Weavers often classify themselves as being either Color and Texture people or Structure people. I know that I fit very well into the latter category. There might also be categories for those who ar…

If you love clothes that are smooth, and breathable, you probably own a few made with satin weave. Find out what is satin fabric.

Have you ever wanted to set up your loom for a weaving, but you’re unsure of how to read the instructions? Let's learn how to read a weaving draft!

These Llamas or Alpacas were inspired by a friend who asked if I could weave Llamas. The PDF Tie-up is written for a Jack or rising shed loom. If you have a sinking shed or Counter Marche loom you will need to adapt the tie up and use a skeletal tie up. NOTE: These instructions assume you are familiar with the Summer Winter weave structure. This structure is woven with one warp and two wefts. The plain weave, also called the ground or tabby weft and the pattern or supplementary weft. For more information on this structure there are many references on the internet or in book. After purchasing if you have trouble downloading contact me with an email and I will send them to you. You can decide if you want a border at both ends or just one end. The suggested amount of yardage includes yarn for a border at both ends. Fabric Description: Plain weave with summer winter: using two or three shuttles I plan on adding a YouTube recording showing how to weave part of the image. The link for the video will be added to the pattern once it is completed. If you have any questions about this pattern please contact me. Copyright by Margery Erickson – This pattern is for personal use only. The designer request that you do not reproduce this to create items for sale.

Thanks to Jeen on Ravelry, I found a "recipe" for 8-shaft weaving on a rigid heddle loom. This is Pinwheel Weave. Yes, it is very cool. It is also somewhat time consuming (with 6 pick-up rows out of every 8 weft throws), so if you like rigid heddle to be a quick weave, this is not the draft for you! It is possible to get a nice rhythm going with it though, and the pick-up pattern is not hard to memorize, so if you do not have access to an 8-shaft loom, give this a try! I used a merino sock yarn and a 12 dent reed (wanted more wheels across the width) but I think I should have followed Jeen's advice and started out with chunky on a 5 dent, or maybe worsted on an 8 dent. This would give fewer pinwheels in a row, but also fewer threads to pick up, which would make a significant difference in the time and difficulty of the pattern. So here's how it goes (though I do recommend going to Ravelry for Jeen's step-by-step instructions and many examples of this pattern in different color combinations plus other variations and other weaving patterns). (OK, I like Jeen - she's bold and experimental and likes to try out lots of crazy ideas.) Directions: A. Warp your loom with 8 threads of each color, alternating 8 thread colors blocks all the way across. B. With your darker color, weave a plain border of some kind, at least 2 rows (more, if you like). C. Starting with your darker color, begin the pattern. You'll do all 8 rows of the pattern with this color. Pattern: row 1 - Heddle in neutral. In each 8 thread color section all the way across the row, from right to left, go over 4 threads and pick up 4 threads. Turn the pick up stick on its side to create a shed and weave your color through. row 2 - Heddle in neutral. In each 8 thread color section all the way across the row, go over 3 threads, pick up 1, over 1, pick up 3 threads. Turn the pick up stick on its side to create a shed and weave your color through. row 3 - Heddle in neutral. In each 8 thread color section all the way across the row, from right to left, go over 2 threads, pick up 1, over 1, pick up 1, over 1, and pick up 2 threads. Turn the pick up stick on its side to create a shed and weave your color through. row 4 - no pick-up (take a breath) Heddle down, plain weave shot. row 5 - no pick-up (take a breath) Heddle up, plain weave shot. row 6 - Heddle in neutral. In each 8 thread color section all the way across the row, from right to left, pick up 2 threads, over 1, pick up 1, over 1, pick up 1, and go over 2 threads. (for those who think analytically, this is the opposite of row 3) Turn the pick up stick on its side to create a shed and weave your color through. (this shows the pick up stick making the shed) row 7 - Heddle in neutral. In each 8 thread color section all the way across the row, from right to left, pick up 3 threads, over 1, pick up 1, and go over 3 threads. (opposite of row 2) (sorry, apparently I neglected to take a picture of this one) Turn the pick up stick on its side to create a shed and weave your color through. row 8 - Heddle in neutral. In each 8 thread color section all the way across the row, from right to left, pick up 4 threads and go over 4 threads. Turn the pick up stick on its side to create a shed and weave your color through. Repeat this pattern (rows 1 through 8) with your second color. And that's it, alternating colors to the end of your project. D. End with the 8 row pattern in your darker color. E. Put in your plain weave border. F. Finish fringes as desired (I twisted mine in solid color 8 thread units) And voila, a pinwheel scarf (or dishtowel, or whatever project you choose) So even though it's pretty slow going, it's actually fun! Really! And it's pretty flash, oh yes it is! (edited post on March 19 - so sorry, I was in a hurry when I first did this, and put all the process photos in upside down! All better now.)

