Exploring the process of developing a weave from beginning to end, two professional weavers, textile artists and teachers give all weavers the tools and confidence needed to weave their way. Illustrations.
A comprehensive guide to every aspect of weaving from start to finish.From design concept to choice of materials, draft and tie-up to completed weave, understand the ins and outs of modern handweaving, guided by experts in the craft. Arianna Funk and Miriam Parkman are professional weavers, textile artists, and teachers, and with the help of sketching prompts to spark creativity and sample weaving drafts, they explore the process of developing a weave from beginning to endwhether you want a sturdy, utilitarian textile or a decorative hanging for the wall, or anything in betweenand give all weavers the tools and the confidence to weave their way.
16 different sample projects, featuring techniques including knotted rya, waffle weave, and moreExamples from each of the authors, showing how the same basic pattern guidelines might turn out when worked by different weaversPlus tips, tricks, analysis of the process of designing a weave, explanations for dyeing your own yarn, and so much more! This book has a really modern aesthetic, the authors wanted to get away from the gentle, therapeutic, ultra-feminine side of weaving, and show a different way of approaching the craft. Welcoming everyone to weaving and to show that there are plenty of different ways of weaving, everyone should do it just the way they feel you don't have to have perfect selvages or weave the same stuff everyone else weaves unless you want to! But those books already exist, and we think more people will weave if they feel like there's no one "best" way to do it, and that you don't have to be an expert from day one.
