Madelyn van der Hoogt
{{short description|American weaver, teacher and magazine editor}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Madelyn van der Hoogt
| image = Madelyn van der Hoogt, 2020.jpg
| caption = Madelyn van der Hoogt
of the Weavers' School
| birth_name = Madelyn Joy Sanborn
| birth_date = 1941
| education = B.A. in English, University of California, Berkeley, 1963
Teaching certificate, University of California, Berkeley, 1964
}}
Madelyn van der Hoogt (b. 1941) is an American weaver, teacher and writer who formerly edited Prairie Wool Companion, Weaver's, and Handwoven magazine.{{Cite web|url=https://handwovenmagazine.com/the-weaving-hall-of-fame/|title=The Weaving Hall of Fame|website=Handwoven|language=en|access-date=2019-12-12}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40478735/education_vacation/|title=Education vacation|date=2012-11-10|work=Times Colonist|access-date=2019-12-12|pages=51}}
Early life and education
Born in 1941, Madelyn Joy Sanborn lived in Los Angeles, where she attended Overland Avenue Elementary School, Palms Junior High, and Alexander Hamilton High School.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46030757/calendar-of-events-west-los-angeles/|title=Calendar of Events (West Los Angeles)|date=1959-03-15|work=The Los Angeles Times|access-date=2020-03-03|pages=208|quote=WEST LOS ANGELES - Madelyn Sanborn, Millie Moromotok and Judy. Mac- Lean of Hamilton High School will fill top city governmental positions during Girls' Week tomorrow through Friday.}} She earned a B.A. in English and a teaching certificate in 1963 at the University of California, Berkeley. She married Gerrit van der Hoogt in 1966.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/account/signin?returnUrl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.ancestry.com%2ffamily-tree%2fperson%2ftree%2f23797362%2fperson%2f242169698694%2ffacts|title=California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985|website=Ancestry |url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-03-13}}
Career
Van der Hoogt taught English at Claremont Junior High and Oakland Tech in Oakland, California.{{Cite web|url=https://www.weaversschool.com/staff.htm|title=Weaving Instructor – Weaving Teacher – Weavers School|website=www.weaversschool.com|access-date=2020-02-04}}{{Cite web|date=2015-04-09|title=Madelyn van der Hoogt, Teacher 1969-1974|url=https://oaklandtech.com/staff/centennial/2015/04/09/madelyn-van-der-hoogt-teacher-1969-1974/|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Oakland Tech Centennial|language=en-US}} The van der Hoogts moved in 1974 to Fayette, Missouri, where she taught English at Fayette High School.
In the 1970s, van der Hoogt learned to weave in Guatemala. With an interest in textiles, weaving, and looms, she edited Weaver's magazine (1986–1999) and Handwoven (1999–2012). In 1984 she established The Weavers' School in Fayette, Missouri. In 1993, van der Hoogt moved to Whidbey Island in Puget Sound with her looms and the school. Suzie Liles, of the Eugene Textile Center, became her Studio Director.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mafa-conference-2017.org/120-madelyn-van-der-hoogt/|title=120 Madelyn van der Hoogt - Deflected Doubleweave|date=2016-07-04|website=www.mafa-conference-2017.org|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-04}}
She has lectured and taught workshops for more than thirty-five years, in the United States, Canada, and Australia. In 2012, she retired from editing Handwoven magazine, to teach, weave, and write.
In naming van der Hoogt to "The Weaving Hall of Fame", Sherrie Amada Miller wrote, "She is the world's Weaving Wizard. As former editor of Prairie Wool Companion, Weaver's, and Handwoven, she has long been a star in our weaving universe."
She teaches weaving at the Weavers' School in Coupeville, Washington.
Selected publications
= Books =
Van der Hoogt edited the Best of Weaver's Series.
- {{Cite book|title=The Complete Book of Drafting for Handweavers|last=van der Hoogt|first=Madelyn|publisher=Shuttle Craft Books|year=1993|isbn=0916658511}}
- {{Cite book|title=The Weaver's Companion |series=The Companion Series|publisher=Interweave; Companion edition|year=2000|isbn=1883010810|editor-last=van der Hoogt|editor-first=Madelyn |editor-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book|title=Fabrics That Go Bump: The Best of Weaver's|publisher=Xrx Books|year=2002|isbn=1893762114|editor-last=van der Hoogt|editor-first=Madelyn |editor-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book|title=The Magic of Doubleweave|publisher=XRX|year=2006|isbn=9781933064048|editor-last=van der Hoogt|editor-first=Madelyn |editor-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book|title=Thick 'n Thin|publisher=XRX|year=2001|isbn=1893762084|editor-last=van der Hoogt|editor-first=Madelyn |editor-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book|title=Overshot is Hot|publisher=XRX|year=2008|isbn=9781933064116|editor-last=van der Hoogt|editor-first=Madelyn |editor-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book|title=Summer & Winter Plus|publisher=XRX|year=2010|isbn=9781933064215|editor-last=van der Hoogt|editor-first=Madelyn |editor-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book|title=Huck Lace|publisher=XRX|year=2000|isbn=9781893762015|editor-last=van der Hoogt|editor-first=Madelyn |editor-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book|title=Twill Thrills|publisher=XRX|year=2001|isbn=1893762084|editor-last=van der Hoogt|editor-first=Madelyn |editor-mask=2}}
= DVDs =
- {{Cite AV media|title=Weaving Well: From Yarn to Cloth|last=van der Hoogt|first=Madelyn|year=2011|isbn=1596686464}}
- {{Cite AV media|title=Weaving Overshot|last=van der Hoogt|first=Madelyn |author-mask=2 |publisher=Interweave|year=2015|isbn=1632500116}}
- {{Cite AV media|title=Warping Your Loom|last=van der Hoogt|first=Madelyn |author-mask=2 |publisher=Interweave|year=2010|isbn=9781596683648}}
- {{Cite AV media|title=Block Weaves|last=van der Hoogt|first=Madelyn |author-mask=2 |publisher=Interweave|year=2012|isbn=9781596686588}}
- {{Cite AV media|title=Weaving Deflected Doubleweave|last=van der Hoogt|first=Madelyn |author-mask=2 |publisher=F + W Media|year=2015|isbn=9781632505088}}
- {{Cite AV media|title=Weaving Lace|last=van der Hoogt|first=Madelyn |author-mask=2 |publisher=F + W Media|year=2013|isbn=9781620334362}}
- {{Cite AV media|title=Weaving Summer & Winter|last=van der Hoogt|first=Madelyn |author-mask=2 |publisher=F + W Media|year=2015|isbn=9781632505071}}
References
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