Weaving Books

The Ashford Book of Projects: Volume 1 - $16.00
24 Fashion Projects Using the Ashford Knitters Loom. Weave beautiful fabrics and create your own fashion garments. With your Ashford Knitters or Rigid Heddle looms we will show you how to make fabulous jackets, skirts, capes, hats, ponchos, waistcoats, sweaters and scarves. 32pp. Pb.

The Ashford Book of Rigid Heddle Weaving - Revised - $33.00
Rowena Hart. The revised edition of this book includes new techniques such as brooks bouquet, huck weaving, bronson lace and weaving with the second heddle kit. The author, an international weaving teacher, shows you how to create exciting, beautiful garments and crafts - all on the simple two harness loom. You are guided step-by-step through the many techniques, using color and texture. This loom is simple to use, light and compact. It will produce fabrics and tapestries to delight you - whether you are a novice or experienced weaver. 100pp. Pb.

The Ashford Book of Weaving For the Four Shaft Loom - $35.00
Anne Field. The versatile four-shaft loom is popular with beginners and experienced craftspeople. Here award-winning weaver and teacher, Anne Field has written a comprehensive text specifically for this loom. It covers planning a warp, pattern drafting, weaving techniques and fourteen innovative projects. Projects in this book include: Two scarves, six tablemats, two cushions, upholstery fabric, surface-weave fabric, cotton jacket, stole, cocoon jacket, crossover shawl, overshot runner, weft-face hanging, tapestry hanging, warp-face hanging and double-width knee rug. 175pp. Pb.

The Best of Weavers II: Thick & Thin - $43.00
Madelyn van der Hoogt. This is the second book in the Best of Weaver's series. It contains a dazzling collection of serenipitous surprises that have come as answers to the weaver's favorite question "what if". 107pp, Pb.

The Best of Weavers III: Fabrics That Go Bump - $39.00
Madelyn van der Hoogt. This is for those interested in the area of thick, textured, sturdy weaves. This set of patterns include ribs and cords, honeycomb and waffle weave, pleats, and seersucker. The beginner weaver will find clear instructions for projects that will set them on a sure path to understanding this area of weaving. The advanced weaver will find patterns to stimulate and expand their understanding of these complex weaves where they can use as many harnesses as are available. 107pp, Pb.

The Best of Weavers IV: Twill Thrills - $39.00
Madelyn van der Hoogt. Many new four-shaft weavers are familiar with plain-old twill, blue jean twill, sturdy cloth for garments and furnishings. But now-a-days new weavers and advancing weavers have access to multi-shaft looms, some even powered by computers. This has opened up the realm of old straight twill into a 'bonkers' world of op-art twills. This collection of articles from Weaver's magazine under the editorship of Madelyn van der Hoogt, lays the foundation for breaking the bounds of the old twill weaves and entering this realm of 'network' drafting and opulent multi-shaft twill design. Most of this information is illustrated with projects using the new twill techniques for some stunning garment fabrics and utilitarian textiles. This is a very important package of information, in my opinion, on the most important new direction in weaving loom-controlled and computer-assisted fabric. 108pp. Pb.

The Best of Weavers V: The Magic of Doubleweave - $43.00
Madelyn van der Hoogt. Double Weave is the fifth in the series of Best of Weaver's books: collections of treasured articles from almost twenty inspiring years of Weaver's magazine and Prairie Wool Companion. This volume explores the amazing feats that can be done by weaving two layers of fabric on the loom--the technique that weavers know as double weave. This collection of beautiful handwoven projects in double weave everything you need to know to: design and weave two layers of cloth, stitch two layers together for backed or two-faced fabrics, connect two layers at one edge for a fabric double the width of the loom, create block designs by exchanging differently colored layers, use overshot patterns as the basis for double-weave designs, and create dimensional, decorated fabrics by stuffing pockets, embellishing surfaces, cutting layers, and more. 108pp. Pb.

The Best of Weavers VI: Overshot is Hot! - $43.00
Madelyn van der Hoogt. With more than 30 of the best overshot projects compiled from 20 years of Weaver's magazine and Prairie Wool Companion, this weaver’s reference combines step-by-step instructions with weaving theory. Such projects as heirloom linens, traditional coverlets, and colorful modern applications for scarves, table toppers, and wall hangings are presented, covering everything a crafter needs to know to design fabulous fabrics in overshot and its cousin star-and-diamond weave. Both beginners and advanced weavers working on at least four-shaft looms will delight in the projects provided. 109pp. Pb.

The Book of Looms - $36.00
Eric Broudy. This book presents a comprehensive history of handlooms and gives clear descriptions of how they work. Chapters are organized according to the chronological evolution of weaving equipment, from early horizontal ground looms and warp-weighted looms to backstrap and other primitive looms to the Chinese drawloom, the European drawloom, the Jacquard loom, and finally, to "modern" looms for handweavers, such as jack and countermarch looms. 176pp. Pb.

