on Guatemalan dress and American textiles, a calendar of exhibits, classifieds, and many advertisements.

Winter 1985 issue of The Weaver's Journal, a quarterly for textile craftspeople, with a theme centered on handwoven clothing. Features include dobby loom manipulation of multi-harness weaves, a finishing method from an Amazonian bracelet, wrist-to-wrist garments, tablet-woven bands for garments, pulled-warp loom-shaped clothing, mounting and care of textiles, a waffle-weave summer vest, liturgical vestments, Tied Lithuanian, cut-and-sew mittens, a tailored vest and skirt, man-made fibers, and the Doublejack device for floating selvedges. Also includes a profile of the tapestries and rugs of Märta Måås-Fjetterström, fashion trends, book and product reviews, calendar, classifieds, and many advertisements.

Spring 1985 issue of The Weaver's Journal, with a loose Scandinavian theme alongside rugs and interiors. Features include the third part of a series on textile conservation, Märta Måås-Fjetterström's tapestries, the Finnish ryijy (rya) tradition and Irma Kukkasjärvi, the Norwegian braided fringe firfletting, Swedish Vadstena picture lace, and an immigrant weaving at the American Swedish Institute. Rag rug coverage includes Log Cabin rag rugs from the Two Harbors area of Minnesota, rag rug lore, and a Finnish-American memoir of a homemade loom. Technical articles cover double-faced krokbragd on six and eight shafts, shaft-switching with weighted floating heddles on rising shed looms, designing for an interior, and three-toned blocks with long-eyed heddles, with drafts. Also contains columns on fashion trends, letters, a calendar, publication notices, classifieds and many advertisements.

Winter 1981 issue of The Weaver's Journal, devoted largely to handwoven clothing and accessories. It includes the new cocoon wrap jacket with several woven variations, vests, cardigan and other jackets, a ruana, an oval cape, a child's tulip outfit with loom-controlled inlay, a jacket inspired by West African strip weaving, bags, slippers and a sheepskin-and-weaving article. Technical pieces cover choosing commercial patterns for handwoven fabric, the multiple harness course (crepe weaves, fancy twills), color-and-weave effects on twill, and shaft-switching on boundweave rugs. The issue also has product reviews (Glimåkra looms), book reviews, and advertisements, with many threading, tie-up and treadling drafts and garment layout diagrams.

Spring 1981 issue of The Weaver's Journal (Vol. V, No. 4, Issue 20), with a rug theme. It includes a figure boundweave project, a multiple-shaft weaving series on twill and satin blocks, damask and the drawloom, and a survey of two-shaft inlay and brocade techniques. Other articles cover rag rugs on overshot, shaft-switching on 3-end block rug drafts, modern overshot (frappé moderne), weft ikat for rugs, tapestry, color progressions for sweater jackets, a low-budget tapestry loom, a cocoon hammock and a rag rug. Also contains book reviews, a product review of dobby looms, and advertisements. Many pages carry computer-generated weaving drafts.

Summer 1981 issue of The Weaver's Journal, focused on home furnishings and ecclesiastical weaving. It includes project instructions for three tablecloths (a 3/1 twill cottolin cloth, an overshot and pick-up leno set, and a mock-leno cloth), plus several insulating window coverings such as Roman shades, shutters and tapestry window panels, some in mock leno and doup leno. Technical articles cover shaft-switching on 3-end drafts, satin with long-eyed heddles, multiple-shaft M's and O's with two foundation shafts, and figured bead leno lace. The ecclesiastical section covers vestments, a talis, hangings, stoles and chasubles. Other items are felting, a computer loom program, product and book reviews, contest winners, ads and an index.

Fall 1981 issue (Vol. VI, No. 2, Issue 22) of The Weaver's Journal, with a handspun-handwoven theme. Articles cover Peter Collingwood on the origins of shaft-switching and striped patterns on 3-end drafts, rug weaving without draw-in, long-eyed heddles for patterned double weave, and threading for 2-or-more-tie block weaves. Other pieces cover a Greek tagari saddlebag, a lacy handspun stole, the San Francisco Tapestry Workshop, an interview with Allen Fannin, and basic drafting for two and three shafts. The issue also has a coverlet weaver's memoir, Kasuri-like weaving, handmade paper, a handwoven nativity scene project, book and product reviews, a TRS-80 drafting program, and many advertisements.

