Treadles, the newsletter of the Handweavers & Spinners Guild of Victoria Inc.
"The sheer brilliance of the photographs is enough to keep you wandering through the pages, cover to cover... a treasure!"
Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot
"It will appeal to weavers wanting to increase their knowledge of textiles, structures, and cloth function."
Book Description
This exploration into the structure of various weaves provides an understanding of how each weave works, guiding weavers to design and weave their own beautiful fabrics. The underlying principles that govern a particular kind of structure are explained, as are modifying the basic draft and choosing fibers and yarns. Comprehensive and detailed, the book covers 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.
About the Author
Sharon Alderman lectures, acts as a juror, and leads workshops for guilds, art centers, colleges, and at national conferences in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Her writing and work have appeared in Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Textile Artist's Newsletter, Weavers, and Handwoven magazine. She is the author of Handwoven, Tailormade and A Handweaver’s Notebook. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mastering Weave Structures: Transforming Ideas into Great Cloth FROM THE PUBLISHER
This exploration into the structure of various weaves provides an understanding of how each weave works, guiding weavers to design and weave their own beautiful fabrics. The underlying principles that govern a particular kind of structure are explained, as are modifying the basic draft and choosing fibers and yarns. Comprehensive and detailed, the book covers 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.
About the Author:Sharon Alderman lectures, acts as a juror, and leads workshops for guilds, art centers, colleges, and at national conferences in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Her writing and work have appeared in Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Textile Artist's Newsletter, Weavers, and Handwoven magazine. She is the author of Handwoven, Tailormade and A Handweaver's Notebook. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.
FROM THE CRITICS
Spindle & Dyepot Shuttle
It will appeal to weavers wanting to increase their knowledge of textiles, structures, and cloth function.
Treadles
The sheer brilliance of the photographs is enough to keep you wandering through the pages from cover to cover . . . a treasure!
Library Journal
Handweavers are popping corks to welcome this long-awaited title from Alderman, a veteran professional weaver who teaches workshops and exhibits her work throughout the country. Assuming that readers already know how to read a draft, warp a loom, and weave, her goal is to teach the structure of loom-controlled weaves, e.g., plain weave, twills, satin, waffle weaves, and double weave; to design threadings; and to make the most of tie-ups and treadling options. A chapter on inventing one's own weave structures gives a fascinating look into Alderman's methodology of fabric design, from a vague idea in a weaver's head to finished cloth. Neither a project book nor a reference of weaving drafts, this is a richly illustrated manual suitable for self-study or as a text for weaving guild study projects. An indispensable addition to academic and large public libraries. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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