Welcome to Woven Dreams!   The site is under construction and will be the new web home for

MARY LOU HANLEY
HANDWEAVING AND MORE!

Studio:
744 Alabama Street #245
San Francisco, CA 94110
info@wovendreams.net

I have always loved yarns, fabrics and any kind of fiber.  I have been weaving for over a dozen years.  This does not include the time I spent making potholders as a child!

I first learned to weave in New Mexico - what better place to learn than where the weaving tradition is centuries old.  I started with rugs on a walking loom and now work on my manual floor loom in my studio.  I very much like the tradition of weaving on a manual loom, and will probably never go to a computer-assisted loom.

I love the whole process - choosing the yarns, hand dying yarns, putting colors together, the actual weaving, finishing - and even the tedious task of warping!  And of course the weaving community is one of sharing, helping and friendship.  As I sit at my loom I face a wall of yarn, and my mind always takes me to the next project.

I do all my own weaving, and believe the finish work is as important as the weaving itself.  Occasionally I will leave a fringed end, if the yarn allows it, but generally the fringe is hand-braided.

Creating handwoven fashion accessories and household items is inspiration in itself, but ideas for color combinations and items come from everywhere.

I have exhibited at a number of county fairs and have taken blue, red and white ribbons for my work.

The inspiration for my site name, WOVEN DREAMS, comes from an old Japanese folk tale, The Crane Wife.  To read this interesting tale, click here.

And please sign my guest book!