Winter 1981-82 issue of The Weaver's Journal, devoted largely to handwoven fashion and garments. It includes a fashion trends roundup, projects for jackets, a raincoat, tunic, cape, vests, shirts, a dress and sauna robe, hats and bags, plus profiles of designers such as Barbara Knollenberg and Hanni Bureker. Technical articles cover yarn count systems, tie-ups for multiple tie block weaves, a BASIC drawdown program for computers, rug yarns, twills, a universal countermarch tie-up, leno with steel doup heddles, and an Andean tubular trim woven without heddles. Also includes a San Francisco tapestry article, book reviews, product news, coming events and many advertisements. Nineteen pages carry weaving drafts.

Spring 1982 issue of The Weaver's Journal (Vol. VI, No. 4, Issue 24) with a rug theme and a long feature on weaving in Quebec by Clotilde Barrett, covering traditional Quebecois techniques (catalogne, point boutonné, travail à la planche, ceinture fléchée) and contemporary garments and home textiles. Rug articles cover an all-white overshot rug, a rag-strip rug, a chenille twice-woven rug, rag rugs with overlapping weft ends, a soumak saddle blanket, a six-end block draft for rugs and a rug techniques overview. Other articles cover card weaving on four shafts, a Guatemalan brocade border, a melon basket, double woven house boots, an inkle tool kit, spice dyeing, 2-tie four-end block drafts (Summer and Winter), and Peruvian slings. The issue also has book reviews, letters, coming events and many advertisements.

Summer 1982 issue of The Weaver's Journal, a quarterly for textile craftspeople. It features an interview with designer Jack Lenor Larsen, articles on interior and upholstery fabrics, and a group of pieces on matelasse and stitched double cloth, including loom-controlled quilting on four shafts and weave analysis. Other projects include a cardwoven selvedge for weft-faced rugs, a Linbogarn shirt with Bar Code 39 stripes, a braided strap from Colombia, woven felted boots, a double-woven mailbag, and backstrap weaving in Ecuador. The issue also has reader letters, book and foreign periodical reviews, product news, classified ads, and the Volume VI index.

Fall 1982 issue of The Weaver's Journal, devoted to linen. Articles cover growing, retting, scutching, hackling and spinning flax, dyeing linen, weaving it (warping, setts), and a brief history of linen with linen facts. Projects and drafts include a double-weave work apron, M's and O's apron, plain-weave linen towels, pick-up leno, an Atwater Bronson lace tablerunner, a Whig Rose overshot study, a Macedonian shirt variation, and twill Christmas cards. Also includes an article on blocks and profile drafts, broadcloth and doeskin finishing, rug design, a basketry cornucopia, handwoven puppets, a computer weaving program, book and product reviews, coming events and advertisements.

Winter 1982-1983 issue of The Weaver's Journal, devoted largely to handwoven garments and fashion design. It includes profiles of garment designers, projects for coats, capes, vests, skirts, shawls and jackets, and finishing techniques such as crochet, inkle bands and fur trim. Technical articles cover double two-tie twills and basket weave, 5-block double weave on the Glimåkra long eyed heddle accessory, complementary-warp weave from Cañar, Ecuador, and a textured weave, along with the continuing Whig Rose overshot study with many samples and drafts. The issue also has book and product reviews, a contest announcement, coming events and many advertisements.

Spring 1983 issue of The Weaver's Journal, themed on designing textiles for interior spaces. It features a series on rep weave (warp-faced and weft-faced) with projects by several weavers, an introductory article on computers for weavers, and articles on rug weaving by Barbara Hand and Anne Brooke. Other items include a quick thick Summer and Winter rug, a handwoven wedding chuppa, four-shaft double weaves, double weave pick-up, color in summer and winter, enlarged patterns in waffle weave and Dukagang, table tapestries, plaited twills, a baby blanket and a dyed cotton overshot rug. Also includes fashion trends, book and product reviews, study opportunities, and many advertisements.

Summer 1983 issue of The Weaver's Journal, themed on the importance of historical and ethnic textiles as inspiration for contemporary weavers. Articles cover museum textile research, Chilkat and Northwest Coast weaving, Shaker textiles, Norwegian aklae tapestry, Peruvian complementary-warp weaves, Southwest Indian twill tapestry, Sumbanese warp ikat and tying ikat on the loom, Guatemalan backstrap weaving, Navajo inspiration, damask, and learning to weave in Japan. Technical pieces include part 2 of a series on computers for weavers, four-block double weave on four shafts, 8-shaft double weave with a placemat project, a proposal for standardizing weaving terminology and drafting conventions, and space dyeing with fiber-reactive dyes. Also includes the editor's letter, mail bag, index of Volume VII, errata, book and product reviews, and many advertisements.

