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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.
Running time: 57 minutes. If you've always wanted to learn to weave, but
didn't know where to begin, this is the video for you. This course is
designed to acquaint you with the basics and help you choose a direction in which
to begin. It starts with an overview of what handweaving is, what can be woven,
plus a look at several types of looms and how they work. You will become acquainted
with a number of small tools used by weavers, as well as the vocabulary of
weaving terms needed to understand the process. You'll learn about warp
and weft yarns, and how their size, weight, elasticity and fiber content relates
to specific projects and fabrics. The detailed exercise in figuring out
how much warp and weft is needed for a project will become a valuable resource
as you continue with future weaving projects. You will also learn how to
prepare (measure) the warp using a a warping board. This course is
recommended as prerequisite to other weaving courses. An exciting new
hobby awaits you! This course is an overview lecture/demonstration.
No materials are needed. $29.95 #139527
The
JOURNAL For Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers - Peter Collingwood Special Edition,
Summer 2009, Peter Collingwood.
Peter Collingwood, who died in 2008, was the most important British weaver of the last 50 years. This special edition of The Journal for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers gives a comprehensive insight into Peter Collingwood’s technical knowledge and innovation which is mostly expressed in his own words.
“Handweaving is artistically justifiable only if it can keep abreast of contemporary movements in the world of architecture and fashion, if it can capture the spirit of the age in its textiles”
“In late 1952 I sent a rather pompous article ‘moving with the times’ to a magazine I had picked up in the Crafts Centre, Hay Hill, London. I was then weaving in my first workshop in North London, having spent two years training with Ethel Mairet, Barbara Sawyer, and Alistair Morton… The article was published in 1953 and a year later I was in the magazine’s Editorial Committee and
stayed there for the next twenty-nine years.”
52 pages. 8'' X 11 1/2'' softcover. Publisher: The Journal. $15.95
#139596
KIDS WEAVING:
Projects for Kids of All Ages, Sarah Swett.
With clear easy-to-follow instructions, kids find out how much fun it is to weave cool projects using everything from their hands to cardboard to a portable loom assembled from ordinary plumbing parts. (Adults can try too!) Make 15 fun, inexpensive, colorful projects including note cards, friendship bracelets, magic carpets, shoelaces and a West African blanket. Many of which can be completed in a single afternoon.
ISBN-10: 1584794674. 8½'' X 9¼'' hardcover. 128 pages. $19.95
#239155
LEARNING
TO WEAVE: Revised Edition, Deborah Chandler.
Weaving on a floor loom is covered from A-Z. 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, softcover, 232 pages, color photos and b&w illustrations
throughout. $24.95
#139698
LINEN:
From Flax Seed to Woven Cloth, Linda Heinrich.
An inspirational chapter includes 15 articles by Canadian and American weavers and photographs of the artists' works. Throughout you'll enjoy folklore and historical information, including the use of linen by the ancient Egyptians, a history of Irish linen, and linen's status in today's world of fiber and fashion. The story of linen is timeless and fascinating.
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN-13: 9780764334665. ISBN-10: 0764334662.
232 pages. 8 1/2'' X 11'' hardcover. $49.99 #139597
THE MAGIC OF
DOUBLEWEAVE: Best of Weaver's, Madelyn van der Hoot.
Double Weave is the fifth in the series of Best of Weaver's books: collections of treasured articles from almost twenty inspiring years of Weaver's magazine and Prairie Wool Companion. This volume explores the amazing feats that can be done by weaving two layers of fabric on the loom--the technique that weavers know as double weave. This collection of beautiful handwoven projects in double weave everything you need to know to: design and weave two layers of cloth, stitch two layers together for backed or two-faced fabrics, connect two layers at one edge for a fabric double the width of the loom, create block designs by exchanging differently colored layers, use overshot patterns as the basis for double-weave designs, and create dimensional, decorated fabrics by stuffing pockets, embellishing surfaces, cutting layers, and more.
ISBN-10: 1933064048. Softcover. 108 pages. $28.95
#139476
A MANUAL OF FINGERWEAVING,
Robert J. Austin.
Fingerweaving is one of those ancient textile techniques many of us experience as youth in scouts or camp. It is a techniques familiar from native American textile crafts; simple plaiting in very distinctive patterns natural to the technique, bold chevrons and lightning bolts. Clear directions and diagrams will help modern textile crafters study this tradition.
ISBN-10: 192957200X. 8¼" x 10¾" softcover. $12.95 #139276
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. Softcover, 9 x 10, 258 pages,. ISBN 978-1-59668-137-8.
