Download or read book Weaving on a Little Loom written by Fiona Daly and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weaving on a Little Loom teaches readers everything they need to know to start small-frame loom weaving, an easy and inexpensive craft that can be done at home. From setting up the loom to finishing a project, this book covers both basic and more advanced techniques, with an introduction to creating patterns such as basket and bird's eye weaves, rib, twill, and herringbone. With clear instruction and beautiful illustrative photographs, step-by-step tutorials guide you through designing and creating five contemporary woven projects—including table placemats, wall hangings, and a tote bag—all made with natural, environmentally friendly materials.
Download or read book Weaving Big on a Little Loom written by Fiona Daly and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For intermediate and advanced crafters, these eight illustrated loom weaving projects help you create sustainable, attractive, and useful textile pieces for your home and wardrobe—or to give as gifts. This step-by-step guide to weaving large projects on a little loom is packed with over 200 color photographs. Use your frame loom to create eight large, impactful weaving projects, including an oversized scarf, a snood, a shoulder bag, a mesh shopping bag, a bathroom mat, a table runner, and two types of cushions. With straightforward instructions, weave patterns, and vivid color photography, this helpful how-to guide leads you through each step of these inspired projects. First, choose your materials, focusing on finding the best, most sustainable textiles and yarns for your project. Next, learn about a special type of frame loom with a detachable top and bottom bar that will enable you to create pieces up to six and a half feet in length. Learn how to create 8 different weave structures, then, try your hand at each of the eight creative large-scale loom projects that are sure to impress family and friends. Once you're finished, you can proudly wear, carry, or display your contemporary weave work anywhere. You can also learn how to make your own frame loom for large projects using a simple guide.
Download or read book Little Loom Weaving written by Andreia Gomes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creative new patterns and projects combine with classic techniques and 150 step-by-step photos for a trendy take on hand-woven clothing and crafts. Whether you’ve been weaving for years or just starting out, Little Loom Weaving has everything you need to create trendy and timeless woven pieces on a small, portable loom. This helpful guide, packed with step-by-step instructions and stunning color photos, is full of inspiring and fun projects—some easy and fast enough to finish in a few hours! Learn New Techniques . . . Tabby Weave Looping Hemstitch Open Slit Rya Knot Soumak Discover Exciting Projects . . . Wall Hangings Bracelets Pillows Keychains Recycled Materials Planters “A full-color book that has a broad range of projects for beginning and intermediate weavers. Readers will even learn how to make their own starter loom out of a picture frame.” —Dear Creatives“Why buy when you construct a low-cost portable loom using this step-by-step guide to suit your DIY weaving needs.” —Mother Earth News “A great little book for someone who is just starting in weaving and it has some interesting project ideas for us veterans.” —That Artist Woman
Download or read book Inventive Weaving on a Little Loom written by Syne Mitchell and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-11-14 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rigid-heddle weaving is simple to learn, is easy to master, and offers a lifetime of possibilities to discover! Inventive Weaving on a Little Loom covers everything rigid-heddle weavers need to know about the craft, from the basics — how to select a loom, set it up, and get started — to a wide variety of fun techniques that yield beautiful results. Begin by exploring a variety of weave structures, including finger-manipulated laces, tapestry, and color play with stripes, plaids, and multicolor yarns. Then move on to more complex designs and irresistible projects, from pillows and curtains to bags, shawls, and even jewelry. Explore warp-face patterning, weft-pile weaving, weaving with fine threads, woven shibori, shadow weave, and the textural effects you can create with different yarns and with wire and conductive thread. Everything you need to know is here, with fully illustrated step-by-step instructions to ensure success.
Download or read book Peg Looms and Weaving Sticks written by Noreen Crone-Findlay and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy to learn, portable, and lots of fun--that's weaving on peg looms and weaving sticks! This book introduces you to the craft and answers all of your questions.
Download or read book The Weaver s Idea Book written by Jane Patrick and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New and experienced weavers alike are always on the lookout for new weave-structure patterns. The Weaver's Idea Book presents a wide variety of patterns for the simple rigid-heddle loom, accompanied by harness drafts for multishaft looms. The techniques include leno, Brooks bouquet, soumak, and embroidery on fabric. Each chapter contains weaving patterns along with swatches illustrating the techniques, accompanied by step-by-step photography. The book is arranged by structure or type of weave, from variations on plain weave to doubleweave. With traditional patterns from around the world, bands, and fabrics woven on two double heddles, The Weaver's Idea Book brings together a variety of ways to create exquisite cloth. Weaving tips and tricks help weavers at all levels achieve their textile dreams. In addition to pattern drafts, Jane offers project ideas that guide the reader through creating functional woven projects, from wearables to home decor. Weaving, especially on rigid-heddle looms, is enjoying a resurgence, and contemporary weavers are in need of a book to bridge the divide between basic books and complex text designed for advanced weavers with sophisticated tools. Celebrating the immense potential for creativity possible with the simplest of tools, The Weaver's Idea Book eBook opens new avenues for exploration on both the rigid-heddle and multishaft looms.
