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Woven Textile Design Kindle Edition

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Woven Textile Design offers a comprehensive introduction to weaving for all those wishing to design and produce a wide range of fabrics from scratch.

Starting with the basics of woven textile design, the book looks at how to draw up and interpret records and notation, before explaining how different types of cloth are constructed. From the most basic of plain weaves, through twill weaves, textured weaves such as seersucker, crepe and corded cloths to more complicated designs created with extra threads woven in, a wide range of patterns are covered. Illustrated throughout with diagrams, weaving plans and beautiful examples from contemporary designers, the book also includes tips on using different yarns and colours to create stunning and unique designs.

Offering clear, practical advice, this book will show you how to interpret your initial concepts and develop your ideas on the loom.

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224 pages
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English
Publisher

Laurence King Publishing
Publication date

April 28, 2014
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70884 KB
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About the Author

Jan Shenton is a weaver, whose designs are bought by manufacturers and design houses in America, Canada, Europe, and Japan. Her clients are high profile companies and include Louis Vuitton, Donna Karan, Polo Ralph Lauren, Etro, Weave Corporation, American Pacific, Cone Jacquards, Custo, Salvatore Ferragamo, Diane Von Furstenberg, Etincelle Couture, and Lululemon. She is a lecturer in woven textiles at Loughborough University.

--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00KS1QNNE
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Laurence King Publishing; 1st edition (April 28, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 28, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 70884 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #2,495,998 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #426 in Weaving (Kindle Store)
- #521 in Textile & Costume (Kindle Store)
- #1,477 in Weaving (Books)

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Lynda Delallo

Good buy for the adventurous or curious weaver

Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2014

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I bought this book not being sure if there would be enough content to justify the price. This book is great! There is a very small section on basics, which I like since some books include so much basic information that it takes up half the book. There are all kinds of interesting techniques and great color photos of the weavings. I recommend this book if you are interested in weaving that is beyond ordinary.

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Beryl A. Moody

Idea Book for Weavers

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2014

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Woven Textile Design is a big, beautifully illustrated idea book for weavers. From plain weave on two shafts to 16 shaft draft ideas, Jan Shenton doesn't leave anyone out in the cold. For me, the highlights of this book are warp and weft distortions, extra warp and weft patterning, seersucker, patterned double weave and weaving horizontal pleats (not for the faint of heart). There are plenty of other techniques and ideas presented in addition to those mentioned, making it suitable for weavers of all levels of experience to learn something new. The book is loaded with color illustrations of lively and interesting handwoven cloth, plenty of weaving drafts and details such as sett and denting advice. One caution; since the author is English, you will find that warp calculations are metric.

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Richard D

Great Book.

Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2020

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Has a lot of great patterns. Even better than I hoped.

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Ginger Clark

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2016

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Lots of great info! Easy to read and follow.

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J. Hess

Three Stars

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2015

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haven.t had time to evalate

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Georgean Curran

One Star

Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2014

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Color could have been better. strange layout.

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Kindle Customer

More design less newbie information

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2014

I was really excited about this book but was disappointed in the lack of design methods. Guess it would be great for a beginning weaver as she goes over all the basic structure of weaves. 5 pages of design information and all the rest on different weaving structures.Most of the pages prior to to those 5 pages is also basic weaving that can be found in multiple books already published. Will either sell, donate or give this one away.

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John

A new one on me.......

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 13, 2014

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This isn't a book I had seen or heard of:not one in circulation around my weaving friends, but thought it was worth a punt. It is a well considered book, some nice basic stuff for beginners,well observed and illustrated and usefully builds up to more technical details and pattern suggestions. It's a weaving manual, so I haven't worked through all of it yet, but it looks very promising and pitched at the right level to take a beginner through to competent waving - and understanding weave structure.

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Jean Mabon

Woven textile Design

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 15, 2014

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This is a total inspirational weaving book. It covers structures such as plain weave, honeycomb, mock, twills and double cloth and encourages the weaver to experiment and stretch their own boundaries. The photographs enhance the idea of experimentation and the diagrams are clear.

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This book is amazing, good for beginners and a great tool for ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2018

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This book is amazing, good for beginners and a great tool for weavers looking to try new structures and techniques.

Amazon Customer

Lots of useful info!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 18, 2019

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Great book for any weaver! Gives a lot of useful information and also inspiration. Highly recommend!

Fantastic for weavers at all levels

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 16, 2019

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Wonderful book, helped me massively as a beginner

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