Weaving waffle weave hand towels. I have just finished a set of hand towels in waffle weave. I love this weave structure. Here is the draw down. I have used green, red, blue and white to show the structure clearly. It is woven using seven shafts. Drawdown for 7 shaft waffle weave hand towels. Warp: 8/2 cotton in three colours, natural, light green and dark green. Weft: 8/2 cotton in three colours, natural, light green and dark green. Sett: 24 epi Total number of warp ends: 589 ends. The pattern repeat is 12 picks and 12 warp ends. I used three colours: natural, light green and dark green. The colour order is as follows: 24 natural, 12 light green, 12 natural, 12 dark green, 12 natural. I varied the order in the centre but to balance the weave the final group of natural warp ends should be 25. In all there are 45 groups of 12 ends and two larger groups of 24 at one edge and 25 at the other edge. Look at the towel on the loom for the exact colour order. There is no need for a floating selvedge as the waffle weave shrinks and fulls up beautifully. To start, I used a fine 16/2 cotton for the first 12 picks ( one pattern repeat). This is for the hem so that it will not be too bulky. Here is the weaving on the loom. I wove one towel with just the natural as the weft. A further two towels I wove with five pattern repeats in natural, light green, natural, dark green etc. The length of the towels on the loom was approximately 95cm (37 inches) A close up of the weave structure whilst on the loom Once off the loom I ironed the ends of the towels to make the hem. I turned up one pattern repeat - (the first 12 picks in fine cotton) and ironed it flat. Then turn a further pattern repeat in the 8/2 cotton. This makes the hem which can now be tacked. Don't worry if your hem is slightly larger. Close up of the hems before washing. I used a wide zigzag stitch on the sewing machine to hem the towels. Once hemmed the tacking stitches can be removed. To wash the towel, I put it into the washing machine with my normal wash and then into the drier. This weave structure makes very textured towels. The shrinkage is as follows and is measured with the towel already hemmed. Before washing ( and after hemming): Length: 85 cm (33.5 inches) Width: 57 cm (22.5 inches) After washing and drying.: Length: 62 cm (24.5 inches) Width: 45 cm (17.75 inches) There is a lot of shrinkage for this weave structure. The final towels are beautifully textured and make ideal hand towels. Hanging tag. I also wove a narrow warp faced band to use as a hanging tab on the towels. I used the 8/2 cotton in the same colours. Here is the drawdown. Drawdown for warp faced narrow band. The narrow band has 42 warp ends. If you look along the top of the drawdown, you can see the colour order for the warp. Some of the dark and light green warp threads are doubled so that they stand out in the pattern. This is indicated by a thicker square on the drawdown. I wove the band on my Swedish band loom. These type of bands can be woven easily on an inkle loom or with a rigid heddle. (See my book The Art of Simple Band Weaving and the Youtube video Five ways of weaving narrow bands). I cut the band into 4 inch lengths for the towel hanging tags. Turn under the ends of each tag and iron flat. Pin to the edge of the towel and oversew. The band tags were sewn onto the towels - just in time to be wrapped for Christmas presents. The three tags: one is sewn onto the edge of the towel. More narrow patterned bands. Bell key ring holders by Tamaki My friend Tamaki posted a lovely photograph of some of her key bell holders. She has been making them to raise money for the orphans of the tsunami. She loves band weaving and has made some lovely bands in beautiful colour combinations to go with the key holders. She allowed me to publish her photograph. As you can see, she has been very busy making these lovely bands and knitting the key holders. All of the keyholders sold. The colours are just right for Christmas. And finally - a Happy Christmas to everyone. Susan J Foulkes December 2014

Learn all about twill weave and how it is created, its properties, types & what it is used for. This fabric has diagonal ribs that give it durability.

Soft but durable, this lyocell and cotton blend drill is perfect for summer weight pants, jumpsuits and overalls.  It has a gently washed appearance and feel, but enough structure to work for more tailored projects.  The top surface has a delicate twill weave.  It's a tough and high-strength fabric that is still soft and very comfortable to wear.  Suitable for: Structured Dresses and Skirts, Pants and Shorts, Jackets, Overalls and Jumpsuits, Bags etc. Colour: Sand Matching Gütermann Thread: 299 Fabric Composition: 46% Cotton & 54% Lyocell Width: ~142cm  Weight: 228 gms (medium weight) Stretch: none Care: Wash at 30deg. C - warm iron  Shrinkage: 5~7% Pattern suggestions: see available patterns below. Country of Origin: South Korea

Herringbone weave is a popular type of weave in fashion. Find out what are herringbone weaving patterns and why it's so popular.

