Weaving Is Fun
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0486227243
ISBN 13
9780486227245
Category
Needle Arts
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Publication Year
1975
Publisher
Pages
94
Tags
Description
From the back cover:
Weaving is easy, inexpensive and fun with Alice White teaching you how in this clear and concise instruction book. As a lecturer in needlework and handicrafts at St. Katharine's College, Liverpool, she knows how to teach weaving, and she makes the whole process simple and enjoyable. With her methods, you can soon be making any one of a number of attractive sandals, slippers, mats, bags, scarves, rugs and tapestries.
The author begins with the simplest method - weaving on cards, suitable for simple items like sandals, and she then proceeds to explain basic loom weaving. She shows how to make a box loom and a roller loom and how to weave on each of them: giving instructions and illustrations in numerous weaving patterns including the basket pattern (and its variations) and looped weaving, and describing the many different materials the can be used, such as cotton, wool, nylon, chenille, raffia, rushes, cane, and even plastic. An important chapter describes rug and tapestry weaving an dhow to make the loom for them, and there is also a chapter on finishings - fringes, hemstitch, pom-poms, and so on - and some things to make. For those who wish to progress further, there is instruction on the use of the four-shaft loom. 146 figures throughout the text illustrate weaves, looms and techniques, while 8 plates of photographs show many examples of woven fabric and actual finished articles.
This book is perfect for anyone who is interested in weaving and wants to try out the craft without investing in anything big and costly. The instructions are so clear that even children can follow them, while with the knowledge gained in reading weaving patterns, you will be able to use patterns from other sources and also construct your own.
Weaving is easy, inexpensive and fun with Alice White teaching you how in this clear and concise instruction book. As a lecturer in needlework and handicrafts at St. Katharine's College, Liverpool, she knows how to teach weaving, and she makes the whole process simple and enjoyable. With her methods, you can soon be making any one of a number of attractive sandals, slippers, mats, bags, scarves, rugs and tapestries.
The author begins with the simplest method - weaving on cards, suitable for simple items like sandals, and she then proceeds to explain basic loom weaving. She shows how to make a box loom and a roller loom and how to weave on each of them: giving instructions and illustrations in numerous weaving patterns including the basket pattern (and its variations) and looped weaving, and describing the many different materials the can be used, such as cotton, wool, nylon, chenille, raffia, rushes, cane, and even plastic. An important chapter describes rug and tapestry weaving an dhow to make the loom for them, and there is also a chapter on finishings - fringes, hemstitch, pom-poms, and so on - and some things to make. For those who wish to progress further, there is instruction on the use of the four-shaft loom. 146 figures throughout the text illustrate weaves, looms and techniques, while 8 plates of photographs show many examples of woven fabric and actual finished articles.
This book is perfect for anyone who is interested in weaving and wants to try out the craft without investing in anything big and costly. The instructions are so clear that even children can follow them, while with the knowledge gained in reading weaving patterns, you will be able to use patterns from other sources and also construct your own.
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