Fall 1983 issue of The Weaver's Journal, a quarterly for textile craftspeople, with a loose theme of lesser-known plant fibers. The main project is a year of twelve kitchen towels by Clotilde Barrett, one per month, each in a different four-shaft structure (spot Bronson, turned summer and winter, miniature overshot, point twill, Atwater-Bronson lace, huck lace, Monk's belt, M's and O's, crackle), with full drafts. Other articles cover a Chinese drawloom, handspun saddle blanket, computers for weavers (Part 3) with a name-draft program listing, rainbow dyeing, transparent weaving with handspun cotton, an onion basket, flame retardants, yarn counts, mothproofing wool, and plant fibers (hard and soft fibers, piña, ramie, with a multi-shaft huck lace shirt). The issue also has book reviews, product news, catalogs, classifieds and many advertisements.

Winter 1983-1984 issue of The Weaver's Journal, themed on handwoven clothing. It has project articles with drafts and instructions for sweaters, tops, jackets, a seersucker blazer, a stole, a dress and a hiking jacket, plus pieces on weave-and-knit garments, turned summer and winter, shadow weave, multishaft overshot, four-shaft twill and countermarche looms. Other articles cover computer programming and computer-controlled tie-ups for weaving, the Irish Kinsale cloak, the development of the woven skirt, cotton spinning, art basketry, and the business of weaving. Departments include the editor's letter, mail bag, book and product reviews, classified ads and many advertisements.

Spring 1984 issue of The Weaver's Journal, with a rug theme that presents the winning and top entries from the journal's 1983 rug competition. Articles cover rag, flamepoint, meet-and-separate, clasped-weft, three-end and four-end block (summer and winter) and Landes-style tapestry rugs. A long feature by Clotilde Barrett explains shaft-switching, with sections on the devices of William Koepp and Richard Shultz and on tapestry effects. Other articles cover one-pot warp dyeing, a quilted counterpane study, Tarascan lace, the MasterWeaver cylinder loom, long-eyed heddles, the blanket weave, a raddle, and a kimono/pants ensemble. The issue also has fashion trends, book and product reviews, letters, and many advertisements.

Summer 1985 issue of The Weaver's Journal (Vol. X, No. 1, Issue 37), focused largely on ethnographic textiles and garment construction. Features include the final installment of a textile conservation series on preservation and storage, and Adele Cahlander's and Noémi Speiser's articles on loop-manipulated braids, with an annotated bibliography. Other articles cover Southwestern weaver Ramona Sakiestewa, Rabari lodi shawls of Kutch, Qotny and Alaga striped satin fabrics for Middle Eastern kaftans, Greek chemises and a summer shirt for narrow looms, a satin weave evening bag, contest results, Bolivian fullus ikat blankets, Kumejima kasuri, weft ikat, and Bergman weave. It also includes color trends, letters, book reviews, an index to Volume IX, calendar, products, classifieds and many advertisements.

Fall 1985 issue of The Weaver's Journal, a quarterly for textile craftspeople, with a focus on fibers, spinning and dyeing. Features include an equipment forum with interviews of loom manufacturers, articles on complex weaving and a loom built from medieval sources, card-woven fringe, a 19th-century Norwegian billedvev tapestry, and Churro sheep and the Navajo livestock reduction. Dyeing and color coverage includes planting a dye garden, the first part of a color theory series, silk dyeing with natural and fiber-reactive dyes, and silk preparation on Kumejima, Japan. Weaving content includes figures in boundweave with drafts and a needleweaving garment (scaffold weaving). The issue also has book reviews, product notes, conference reports, study and travel listings, classifieds and many supplier advertisements.

Winter 1986 issue of The Weaver's Journal, themed on clothing. It opens with Sigrid Piroch's step-by-step guide to complex weaves from four to sixteen harnesses, with many drafts, and Susan Mansfield's article on name drafts. Clothing articles cover styling handwovens (Anita Mayer), vadmal (fulled wool) and its finishing and closures, fine thread tapestry neckpieces, ribbon wefts, random warp steam dyeing, cannelé chenille, Dutch liturgical vestments and stoles, and Guatemalan dress. Color theory (visual mix, Irma Robinson), Philis Alvic's notes on marketing as a pattern weaver, and William Koepp's shed regulator for counterbalance looms are also included. The issue ends with the editors' page, letters, fashion trends, author notes, book reviews, calendar, study and travel listings, classifieds and advertisements.