$29.95 #239082
Maya Hair Sashes Backstrap Woven in Jacaltenango, Guatemala
Cintas Mayas Tejidas Con El Telar De Cintura En Jacaltenango, Guatemala
Carol Ventura
This is another of our multi-level text books. An academic/serious student will find the deep and full anthropological study very useful in understanding this ancient weaving culture still thriving in Guatemala. The person interested in weaving the narrow bands that are prevalent as imports will find detailed information for setting up the backstrap loom and the diversity of patterns still used from ancient sources. There are patterns and weaving techniques in here that a casual student will probably never have seen. There are many photos of the weavers and their community and many good illustrations of the weave structures and patterns. Bilingual
text. ISBN-10: 0972125310. 11" x 8½" softcover. 175 pages.
$30.00 #139488
THE MUMMIES OF URUMCHI,
Elizabeth Wayland Barber
The mystery presented in this book will tantalize and haunt everyone who turns its pages. In 2000 B.C., five hundred years before Tutankhamen ruled in Egypt, corpses were buried in Western China. Preserved by the very dry conditions, these mummies appear to be "Caucasian." The artifacts present an even greater mystery: textiles in vivid colors (especially red and turquoise-blue), twill plaids, felted hats, hats constructed in
nalbinding, 5-color kumihimo braids, plaited and plain-weave bands, and tapestries with elaborate spiral and lightning designs. The author takes you on her quest to find out where these people came from in language and logic that will engage your interest as irresistibly as any thriller. Black and white illustrations and 16 color plates.
ISBN-10: 0393320197. 7'' x 9¼'' softcover. $18.95
#139459
DVD
- NAVAJO WEAVING: Sharing the Technique & Tradition, Angie Walker Maloney & Susanne Clark.
Have you ever dreamed about taking a week long workshop with a traditional Navajo rug weaver? One who is erudite, patient, and just pleasant to be around? Too expensive you say? This 3 hour and 45 minute video will do. You get in right to the weaver's fingers and watch her prepare the warp, design the pattern, and make a complete, good sized sample piece on her modern version of the traditional Navajo loom. The gallery of antique rugs and the anecdotes of her mother and grandmother are priceless. This video is a cut above most instructional videos in that it is long enough and focused on the process enough that the learning experience obtained from it is of great value.
$24.95 #139666
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
PICTORIAL WEAVINGS OF THE NAVAJO,
Nancy N. Schiffer.
Though early Navajo weaving rarely contained pictorial representations of recognizable objects, this situation has been changing dramatically as we enter the 1990s. That is hardly surprising since any art tends to change with the times - some lead, others follow. This book presents you with a fascinating collection of such pictorial weaving, most - but certainly not all, woven in the last 40 years. They still the "look" of Navajo weaving, but they are certainly different from the designs we are used to. This is not a "how-to" book, but one to show you the direction in which Navajo weaving is going today. 64 pages, over 200 color photographs.
ISBN-10: 0887403182. 64 pages. Was $12.95 now
on sale for only $7.77! #139487
CD-ROM - 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.
The Welcome file gives directions
and tips for navigation. The Table of Contents has links to the chapters
so that you can easily navigate to any topic. The Index likewise links to
the topics. Use Bookmarks and Thumbnails for easy navigation. Adobe Acrobat Reader(R) Installers are included for both Mac and PC.
You may also download the Reader directly from the Adobe Website.
System Requirements: Mac OS: Apple Power Macintosh (R), Apple Systems
Software 7.1.2 or later, 16MB RAM fro Acrobat Reader(R), hard drive with 75 B
available space.
Windows: Pentium(R) processor-based P.C., Windows 95 or 98 (Windows NT(R) 4.0
with service pack), 16MB RAM for acrobat Reader (R), hard drive with 75 MB
available space. $18.95 #139722
Mielke's
Fiber Arts, LLC
INKLE WEAVING, Helene
Bress.
DVD
- 
The
JOURNAL For Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers - Peter Collingwood Special Edition,
Summer 2009, Peter Collingwood. 
KIDS WEAVING:
Projects for Kids of All Ages, Sarah Swett.
LEARNING
TO WEAVE
LINEN:
From Flax Seed to Woven Cloth, Linda Heinrich. 
THE MAGIC OF
DOUBLEWEAVE: Best of Weaver's, Madelyn van der Hoot.
A MANUAL OF FINGERWEAVING,
Robert J. Austin.
MASTERING
WEAVE STRUCTURES: Transforming Ideas into Great Cloth, Sharon Alderman.
Maya Hair Sashes Backstrap Woven in Jacaltenango, Guatemala
DVD
- NAVAJO WEAVING: Sharing the Technique & Tradition, Angie Walker Maloney & Susanne Clark.
NAVAJO WEAVING WAY, THE PATH FROM FLEECE TO RUG,
Noel Bennett and Tiana Bighorse.
ON LOOM CARDWEAVING, Herbi
Gray.
PICTORIAL WEAVINGS OF THE NAVAJO,
Nancy N. Schiffer.
CD-ROM - POINT TWILL WITH COLOR-AND-WEAVE,
Margaret B. Windeknecht.