IKAT II: Ikat with Warp, Weft, Double, & Compound Weaving, Shifu, Hand & Machine Knitting, Lydia Van Gelder.
It's back, it's bigger, and it's even better! This is a revised and expanded edition of Van Gelder's out-of-print classic 1980 text, "Ikat." Added chapters cover "shifu" (Japanese paper spinning and weaving), ikat for knitting, and a Sumba warp-ikat technique for creating mirror images. Included with each ikat technique is a project with specific instructions for the reader to try. The larger format of the redesigned layout adds to the book, and high-quality paper makes diagrams and photos (some new contemporary pieces are added) clearer than in the earlier edition. This is a must for any would-be resist dyer, and an important reference for those who have tried the techniques. 50 color pages. ISBN-10: 0962558656. Softcover 8½" x 11." $34.95  #139475

INKLE, Evelyn Neher.
This is one of those legendary books known to many, but available to few. Now this handsome, hard-bound edition is available to narrow band weavers. It is a complete manual for the branch of weaving now known as inkle. Plain weave, color arrangement, various pick-up patterns, double-weaves, and other byways from around the world, are all clearly explained with many charted patterns in a new notation. This how-to section is great, but filling it out is a long section on many regional narrow band devices and methods leading to our contemporary inkle looms. This is a basic textbook, reference book, and a new "old friend" for narrow band weavers.  ISBN-10: 0960085424.  314 pages.  6¾" x 9¾" hardcover. $35.00  #139353

INKLE WEAVING, Helene Bress.
Everything you need to know about inkle weaving is covered in this book.  The author knows and respects her subjects well, and has the facility to to write clearly and thoroughly.  The basics are covered, and many interesting variations are described.  The pickup weaves are described in words and are accompanied by clear pictures.  Good finishing techniques, ways of joining bands to make wider pieces such as pillows, purses and ponchos  are illustrated and many ways of using bands are shown.  ISBN: 0962054313.  214 pages, 7½" x 9" softcover.  $24.95  #139175

DVD - INTRODUCTION TO WEAVING, Deborah Chandler.
$29.95  #139527

LEARNING TO WEAVE: Revised Edition, Deborah Chandler.
All you need to know to weave with confidence is here, and this newly revised edition adds an important chapter on warping back-to-front and updated resource lists. 8 1/2 x 11, hardbound, 232 pages, color photos and b&w illustrations throughout. ISBN 1-883010-03-9.  $24.95  #239024

LINE IN TAPESTRY, Kathe Todd-Hooker.
This book is written about line use, line technique, and producing lines in tapestry from the simple to the complex. If you want to understand line usage in tapestry, this is the book for you. The book also has a great deal of information of that would be of general use to tapestry weavers. These include: preparing weft bundles so that the group of yarn lie flat and weave in without tension problems, wrapping bobbins effectively, and using the technical aspects of weaving to help support the aesthetic possibilities of the tapestry design.  ISBN-10: 0975369822. Spiral Bound.  82 pages.  $25.00  #139418

THE MAKER'S HAND: A Close Look at Textile Structures, Peter Collingwood.
The range of textiles shown here is remarkable both in the type of textiles and the materials used to make them.  There are basket, fan, spring of  Jeep seat, bead belts, pot scourers, felt hangings, raffia cloth, a rice sieve, warp face belts, and much more.  It is a very well-designed book with most of the examples shown illustrated in color.  Very clear diagrams show the structure of the fabric.  The examples selected come from countries all over the world.  ISBN: 1857251342.  160 pages, profusely illustrated.  8½" x 11¼" hardcover. $34.95  #139095

MANUAL OF HELPFUL HINTS FOR THE HANDWEAVER, Osma G. Tod.
Invaluable hints make this manual a real help for both amateurs and experts. Included are hints for loom adjustment, handling of warp and wefts, piecing methods, selvedge perfection, mending warps, taking off material, finishes, fringes, bag handles, rope making, drafting, and many others. Illustrated.  ISBN: 181555147.  Stapled softcover.  $12.95  #139225