Collapse Weave - $52.00
Anne Field. Collapse cloth, when removed from the loom and washed, takes on an entirely different appearance as the threads draw up and create puckers. This is the subject of this book. Combinations of various weaving techniques are presented alongside photos and diagrams, providing clear instructions for sewing scarves, wraps, tops, and harem-style pants made from this fluid and unusual cloth. Additional chapters describe in detail how to warp the loom and add special effects such as double weave, supplementary warps, spaced cloth, overshot, and deflected double weave. Tips for those who want to spin their own yarn for collapse projects are also included. 150pp. Pb.

Designing For Weaving: A Study Guide for Drafting, Design and Color. (2nd Hand exLibrary) - $35.00
Carol S Kurtz. Designing for weaving is a process that synthesizes three areas of design: technical, aesthetic, and personal. This book explains and explores the design potential inherent in each of the three areas. Aimed at the beginning and intermediate level weaver each topic starts with no assumed knowledge, and is structured as a course of study, building on the previous chapters. This is a classic weaving book, far too long out of print. 96pp. Hb.

Early American Weaving and Dyeing - $16.00
J & R Bronson. The domestic manufacturer's assistant and family directory in the arts of weaving and dyeing. Classic guide, first published in 1817. How to weave 35 designs, from damask diaper to Bird's-eye carpet, and 41 selections on dyeing. Detailed coverage of wool processing, calculating thread, carding and spinning, loom operation, more. 204pp. Pb.

Hands On Rigid Heddle Weaving - $34.00
Betty Linn Davenport. The rigid heddle loom is light, portable and particularly suited for 2-harness weaves. Despite its almost toy-like appearance, beautiful fabrics can be woven on it, as the author so well demonstrates. She starts off by telling you to select a loom, then goes on to warping it and weaving on it. She discusses sett, balanced weave, weft-emphasis and weft-faced fabrics, warp-emphasis and warp-faced fabrics, surface textures, and tapestry. If you want to start weaving with a very small investment, this is the way to go. Very well-illustrated in black & white and color. Pb.

The Handweaver's Pattern Directory - $74.00
Anne Dixon. Over 600 weaves for 4-shaft looms. A comprehensive introduction to the tools, equipment, fibers, and yarns used with four-shaft looms, this reference features patterns for 600 different weaves, including twill, zigzag, diamond, herringbone, and block. Color photographs and large-scale drawings allow weavers to closely examine the details, and the compact size and lay-flat binding is convenient for keeping near the loom. A handbook that is essential for all four-shaft weavers, this manual includes weaving basics, specialized projects organized by degree of difficulty, finishing techniques, resources, and a glossary of terms. 256pp. SB.

Handwoven Design Collection #19: Scarves & Shawls - $16.00
Fifteen projects in glorious colours and intriguing weave structures in a wide range of materials from silky to soft, woolly to gossamer, dressy to practical.

Latvian Weaving Techniques - $40.00 (2nd Hand)
Anita Apinis-Herman. The aim of this handbook is to present as many Latvian designs as possible using from two to eight shafts. It is based on weaving samples and notes collected by the author's mother, Anna Apinis, over 50 years. Many of the traditional patterns are based on original weaving samples of national dress, given to Anna by other Latvian women, for her to recreate. These national dress fabrics can be woven in the traditional way or be an inspiration to handweavers for contempory fabrics. 136pp. Hb.

Tapestry Weaving - $29.00
Kirsten Glasbrook. Even if the modernistic samples and bright, primary colors in this book are not your favorite decorating style, the clear how-to instructions give you confidence to interpret the techniques into your own preferred designs. Basic methods are demonstrated through large, color photographs. All the tapestries in this book were woven on simple, rectangular frames, and you can even adapt an old picture frame for this purpose, and use rug yarn for the weft. (A valuable hint to someone who wants to try the skill before investing a lot of money in a loom.) From a solitary heart to circles, simple landscapes then progress on to a labyrinth and incredibly detailed side-woven panels. This book is a wealth of knowledge on the subject of weaving. 96pp, Pb.

Weaving Without a Loom - $22.00
Veronica Burningham. This small well-illustrated book will surprise you with the thoroughness of its presentation and the diversity of simple techniques with very delightful results. Weaving on card, weaving on sticks, weaving three dimensional objects like berets on flat card, and even weaving tapestry on second-hand store picture frames and embroidery hoops will satisfy the teacher, the beginner, and the textile artist wanting simple, portable project ideas. 130 color photographs, clear directions. 64pp. Pb.