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Weaving Books
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Learning to Weave (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.44 — 374 ratings — published 1995
The Weaver's Idea Book: Creative Cloth on a Rigid Heddle Loom (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 52 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.47 — 345 ratings — published 2010
Inventive Weaving on a Little Loom: Discover the Full Potential of the Rigid-Heddle Loom, for Beginners and Beyond (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 42 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.53 — 488 ratings — published 2015
Hands on Rigid Heddle Weaving (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.24 — 218 ratings — published 1987
The Handweaver's Pattern Directory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.61 — 241 ratings — published 2007
Weaving Made Easy: 17 Projects Using a Simple Loom (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.20 — 210 ratings — published 2008
Card Weaving (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.29 — 204 ratings — published 1973
Mastering Weave Structures: Transforming Ideas into Great Cloth (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.62 — 82 ratings — published 2004
The Weaver's Inkle Pattern Directory: 400 Warp-Faced Weaves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.42 — 164 ratings — published 2012
A Handweaver's Pattern Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.64 — 85 ratings — published 1944
A Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns: From the Friends of Handwoven (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.73 — 94 ratings — published 1991
The Weaver's Companion (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 21 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.45 — 130 ratings — published 2000
Next Steps In Weaving: What You Never Knew You Needed to Know (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.58 — 72 ratings — published 2015
The Complete Book of Drafting for Handweavers (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 20 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.32 — 34 ratings — published 1993
Doubleweave (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.54 — 81 ratings — published 2010
The Big Book of Weaving: Handweaving in the Swedish Tradition: Techniques, Patterns, Designs and Materials (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.27 — 66 ratings — published 2008
The Art of Weaving (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.19 — 21 ratings — published 1970
Weaving Designs By Bertha Gray Hayes: Miniature Overshot Patterns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.82 — 39 ratings — published 2009
Color and Texture in Weaving: 150 Contemporary Designs (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as weaving)
avg rating 3.86 — 35 ratings — published 2012
Finishing Touches for the Handweaver (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.38 — 29 ratings — published 1968
Woven Scarves: 26 Inspired Designs for the Rigid Heddle Loom (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.11 — 63 ratings — published 2014
Inkle Weaving (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.25 — 63 ratings — published 1975
Simple Weaves: Over 30 Classic Patterns and Fresh New Styles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.20 — 44 ratings — published 2012
Weaving Rag Rugs: New Approaches in Traditional Rag Weaving (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.41 — 90 ratings — published 2014
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,095 ratings — published 1994
The Weaving, Spinning, and Dyeing Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.24 — 50 ratings — published 1978
Handwoven Laces (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.50 — 18 ratings — published 1991
Weft-Faced Pattern Weaves: Tabby to Taquete (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 13 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.39 — 18 ratings — published 1992
Handwoven Baby Blankets (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 13 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.54 — 63 ratings — published 2015
Anni Albers On Weaving (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.63 — 151 ratings — published 1965
Weaving as an Art Form: A Personal Statement (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.35 — 34 ratings — published 1980
Navajo Weaving Way (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.23 — 64 ratings — published 1997
The Ashford Book of Rigid Heddle Weaving (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.32 — 22 ratings — published 2002
The Weaving Book: Patterns and Ideas (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.44 — 27 ratings — published 1981
Tapestry Weaving (Search Press Classics)
by (shelved 13 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.32 — 149 ratings — published 2002
The Art of Tapestry Weaving: A Complete Guide to Mastering the Techniques for Making Images with Yarn (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.66 — 164 ratings — published
Handwoven Table Linens: 27 Fabulous Projects From a Master Weaver (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 12 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.33 — 45 ratings — published
Weaving: A Handbook of the Fiber Arts (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as weaving)
avg rating 3.88 — 16 ratings — published 1978
Warping All by Yourself (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.48 — 29 ratings — published 1974
The Techniques of Rug Weaving (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.73 — 44 ratings — published 1950
A Handbook of Weaves: 1875 Illustrations (Dover Crafts: Weaving & Dyeing)
by (shelved 12 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.25 — 20 ratings — published 1952
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.08 — 3,866 ratings — published 2018
Spin to Weave: The Weaver’s Guide to Making Yarn (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.05 — 55 ratings — published 2013
The Key to Weaving: A Textbook of Hand Weaving for the Beginning Weaver (Second Revised Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.47 — 32 ratings — published 1980
Woven Treasures (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.35 — 40 ratings — published 2009
Textures and patterns for the rigid heddle loom (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.32 — 34 ratings — published 2008
Krokbragd: How to Design & Weave (Weaving Krokbragd)
by (shelved 10 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.44 — 54 ratings — published
Huck Lace Weaving Patterns with Color and Weave Effects: 576 Drafts and Samples plus 5 Practice Projects (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.54 — 24 ratings — published
Weaving on a Little Loom (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.20 — 294 ratings — published
Weaving Iridescence: Color Play for the Handweaver (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as weaving)
avg rating 4.07 — 30 ratings — published
“Fabric" and "fabricate "share a common Latin root: fabrica "something skillfully produced". Text and textile are similarly related, from the verb texere, "to weave", which in turn derives...from the Indo-European word *teḱs̱ , meaning "to weave". "Order" comes from the Latin word for setting the warp threads, [ordinare], as does the French word for computer, ordinateur. The French word metier, meaning "trade" or "craft" is also the word for "loom".
Such associations aren't uniquely European. In the K'iche' Mayan language, the terms for weaving designs and writing hieroglyphics both use the root tz'ibia. The Sanskrit word sutra, which now refers to a literary aphorism or religious scripture, originally denoted "string" or "thread". The word tantra which refers to a Hindu or Buddhist religious text, is from the Sanskrit tantrum, meaning "warp" or "loom". The Chinese word Zǔzhī” 组织 meaning "organization" or "arrange" is also the word for "weave", while Chéngjiù 成就 meaning "achievement" or "result" originally meant "twisting fibers together". ”
― The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
Such associations aren't uniquely European. In the K'iche' Mayan language, the terms for weaving designs and writing hieroglyphics both use the root tz'ibia. The Sanskrit word sutra, which now refers to a literary aphorism or religious scripture, originally denoted "string" or "thread". The word tantra which refers to a Hindu or Buddhist religious text, is from the Sanskrit tantrum, meaning "warp" or "loom". The Chinese word Zǔzhī” 组织 meaning "organization" or "arrange" is also the word for "weave", while Chéngjiù 成就 meaning "achievement" or "result" originally meant "twisting fibers together". ”
― The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
“Sassafras had never wanted to weave, she just couldn't help it. There was something about the feel of raw fleece and finished threads and dainty patterned pieces that was as essential to her as dancing to Carmen De Lavallade, or singing to Aretha Franklin. Her mama had done it, and her mama before that; and making cloth was the only tradition Sassafras inherited that gave her a sense of womanhood that was rich and sensuous, not tired and stingy.”
― Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
― Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
