Weaving books and weaving dvds

All projects benefit from that perfect finishing touch. Create a personalized braided trim to complete any project—from clothing, furnishings, greeting cards, jewelry, totes, gift wrap, floral arrangements, and more—with 200 Braids to Twist, Knot, Loop, or Weave, no previous experience necessary! Choose from hundreds of sumptuous braided designs arranged by structure, from twisted and knotted pieces to more elaborate looped and woven examples, even those that incorporate beads. Each braid features a beautiful close-up photograph, materials list, step-by-step instructions and clear easy-to-follow color illustrations to guide the reader along. Each technique used in the book is explored in-depth, followed by tips on starting and finishing braids, and advice for incorporating braids into other textile projects. Any thread or fiber can be worked into a braid or trim, and little or no equipment is required to create each braid. Assembly is a breeze! Experiment with texture and color to make gilded, beaded, glittery, or jeweled creations. Custom design your own braids and trimmings for that extra special touch—the range of possibilities is endless! Hardbound with concealed wire-o, 5¾ x 7¾, 256 pages; 443 photographs.

NEW! Woven Shibori

Catharine Ellis's breakthrough technique—woven shibori— embraces new approaches to the art of weaving and dyeing. In the traditional shibori technique, stitches are placed into a piece of commercial cloth with a needle, the cloth is compressed, and then dyed. In woven shibori, the “stitches” are supplemental wefts woven directly into the cloth thus becoming a part of the original cloth construction. The use of the loom to control the placement of these threads has defined a whole new and exciting vocabulary of resist images for weavers, and the integration of cloth construction with surface treatment provides new avenues of expression for textile artists of all skill levels. Woven Shibori includes thorough instruction in a range of weaving applications, from plain weave and twills to laces.

the ashford book of weaving for knitters

25 Easy Scarf Projects using Fancy Yarns and the Ashford Knitters Loom. Let international weaving teacher and fiber artist Rowena Hart show you how knitters can enjoy weaving. She will show your how to use all the wonderful fancy knitting yarns to produce spectacular woven pieces. This book is the ideal companion for the Ashford knitters loom!

Teach yourself how to weave on a rigid heddle loom, with this easy to understand and follow guide. This book covers choosing yarns, setting up your warp, and weaving on a rigid heddle loom. Lots of advice and "how to" as well as weaving projects for all skill levels. If you want to learn how to weave on a rigid heddle loom, then this is THE book for you!

Learn to weave with this comprehensive video or DVD. Shows warping method especially suitable for rigid heddle looms. Lean how to weave a variety of stripes, and texture weaves as you complete a scarf and a set of placemats. Methods for finishing your woven pieces are presented as well. This course will built a solid foundation for weaving a wide variety of projects. 93 minutes.

Weavers Companion

Save your brain for being creative. Let this small, sturdy, spiral-bound volume keep track of the weaving details. It's all here: sett and sleying charts, formulas for calculating warp and weft, fiber identification tests, basic weave drafts, finishing techniques, fiber factoids, a must-have gray scale, design shortcuts, and much, much, more! You'll use it 40 times a day. This is the third book in Interweave's best-selling "Companion Series." Spiral-bound, 5 x 7, 112 pages, line drawings and charts. A great reference tool!

Learning to Weave, Revised Edition, Deborah Chandler

More than 40,000 weaver have used this unparalleled study guide to learn from scratch or hone their skills. All of the basics are covered: understanding the tools of weaving, making a good warp three ways, reading and designing drafts, and understanding weave structures. We don't know of a better weaving text to teach yourself how to weave on a table or floor loom. Hardbound, 8 1/2 x 11, 232 pages, color photographs and black and white illustrations throughout.

This DVD introduces you to the tools, yarns, vocabulary, projects, types of weaving and equipment that will help you choose a direction that is just right for you. You learn how to calculate & measure yarn quantities needed, and wind your warp using a warping board, an essential ingredient to all weaving, & one you will refer back to often as you continue to explore weaving. This DVD serves as a prerequisite to all other weaving courses for those of you who are new to weaving. 57 min.

You begin by measuring the warp on a warping board and then you'll warp the loom from front to back. You will learn how to read a weaving draft (pattern), how to tie-up the loom (direct tie-up), and how to weave a number of different weave structures from the pattern draft that is provided. You will explore plain weave, basket weave, rib weave with one and two colors, several twill combinations and the basics of doubleweave.

This book contains a variety of weaving techniques from twill variations in the Scandinavian tradition to multi shaft summer-&-winter and modern backed weaves. The new owner of an eight shaft loom and the experienced weaver will both find inspiration and challenges in this collection of placemats, towels, shawls, wall hangings, and suit material. Author Elsa Krogh is a master weaver and teacher living in the north of Denmark.

Towels are wonderful projects for the loom. You can weave small fingertip towels ore large bath towels, thin dishtowels for the kitchen or bulky towels for the bathroom. They are all useful, and they make excellent gifts. Let Elsa Krogh introduce you to a variety of patterns using a range of techniques.

If your busy life is leaving you too little time to weave, this Design Collection will help. The editors of Handwoven magazine have assembled some of their best designers to present a stunning collection of quick projects you can start and finish in a weekend. From totes to tablecloths, these 15 projects are guaranteed to excite weavers of all abilities. You'll learn the tricks of designing simply and discover a wealth of design ideas. Amaze a friend or family member with a hand woven gifts or a wonderfully textured scarf that looks like it required weeks of work (when it only took you a weekend).

