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Genre/Form: | Patterns |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jane Patrick |
ISBN: | 9781596681750 1596681756 |
OCLC Number: | 454369127 |
Description: | 239 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | There's nothing plain about plain weave -- Finger-controlled weaves -- Pick-up on the rigid heddle loom -- Weft- and warp-faced fabrics -- More is more with two heddles. |
Responsibility: | Jane Patrick. |
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As a guide for beginners and practiced weavers Jane Patrick's book is inspirational. Although specifically aimed at the rigid heddle loom, the 200 pages hold a wealth of information on weave structures and patterns that can be used on many looms. The spiral bound, textbook-style layout is good, with clear section separation, and the chapters take you up a hierarchy of difficulty. I felt comfortable with plain, finger-controlled and pick up weaves, then I marvelled in awe at sections on warp and weft-faced frabrics and working with two heddles. There is a nod to garment and item construction in the guise of a few set pieces, but the book's real strength is in opening a treasure chest of weaving possibility to new or relatively inexperienced weavers. Each section provides a soft kaleidoscope of samples which I have already been tempted to replicate. The book will doubtless remain a good source book to refer to for new creative ideas and inspiration. However, the book might give the absolute beginner a puzzle at times, as it is not always clear and sometimes repetitive. Generally though, the book was a joy to read and is unlikely to gather dust on my bookshelf.-Journal for Weavers Spinners & Dyers Read more...


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