Kilby behang van Vescom. Het vinyl behang is een effen uni met een linnen look en feel. Dit behang is verkrijgbaar in een grote kleurenserie van maar liefst 33 kleuren! Wandbekleding Kilby Vescom. Lijmadvies: V1000

Only a bit of weaving today on the scarf warp - my back is bothering from way too much walking over the weekend on the coast........2 long walks each day, really long walks, and lots of bending over picking up shells off the beach. This scarf I used a teal weft, it's nice, not as eye popping as the black weft but I like it. Next scarf with be another one using the black weft.

For today’s post we travel to the other side of the globe: Scandinavia! To discover another of my favourite weaving structures: Krokbragd! Little history before going “in medias res”: While Saoriweaving was my favourite technique to weave on a rigged heddle loom in the beginning of my “weaving career”, the reason I start learning to…

Tied overshot, often called stars and diamonds weave, evokes images of pretty weaving patterns. Having read several articles about it, I learned that tied overshot is well known for being a tradit…

WORKSHOPS Painted Warps and Parallel Threadings 5-day workshop This workshop takes you on a weaving journey through Echo and beyond, with the steps as follows: Day 1: Paint two warps in different but complementary color-ways Day 2: Rinse and dry your warps and begin beaming them together as one on your loom Day 3: Thread in an Echo pattern (using your two warps on opposites in an extended parallel threading) Day 4: Finish threading, sleying, and tying on and begin weaving Day 5: Experiment with tie-ups and treadlings to achieve a variety of patterns in Echo, Jin, Shadow Weave, Rep, Double Weave and, if you choose, differential shrinkage You will go home with a beautiful array of samples and new techniques to deepen and broaden your weaving practice. 4-shaft looms are fine, 8-shaft and more are preferred. Students must know how to dress a loom and read a drawdown. Familiarity with weaving software is helpful as well. ____________________________________________________ One Warp, Many Structures: Explorations in Extended Parallel Threading 2 1/2 to 3-day workshop As Marian Stubenitsky has shown in Weaving with Echo and Iris, extended parallel threadings offer endless possibilities. In this workshop, designed for advanced beginners and beyond, you will arrive with your loom dressed in a two-color warp on a parallel threading. (Drafts will be provided about 6 weeks beforehand.) Working with a variety of tie-ups and treadlings, you will weave a series of designs in Echo, Jin (Turned Taqueté), Shadow Weave, Rep, and Double Weave. The takeaway is a sampler of colorful patterns and a broader, deeper understanding of the potential for extended parallel threadings and how to design them. For 4-shaft to 32-shaft looms. _____________________________________ Dimensional Weaving for 4 to 32 Shafts 2 1/2 to 3-day workshop 4 shafts 8 shafts 32 shafts In the water, textured fabrics can change before your eyes: pleating, folding, buckling, and curving into three-dimensional shapes. In this workshop, we will look at the three basic techniques for creating collapse fabrics: weave structure, the use of active and inactive yarns in warp and/or weft, and differential shrinkage. Participants will choose among designs for 4 to 32 shafts and then weave 5 or 6 samples using different yarns, tieups, and treadlings -- all demonstrating how texture, working in synergy with pattern and color, adds beauty and interest to a fabric. Registrants must be able to read a draft and dress a loom. ____________________________________________ Weaving Outside the Box: How to Make Dimensional Cloth 2 1/2-day workshop Color and structure are usually cited as the two most expressive elements in weaving, while texture, a vital factor in artful weaving, is often overlooked. This workshop focuses on creating three-dimensional pleats, curves, and other forms, emulating the organic lines and shapes of nature. Using certain advantageous structures, active and inactive yarns, and finishing techniques, you will learn how to expand your weaving repertoire and create "tactile art." You'll choose a project for 4, 6, 8, 12, or 16 shafts from my book (shown above) and arrive at the workshop with your loom dressed and ready to go. The workshop id designed for intermediate weavers: those who know how to dress a loom and read a draft. Materials fee of $50 includes purchase and shipping of book beforehand. _____________________________________________________________ Designing with Deflected Double Weave 2 1/2 to 3-day workshop* Participants will share an in-depth learning experience with Deflected Double Weave. This is an on-loom workshop, with students weaving a number of samples in a design for 4 to 16 shafts. We'll look at how to vary tieups and treadlings to create new designs and learn the different techniques for weaving selvages. In addition, we will work with active wefts such as Colcolastic, gold gimp, fine merino, and wool/stainless steel to achieve textured effects after finishing. We will discuss a variety of methods for designing this visually intriguing, graphic structure and practice creating our own designs with Fiberworks or other weaving software. Students will wind their warps and dress their looms prior to the workshop, ready to begin weaving the first morning. *This can also be presented as a one-day, off-loom workshop. ______________________________________________________________ Deflected Double Weave for Collapse Fabrics 2 ½ to 3-day workshop This workshop gives weavers an understanding of and practice with Deflected Double Weave as a structure that will collapse, pleat, and pucker after washing. Participants will choose from drafts I have designed for 4, 8, 12 and 