Download or read book Hands on Rigid Heddle Weaving written by Betty Linn Davenport and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1987-12-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With instructions for how to make wonderful projects and plain-weave variations, this user-friendly guide covers choosing, setting up, and weaving on a rigid heddle loom. Both beginners and experienced weavers will value its thriftiness and versatility.
Download or read book My Little Loom Companion written by Lucy Jennings and published by . This book was released on 2019-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to weave the basics in this little portable book. Basic tapestry techniques are introduced for the beginner weaver.
Download or read book Learning to Weave written by Deborah Chandler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn weaving basics or hone your skills with this invaluable guidebook Originally published in 1984 (under the name Learning to Weave with Debbie Redding), Learning to Weave is now on the verge of its 40th Anniversary in print. This unparalleled study guide teaches readers to weave on four shaft looms, whether they are learning from scratch or honing their skills. Written with a mentoring voice, each lesson includes friendly, straightforward advice and is accompanied by illustrations and photographs. Budding floor and table loom weavers need only to approach this subject with a sense of adventure and willingness to learn such basics as 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.
Download or read book Weaving with Knitting Yarn written by Rebecca L. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2009-01 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weaving with Knitting Yarn is written for fiber enthusiasts who like finding new ways to use beautiful yarns. The book presents weaving lessons that include basic weft-faced weaving, weaving geometric designs, and freeform weaving. Each lesson is accompanied by several projects. The projects can be woven on any loom including small frame looms. Author Rebecca L. Smith is an accomplished tapestry weaver the the creator of the Loom in a Tube line of products, including portable looms, books and kits. For more information, visit www.loominatube.com.
Download or read book Little Loom Weaving written by Fiona Daly and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive guide to frame loom weaving for the complete novice as well as those who have already discovered the frame loom weaving craze. It includes a brief history of weaving, useful tools and terminology, and a natural fibre and yarn index. The step-by-step tutorials cover everything from setting-up the loom through to finishing techniques and are accompanied by clear illustrations . Five contemporary beginner-friendly projects are included - all made with natural materials- including table napkins, a cushion cover, foldover purse and even a tubular woven totebag with no seams.
Download or read book Weaving Iridescence written by Bobbie Irwin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iridescent fabric shimmers and glows, changing colors depending on how the light hits it. Different colors appear in the folds and pleats, adding surprising layers of color to fabric. To the uninformed it appears magical and difficult, but the truth is that weaving iridescent fabric is accessible to any handweaver who knows the tricks. Bobbie Irwin has been teaching the techniques for weaving iridescence in person and through articles for more than ten years. In this book, she delivers her most comprehensive course yet, covering the details from how to evaluate and choose yarn to achieve your desired effect to the ways weave structure affects iridescence to the best uses for your iridescent fabric. Hands-on project instructions will have you exploring what you've learned right away. If you have been looking to add some shimmer to your weaving, this is the only book you will ever need!
Download or read book The Big Book of Weaving written by Laila Lundell and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating subject of handweaving is fully explored in this reference, which covers basic subjects such as warping a loom and making bobbins of weft, as well as more elaborate, highly decorative projects. Patterns are arranged by varying levels of difficulty and design so beginners and experienced weavers alike will discover new insights and concepts. Among the 40 step-by-step projects included in this volume are designs for baby blankets, shawls, table cloths, and linen hand towels.
Download or read book Weaving for Beginners written by Peggy Osterkamp and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated guide for step-by-step beginning and advanced weaving. 424 pages; over 600 illustrations; indexed
Download or read book Heirloom Beans written by Vanessa Barrington and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2008-09-17 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Everything you need to know about the delicious new world of beans in this pioneering [recipe] book . . .A keeper.” —Paula Wolfert, James Beard and Julia Child Award–winning cookbook author Who would have thought a simple bean could do so much? Heirloom bean expert Steve Sando provides descriptions of the many varieties now available, from Scarlet Runners to the spotted Eye of the Tiger beans. Nearly ninety recipes in the book will entice readers to cook up bowls of heartwarming Risotto and Cranberry Beans with Pancetta, or Caribbean Black Bean Soup. Close-up photos of the beans make them easy to identify. Packed with protein, fiber, and vitamins, these little treasures are the perfect addition to any meal. “Heirloom Beans is no less than a promise of good things to come from this humble but rather magical food.” —Deborah Madison, James Beard and Julia Child Award–winning cookbook author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone “Heirloom Beans is the ultimate kiss and tell all of legendary legumes. A delicious recipe and savory story for every heirloom bean.” —Annie Somerville, cookbook author and chef, Greens Restaurant “We give Rancho Gordo beans a place of honor at our restaurants.” —Thomas Keller, James Beard award-winning chef, cookbook author and restaurateur, French Laundry
Download or read book Tiny Weaving written by Emily Loy and published by RP Minis. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create on-trend miniature tapestries and wall hangings with Tiny Weaving! Add some bohemian flair to your office or home with Tiny Weaving! Ideal for weavers and crafters of all skill levels, this mini weaving kit comes with everything you need to craft the perfect mini wall hangings with ease. This kit includes: Two miniature looms (2.75 x 2.75 in) Miniature comb Needle Assorted thread and yarn 32-page miniature book with weaving instructions
Download or read book Warping Your Loom and Tying on New Warps written by Peggy Osterkamp and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
