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The Weaver's Idea Book: Creative Cloth on a Rigid Heddle Loom
by
Jane Patrick
New and experienced weavers alike are always on the lookout for new weave-structure patterns. The Weaver's Idea Book presents a wide variety of patterns for the simple rigid-heddle loom, accompanied by harness drafts for multishaft looms. The techniques include leno, Brooks bouquet, soumak, and embroidery on fabric. Each chapter contains weaving patterns along with swatche...more
Hardcover, 240 pages
Published
August 17th 2010
by Interweave Press
(first published August 10th 2010)
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It isn't often that a library book is in my possession for minutes when I'm running off to the book store to acquire a copy of my own. This book holds the record. I don't think I had even made it out of the library before I knew I needed to have this for keeps.
What makes Patrick's Weaver's Idea Book so very awesome?
Reason the first: Rigid Heddle Looms can produce much more than just plain weave. I knew this, but I did not know how much variation existed before adding a second heddle.
Reason the...more
What makes Patrick's Weaver's Idea Book so very awesome?
Reason the first: Rigid Heddle Looms can produce much more than just plain weave. I knew this, but I did not know how much variation existed before adding a second heddle.
Reason the...more
I am a beginning weaver, and while I am enjoying the book there are some things I'm finding challenging. For example the photos of hemstitching are done with the same coloured yarn as the woven fabric, and it's very hard to see the result of the stitch. Some other examples are done with contrasting yarn but I wish that was done for all closeups.
This book is exactly what the title says - an idea book and a wonderful one. I'm looking for another book for learning weaving skills.
This book is exactly what the title says - an idea book and a wonderful one. I'm looking for another book for learning weaving skills.
Our local Rigid Heddle Frame Loom study group have all purchased this work in Sept, 2010, and plan to work our way through it. Very well presented material, this takes a proud place on the shelf along with prior works on Rigid Heddle looms, adding depth with photo examples and exploration in patterns, hemming techniques, and finishing techniques.
Read by ACRL Member of the Week Trudi Jacobson. Learn more about Trudi on the ACRL Insider blog.
A must-have resource book for rigid heddle weaving. Beautifully done with great illustrations.
Fantastic and inspiring book.
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