Weaver's love towels; they are quick and easy, fun to design, and they make great gifts. This collection of 15 projects ranges from kitchen to bath, from figertip to pawtip. And what better way to sample new weave stuctures or try out new color combinations? You'll find plain weave, twill, waffle, huck lace, log cabin, M's & O's, crackle, summer and winter, and more. Like all of the Design Collections, this one has beautiful photography and complete, easy-to-follow instructions.

A full range of clothing styles—jackets, vests, shirts—from simple rectangles with minimal construction.

If you follow this guide from beginning to end, you are almost certain to become a proficient tapestry weaver. A step-by-step sampler is laid out; tapestry techniques are carefully sketched and described. Once that sampler is completed, she introduces you to more advanced techniques. Next, is a series of patterns with suggestions and guidance to help you through the weaving of each design. The author also presents a showcase of tapestries by experienced weavers to whet your appetite for what your new skills will let you achieve. Illustrated in black & white and color.

Tapestry is a pictorial weaving technique and can be woven on any type of a loom-even a simple self-constructed frame loom, and instructions for making one are included in the video. This course includes technical considerations as well as many tapestry techniques. You will learn how to weave horizontal, vertical, diagonal, circular, vertical curving and horizontal curving shapes, using a variety of tapestry techniques as you complete three projects which can be made into pillows. Finishing & mounting methods are also presented. This course builds a solid foundation for any further tapestry exploration & is a prerequisites for Tapestry Weaving - Level II. If you have not woven before, Introduction to Weaving" is a helpful prerequisite to this course. 110 min.

This comprehensive video workshop covers all information needed to weave a successful weft-faced rug. Jason Collingwood teaches you to make a good, durable rug beginning with how to warp the loom. He shows how to create blocks of color using a standard threading and then how to change the placement of blocks to place color and alter the design. This method of manipulating the warp threads allows almost unlimited possibilities for color placement using only a 4-H loom. Along the way he covers beaming for high tension, ensuring neat and durable selvedges, and finishing the fringes. Jason demonstrates on a jack-type floor loom to show you how to adapt any loom to shaft switching. As he takes you from warping to finishing, he shows inspiring examples while explaining the elements of creating and weaving a beautiful rug. 132 min.

Rep Weave and Beyond, by Joanne Tallarovic

When was the last time someone told you a really great secret? Joanne Tallarovic, a teacher and full-time studio artist, generously reveals how she modifies traditional Swedish ripsmatta (or Scandinavia rep weave) to create her highly prized handwork. Often associated with rag rugs, rep is a simple weave structure in which the warp almost entirely covers the weft. While Scandinavian rep weave is usually characterized by bold geometric patterns, Joanne has evolved the tradition by combining blocks in unexpected ways and introducing evocative contemporary colorways. The 19 masterfully designed projects, including table linens, rugs, and wall hangings, will lead you to your own explorations and innovations. Designed for beginning to advanced weavers, the projects are accompanied by step-by-step instructions, clear illustrations, and inspiring color photographs. Let rep weave infuse your weaving with a whole new look!

The only book devoted to this family of weave structures! Handwoven Laces has explicit instructions for identifying and understanding the various lace structures, and has in-depth chapters that explain how to use traditional patterns and create original ones. Beginning with the most basic interlacements, master weaver Donna Muller shows you how to develop lace structures in creative, logical ways. Suitable for self-study or class use, this book offers both new and experienced weavers a sense of mastery and a wealth of new ideas.

Navajo Weaving Way, The Path from Fleece to Rug, Noel Bennett, Tiana Bighorse

One of the best "How to books" on Navajo weaving! Navajo Weaving Way is a compilation of Noël 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. Paperbound, 8 x 10, 160 p, 25 black & white photographs, 50 line drawings

This comprehensive 3-hour video workshop begins with an introduction to your instructors and personal remarks by Navajo weaver, Angie Walker Maloney. It includes information on tools, yarn and equipment, and a look at several different styles of Navajo looms. You will learn how to spin and ply edging cord, prepare the warp, apply the edging cord and make the heddles. Tips on how to use the loom, create the sheds, and use the tools get you started. As you begin weaving, you will learn the secret of laying in the first row. You will learn how to weave stripes, vertical lines (by interlocking wefts on the same row), squares or blocks, diagonals and diamonds. You can follow along by weaving the design provided, or create one of your own based upon the discussion in "Planning a Rug Design", which includes specific information on weaving a design that reverses at the center of the rug. You will learn many tips and solutions to potential problems throughout the video. And, Angie's method of finishing a rug the Navajo way is magic! All this plus stories, traditions and rugs that will inspire. 231 min.

In the early 1930s, the author went to live with the Navajo, specifically to weave. Navajo weaving comes alive as she tells in great detail the care and shearing of sheep, spinning and dyeing the yarn, warping the loom, designing the rugs, the symbolism used and the weaving process itself. It makes an excellent companion volume to the author's "Spider Woman". Those interested in Navajo weaving will find in it a wealth of valuable information. This was originally published under the title "Navajo Shepherd and Weaver".

Subtitled "Simply Elegant Projects to Make in Almost No Time". Learn to use non-loom techniques and simple equipment and materials such as plastic sheeting, copper tape, shrink tubing, or granite tiles to create unique objects. Let Jane Patrick show you how to braid, string, knot, use a frame loom, or weave over a pillow form. Learn to create a "sticks and string" coaster, canvas stripe pillow, pocket purse, woven paper cards and a window wall hanging. Choose from beautiful, textured objects like plaited paper baskets, woven lanterns, heart rugs, cork table mats. This one is just for fun! Please note: This is not a "How to weave on a loom book", but a unique approach to creative designing, using simple, easily obtainable materials.

Weaving Books & DVD's