MASTERING WEAVE STRUCTURES: Transforming Ideas into Great Cloth, Sharon Alderman.
This is the most important new weaving book Interweave Press has published in almost 20 years. Sharon Alderman, one of the finest weavers in America, has written a book that teaches you the finer points of weave structure in the same personal way a friend would encourage and inspire you. Clear explanations, wonderful examples, and color photographs of stunning fabrics introduce you to the fundamental principles of weave structure. Beyond selecting or modifying a draft, Sharon also helps you make decisions about choosing the fibers and yarns you need to produce endlessly inventive fabrics. Comprehensive and detailed, the chapters cover plain weave, twills, satin, waffle weaves, distortions of the grid, three-element weaves, loom-controlled double weave, Bedford cords and piques, loom-controlled pile weaves, and crepe weaves. This book is destined to become a new classic and should be on every weaver’s bookshelf.  Hardbound with jacket, 9 x 10, 272 pages, 60 photographs, 30 illustrations, 290 drafts, ISBN 1-931499-32-2.  $39.95  #239082

NAVAJO WEAVING WAY, THE PATH FROM FLEECE TO RUG, Noel Bennett and Tiana Bighorse.
Navajo Weaving Way is a compilation of Noel Bennett's earlier books on Navajo rug-weaving traditions, Working with the Wool and Designing with the Wool, both now out of print.  This book augments the information in Bennett's out-of-print works with all-new chapters on spinning, carding and dyeing techniques.  Illustrations include photographs by John Running of native women carding, spinning, and weaving, along with line drawings depicting specific techniques. 8 x 10, paperbound, 160 pages, 25 b&w photos and 50 line drawings. ISBN 1-883010-30-6. #695, $19.95  #239025

ON LOOM CARDWEAVING, Herbi Gray.
A loom, any size, is used to hold the cards, and narrow as well as wide widths may be woven. Within one piece you may do plain weave, leno, log cabin, double weave and double weave pick-ups, conventional cardweaving, cross warp ends, and more. A sampler is designed to teach these techniques.  ISBN: 0960840605.  60 pages, 8½" x 11"  softcover, $9.95  #139217

ON WEAVING, Anni Albers.
This treatise on weaving by the greatest weaver to come out of the Bauhaus continues to inspire our efforts through this full reprint. A weaver/artist with an international reputation, Ms Albers first presented this study of weaving in 1963. Her discussion ranges all over the world, looking at many styles of weaving looms, different structures, fibers, and design sources. Although her main oeuvre was art weaving, her interest in weaving lore and handwoven fabric are evident in her writing and the accompanying illustrations, weave pattern diagrams, and historic photos. The title of this classic reprint would indicate it's an academic treatise of some sort. It's much more. ISBN: 0486431924 8 1/2" x 11" softcover. 204 pages.  $19.95  #139275

POINT TWILL WITH COLOR-AND-WEAVE, Margaret B. Windeknecht.
Here's a careful, detailed study of point twills, a step at a time. Concepts are built up and extended. It starts with simple point twills and extended point twills on 4 harnesses and goes on to 8, 12, and 16 harness point twills and point twill blocks. Several different tie-ups are explored with the same draft showing you the way to unending variations. Almost as a bonus, color and weave effects are introduced. Fascinating effects can be achieved in this way -- and the door is opened for you for further explorations. Illustrated.  ISBN: 0961879718.  76 pages, 8½" x 11" softcover, $13.95  #139072  Out of print - limited to stock on hand.

PREHISTORIC TEXTILES: The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages with Special Reference to the Aegean, Elizabeth Wayland Barber.
This tome joins archeological and linguistic understanding with spinning and weaving and paleobiology to trace the development of cloth in the Aegean and adjacent parts of Europe, North Africa and the Near East. Part I deals with basic data associated with ancient cloth and its manufacture. Part II reveals how textiles affect every part of life. Includes appendices, an extensive bibliography, 4 color pages, and over 200 black & white illustrations/photos. ISBN-10: 069100224X.  7½'' x 9½''  softcover.  $57.50  #139605