Inkle Weaving [Paperback]

Helene Bress (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 214 pages
• Publisher: Flower Valley Press (July 1, 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962054313
• ISBN-13: 978-0962054310
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,893 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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81 of 83 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An EXCELLENT "how-to" book in clearly written instructions!, February 17, 1999

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Teri Kennedy at [e-mail] (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Inkle Weaving (Paperback)

I am an artist who works in a very wide variety of artistic mediums. I am usually able to decipher "how-to" instructional books after going over the instructions several times, but I learn much more quickly by seeing the craft-in-question demonstrated in person.

This particular book on Inkle Weaving has been written with such skill, and crystal clear instructions and illustrations that I was able to design and complete a very complicated design pattern on my first effort! A friend, (Lady Merrsger of Clan CaerLonn) lent me her copy and loom so that I could see whether I wanted to continue with this type of weaving. Especially since it's my first experience with weaving. As my husband (Lord Aragon) says, "This is your new addiction, I see."

Matter of fact, since he's a wood-worker, I had him make me both the table-top & floor looms from the patterns included in the book. (Although, I wouldn't recommend this unless you are a wood-worker, yourself.) As Artisan/Merchants within the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism), we used those looms to take orders from our customers last week. And everyone we talked to, demonstrated to, and sold looms to, were shown a copy of this book, and highly encouraged to buy one for themselves at Amazon.com!

Within the SCA, (which is a world-wide Midevial/ Renaissance re-creationist & educational group) we are often challenged to find some kind of trim to sew onto our "garb" which looks authentic within our "time period". The trim created on this type of very simple loom is perfect, and far surpasses the mass-produced stuff available in fabric stores! Ms. Bress also includes a good number of creative suggestions for use of the trim, from clothing to purses to wall hangings, etc.

I very highly recommend this book, most especially for Inkle Loom beginners! Besides presenting some very obviously artistic work, Helene Bress is among the few craftspeople I've seen who can also write very clear, and easily followed instructions. My friend who lent me her copy declares me an Inkle expert (Hah) as a result. Well done, and HUZZAH to Helene Bress!!!

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent primer for beginners, but does have mistakes, August 29, 2005

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CAM301 "baquauhm" (Frederick, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Inkle Weaving (Paperback)

In the beginning, she cites all the features required for an inkle loom. I used this list to search for mine, and have been delighted with the loom I got. She also has great instructions for getting set up, and for weaving.

The only problem I've noticed is that if you follow exactly many of the charts, you will not get the results shown in the samples. Left of the center of the graph is perfect. The right hand side is always off by one. I had to learn this the hard way, and so now, I check that left and right of the center are identical, and then fix the chart before I begin warping my loom.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have for every Inkle Weaver, August 25, 2008

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CrochetQueen "Hook, Yarn and Needles" (Elko, NV United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Inkle Weaving (Paperback)

For me this book covers everything you want to know to get started, to keep going, advanced topics and more. There are instructions on how to make your own loom, how to make your heddles, what the heddles are for(big reason for them really) and more. You will learn just about everything from this book.