Originally published in 1995, more than 40,000 weavers have used this unparalleled study guide to learn from scratch or to hone their skills. Written with a mentoring voice, each lesson includes friendly, straightforward advice and is accompanied by illustrations and photographs. Crafters need only to approach this subject with a willingness to learn such basics as three methods for step-by-step warping, basic weaving techniques, project planning, reading and designing drafts, the basics of all the most common weave structures, and many more handy hints. Beginners will find this guidebook an invaluable teacher, while more seasoned weavers will find food for thought in the chapters on weave structures and drafting.
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Deborah Chandler is a contributing editor with Handwoven magazine. She lives in Miami.
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90 of 91 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A 'must have' weaving learning tool!,
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This review is from: Learning to Weave, Revised Edition (Hardcover)
Deborah Chandler's book is the next best thing to attending an excellent
weaving class in person. Then after you learn to weave, it is a reference book
that can aid you for years to come. Even after weaving for more than
10 years, I often turn to this book. It has plain detailed instruction
with wonderful illustrations. Photos and drawings as well as the fabulous
explanations guide you right along.
Whether you are just learning to weave or want to add to your weaving library,
I strongly recommend this book!
98 of 102 people found the following review helpful:
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By A. Borovkoff (San Francisco, Ca) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Learning to Weave, Revised Edition (Hardcover)
Forget all the other books on weaving. This is the one. Anyone who has problems warping their loom, designing patterns, learning new patterns will wear the pages of this book thin with reading and rereading and rereading and more rereading. There is barely a day that goes by that I do not in some way refer back to this fantastic book! All we ask is that the writer give us more! Bravo!
57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beyond excellent for both beginner and expert.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Learning to Weave, Revised Edition (Hardcover)
This is by far the best book on weaving I have ever seen. It is an excellent learning tool as well as reference tool. Easy to understand directions and illistrations. This is the perfect book for anyone interested in weaving.
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In writing this book, I've placed myself in the classroom, imagining you, the reader, as a student in my class. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tabby weft, tabby background, warp sett, floating selvedge, tabby shots, threading unit, cloth diagram, point twill, weft shot, pattern weft, balanced tabby, string heddles, lace weaves, weft floats, overshot patterns, heddle bars, heddle eyes, profile draft, double weave, choosing yarns, two wefts, pattern shafts, eight shafts, waffle weave, novelty yarns Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Plain-Weave Variations, Yvonne Stahl, Marguerite Davison, Jane Patrick, United States, Debbie Redding, Handweaver's Pattern Book, Interweave Press New!
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In writing this book, I've placed myself in the classroom, imagining you, the reader, as a student in my class. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tabby weft, tabby background, warp sett, floating selvedge, tabby shots, threading unit, cloth diagram, point twill, weft shot, pattern weft, balanced tabby, string heddles, lace weaves, weft floats, overshot patterns, heddle bars, heddle eyes, profile draft, double weave, choosing yarns, two wefts, pattern shafts, eight shafts, waffle weave, novelty yarns Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Plain-Weave Variations, Yvonne Stahl, Marguerite Davison, Jane Patrick, United States, Debbie Redding, Handweaver's Pattern Book, Interweave Press New!
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- Finishes in the Ethnic Tradition by Suzanne Baizerman in Back Matter
- Warping All by Yourself by Cay Garrett on page 54
- Fibre Facts by B. Hochberg in Back Matter
- Hands to the Spindle: Texas Women and Home Textile Production, 1822-1880 (Clayton Wheat Williams Texas Life Series) by Dr. Paula Mitchell Marks in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- This Is How I Go When I Go Like This by Linda Collier Ligon on page 69
- Cultures of Control (Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine) by Miriam R. Levin on page 79
- Careers for Crafty People & Other Dexterous Types (Careers for You Series) by Mark Rowh on page 72
- Careers for Crafty People & Other Dexterous Types by Mark Rowh on page 72
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