The Ashford Book of Rigid Heddle Weaving

The Ashford Book of Rigid Heddle Weaving
Author: Rowena Hart
Publisher:
Total Pages: 75
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Hand weaving
ISBN: 9780473084370

International weaving teacher, Rowena Hart, shows how you can create exiting, beautiful garments and crafts - all on the simple two shaft loom. In the book she guides you step-by-step through the many techniques, showing just how easy it is to make your woven creations come alive through colour and texture. Be inspired by Rowena, who has worked with weavers from many cultures in her role as Education and Marketing Manager of Ashford Handicrafts Ltd, the world famous spinning wheel and weaving loom manufacturer. Also known as the Rigid Heddle, this loom is simple to use, light and compact. It will produce fabrics and tapestries to delight you - whether you are a novice or experienced weaver.

The Ashford Book of Spinning

The Ashford Book of Spinning
Author: Anne Field
Publisher: Borgo Press
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1989-09-01
Genre: Hand spinning
ISBN: 9780809575503

Spinning is a practical, fascinating and satisfying hobby with continuing appeal in an age of mass production. It is a comprehensive spinning primer written by a leading New Zealand spinner with an international reputation as a teacher and craftsperson. This book describles a physical skill clearly and concisely and her instructions are illustrated by over one hundred step-by-step photographs and diagrams. In addition to advice on spinning wool with a variety of techniques, she offers chapters on the use of other fibers and novelty yarns, and on dyeing. There is also an introduction to the craft of felting and a useful selection of patterns for knitting , crocheting and weaving your own handspun yarn.

Flowers in Felt & Stitch

Flowers in Felt & Stitch
Author: Moy Mackay
Publisher: Search Press Limited
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2014-09-25
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1781266735

Packed with colour and style, this gorgeous and inspiring new book from Scottish artist Moy Mackay delves deep into the world of felt painting. The book includes an introduction to Moy's use of colour and texture, as well as a useful section detailing what inspires her and how she forms these initial ideas into a composition. There are 4 easy-to-follow but inspiring step-by-step projects, along with extensive galleries of Moy's vibrant work. Unlike the broad range of her previous book, the focus here is flowers - in still life, in the landscape and as botanical portraits - and the book includes an in-depth techniques section on creating a range of different flower and leaf shapes, so that the reader can go on to produce their own unique masterpieces. "e;Moy's passionate use of colour and the deep texture created by felting are what draw me to her work. I also like the way that she concentrates on her surroundings for her subject matter - her work is very free."e;-Kaffe Fassett

The Ashford Book of Weaving Patterns from Four to Eight Shafts

The Ashford Book of Weaving Patterns from Four to Eight Shafts
Author: Elsa Krogh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 91
Release: 2011
Genre: Hand weaving
ISBN: 9780958288170

The author has brought together her favourite weaving patterns using four, six and eight shafts. Projects are suitable for all levels of weaving experience, with many patterns sourced from archival materials from local museums.

Spinning Designer Yarns

Spinning Designer Yarns
Author: Diane Varney
Publisher: Interweave
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-09-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781931499392

This inspiring illustrated guide teaches experienced spinners to make beautiful designer yarns and encourages them to be more creative and have more fun with spinning. Handspun yarns can be white, lumpy, gray, and precise--or they can be as colorful and deliciously textured as the spinner's imagination. Presented are instructions on applying dye to fibers in new, exciting ways; predicting how novelty yarns will look in finished fabrics; blending fibers for color and texture effects; spinning singles and plied yarns; and using these fantastic new yarns in weaving, knitting, and crocheting. Spinners will also add corespun, boucle, snarl, knotted, and tufted yarns to their spinning repertoire.

The Techniques of Tablet Weaving

The Techniques of Tablet Weaving
Author: Peter Collingwood
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
Total Pages: 710
Release: 2021-11-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN:

When Techniques of Tablet Weaving was first published in 1982 it sold out almost immediately. Weavers, fiber artists, and collectors, hungry for the vast and carefully organized repository of information it contained, have spent years excitedly sharing dog-eared paperback editions and roughly photocopied excerpts of this one-of-a-kind volume. No commercially published book, before or since, has captured the amount and quality of information and research on the art of tablet weaving (also known as card weaving). Finally, long-deprived cardweaving enthusiasts can own their very own copy of Peter Collingwood's landmark book thanks to this high-quality 2015 reprint, complete with dozens of detailed photographs, pattern examples, and step-by-step instructions for each of the techniques presented. In addition to instructional information, Techniques of Tablet Weaving contains pages of historical context for a variety of weaving techniques with clear and helpful tips on reproducing them precisely, as well as modern variations on the classics.

Learn to Spin with Anne Field

Learn to Spin with Anne Field
Author: Anne Field
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781570764929

A book on spinning basics for beginners from internationally acclaimed spinner and weaver Anne Field. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step directions, Anne guides the novice spinner through all they need to know to get started. She explains the spinning process and techniques, including preparation of fleeces, worsted and woolen spinning methods, plying, adjusting tension, treadling, skeining, drafting and blending as well as helpful advice about spinning wheels and how they work. A wide range of fibers suitable for spinning are featured--wool, alpaca, silk, mohair, cotton, angora, and synthetic and blended fibers--with details on the characteristics of each fiber and best spinning methods to use. Also included are many great projects with full instructions on how to use your newly spun yarns. Fully illustrated with full color photographs throughout.

Lessons in Bobbin Lacemaking

Lessons in Bobbin Lacemaking
Author: Doris Southard
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2012-03-08
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0486139557

Superb step-by-step guide enables even beginners to create beautiful lace according to age-old technique. Edgings, doilies, squares, petals, picots, more. Projects graded, simple to advanced. 249 illustrations. Bibliography.