Tenth-anniversary issue (Spring 1986) of The Weaver's Journal, with a tribute to founder Clotilde Barrett and her article on designing multi-harness huck. Other features cover Shaker towels, hemstitched edgings for linen, Danish twined rag rugs, loom-woven baskets, color theory and visual illusions, boundweave, sock-top bathmats and sauna towels in tow linen, and custom upholstery and windlace woven for a 1930 Cadillac. Further articles deal with West African strip weaving, point block progression, ways to hang a weaving, warp-faced double cloth adapted from Andean technique, and shed rods. The issue also has editorials, letters, product news, book reviews, a calendar, classifieds and advertisements, with drafts on about 20 pages.

Summer 1986 issue of The Weaver's Journal, themed "Images of the Southwest." It features an interview with Noël Bennett, a profile of anthropologist Kate Peck Kent, the construction of a Spanish Colonial loom, Mary Rawcliffe Colton's survey of fiber artists inspired by the New Mexico landscape, and articles on contemporary Navajo weaving, Navajo saddle blanket patterns, and the weavers of Chimayó. Projects include huck-lace cotton dresses for narrow looms, twilled cottolin towels in the Weekend Weaver series, and instructions for tying string heddles. Also included are Part IV of the color theory series, a Jack Lenor Larsen profile, book reviews, a directory of museums, shops and galleries in Arizona and New Mexico, product news, a calendar, classifieds and advertisements.

Fall 1986 issue of The Weaver's Journal, themed on cotton. Articles cover the history and mythology of cotton, a glossary, cotton spinning (including Southwest pueblo practice and supported spindles), Hopi rain sash embellishments, doup leno cotton lace, cotton yarn counts and fiber types, a profile of Robert and Roberta Ayotte, cotton receiving blankets, brushing cotton, a summer-and-winter skirt, and double corduroy rugs. Other features include tapestry with unspun flax, textile research in Paris, border design in block weaves, antique spinning chairs, book reviews, errata, calendar, catalogs and ads. Eight pages carry weaving drafts.

Winter 1987 issue of The Weaver's Journal, themed on woven fashion. It includes projects for a loom-shaped top with Dukagång inlay, a half shawl, an 8-harness twill-block cape, and summer and winter garments, plus a beginner's hat and scarf. Feature articles cover the history of the Paisley shawl, Chinese brocades and supplementary weft patterning, weaving a Ukrainian plakhta skirt, Jacob wool for handspinners, hairpin lace and crochet surface embellishment, and a comparison of American and German handweaving. The issue also has letters, author profiles, a teachers directory, book reviews, news, a calendar, study and travel listings, classifieds, and advertisements.

Spring 1987 issue of The Weaver's Journal (Vol. XI, No. 4, Issue 44), a general-interest issue on fabric design. It includes articles on computer-aided fabric analysis, an excerpt from Else Regensteiner's Geometric Design in Weaving, sprang on the loom, Finnweave (double-weave patterning on 4 and 8 shafts) with drafts, marketing handwoven fabric, velvet ikat, and a profile of brocade weaver Morgan Clifford. Also included are the name draft contest winners (huck and double-weave runners), the Moebius vest, plaited twill projects, articles on weaving by blind and visually impaired weavers, loom maintenance, product reviews, calendar, book reviews, classifieds and ads.

Summer 1987 tapestry-themed issue of The Weaver's Journal. Features include Nancy Harvey's "Tapestry Tips" on weft interlock, Monica Bravo on a Pre-Columbian Peruvian knotting (needlenetting) technique, the tapices of San Pedro de Cajas in Peru, tapestries from Indonesia, and Coptic Egyptian textiles. It also covers the American Tapestry Alliance, tapestry artists (Victor Jacoby, Joan Renne, the Taos Tapestry Collective), the Ramah Navajo Liberty Blanket, and a V&A Museum collection survey. Projects and drafts include bias twills for eight shafts, a two-block boundweave rag rug (Weekend Weaver), a desert tapestry vest and a tabby-tapestry sampler. Departments include letters, a teachers directory, an index to Volume XI, book notices, a calendar and advertisements.

Fall 1987 issue of The Weaver's Journal, a quarterly for handweavers and spinners, with a cover feature on toothbrush rugs, a rag-based form of nalbinding (needle-looping). Other articles cover Scandinavian nalbinding, overshot variations (swivel, honeycomb, shadow weave, huck, brocade and petit point), a guild's history, Japanese felt artist Shinnosuke Seino, handspun yarn design, a triangular handspun shawl, Andean warp-faced fabrics, rayon twill scarves, multilayer and double weave color changes, and warp-faced krokbragd. It also includes tapestry tips, editorials and letters, book reviews, a calendar, and advertisements. The editors announce austerity measures, and the issue is marked as the final one.