16-shaft looms and will wind warps and dress their looms before the workshop. At the workshop, they will weave a number of samples for reference, washing at least one to learn how collapse techniques are applied in the finishing. They will also practice drafting and planning their own Deflected Double Weave designs using collapse techniques. ___________________________________________________ Echo and Jin: Playing with Color Chords 8-shaft Echo design on a 4-color warp For 4 to 16 shafts, this is an on-loom study of the color wheel and theories of color harmony, based on the teachings of 20th-century artists Johannes Itten and Josef Albers. The focus is on developing a subjective and objective sense of how to optimize the use of color in your weaving practice, particularly in weaving parallel-threaded designs. At least six weeks prior to the workshop, you will choose from a series of Echo and Jin designs provided by the instructor, with options for 2-end or 4-end parallel threadings. Next, you will choose warp colors based on Itten's theories of color chords, drawing from his 12-point color wheel. During the workshop, you will weave samples using different tieups, treadlings, weft yarns, and weft colors. __________________________________________________________ Echo and Jin: Variations on a Theme 2 ½ to 3-day workshop Echo on 8 shafts, 20/2 cotton warp and weft, 2 colors in both warp and weft Echo on 12 shafts, 2 colors in warp, one in weft Working with a variety of yarns, tieups, treadlings and setts (if you choose), you'll weave a series of designs in Echo and Jin (Turned Taqueté). You'll explore the interaction of color and structure, using two to four colors in the warp and a variety of colors in the weft. And you'll explore design, learning how different treadlings, tieups and setts change the pattern and learning how to use Fiberworks to create your own designs. This workshop is for intermediate weavers and beyond, for looms with 4 to 16 shafts (with designs for 24 and 32 shafts upon request). With drafts and warping instructions provided beforehand, you will begin the workshop with you loom dressed in a two or four-color warp using an extended parallel threading. ___________________________________________________________________ Echo on the Double: Doubleweave on Parallel Threadings 8-shaft doubleweave sample on an Echo threading, front view Same sample, back view Echo threadings -- also known as extended-parallel threadings -- offer limitless possibilities for flowing designs and bold color combinations. When woven as doubleweave, using two or more colors in the warp and two colors in the weft, the interactions among warp, weft, and pattern create striking motifs and color interactions. Weavers will choose their designs, gather their yarns, and warp their looms prior to the beginning of the workshop. Color theory, profile drafting, network drafting, and designing doubleweave tieups are some of the topics covered in this workshop. For intermediate to advanced weavers, with the use of weaving software recommended but not required. For 4, 8, 12, and 16 shaft looms (with designs for 24 and 32 shafts upon request). ______________________________________________________________ Paint Two, Beam One: Painting Two Warps and Weaving Them as One 2 1/2 to 3-day workshop This workshop teaches students how to hand-paint two warps in different color palettes and beam them together to weave one luminous fabric on their loom. Students will plan their project, paint two warps in different but compatible colorways of about 4-5 colors each, and then beam these warps together in stripes or blocks of their own choosing. Many warp-emphasis designs -- for 4 shafts and beyond -- lend themselves well to this technique. The focus is on exploring the possibilities of color and learning new skills. Also, studio safety is detailed and emphasized. Skill level: Intermediate to advanced, although adventurous beginners are welcome. __________________________________________________________________ One Warp, Four Fabrics: Weaving with 60/2 Silk 2 1/2 to 3-day workshop This workshop aims to take the fear out of weaving with fine silk using different wefts, tieups and treadlings to achieve widely varied results. Students will come away with samples of four distinctly different and useful fabrics: one suitable for scarves, with a delicate hand and wonderful drape; one resembling rag rugs, suitable for jackets and coats; one collapse fabric with lots of texture and personality; and one historic fabric that stretches vertically, simply because of the yarns and structure. Students will also have a primer on the history and potential of silk fiber. Skill level: intermediate to advanced. _____________________________________________________________ Paint Two, Beam One: Painting Two Warps and Weaving Them as One 1-day workshop This shorter workshop has the same focus as the 2 1/2 to 3-day workshop, but covered in one day, with dyeing, beaming of warps, and weaving taking place after the workshop. We will cover how to wind your warps, plan your colors, prepare your dyes, paint your warps, and beam them as one on your loom. In addition to handouts, you'll receive a variety of WIFs and PDFs giving you threadings, tieups, and treadlings for patterns on 4, 6, 8, and 12 shafts. (You also have the option to work with a pattern you've chosen beforehand.) ____________________________________________________________ How to Make Dorset Buttons 3-hour workshop Learn to make colorful, whimsical buttons – for jewelry, surface decoration or fasteners for your handmade garments – using only curtain rings, a tapestry needle, yarn, and perhaps beads. Based on 19th-century patterns from Dorset, England, these buttons are easy to create and customize to match your own fiber creations. To make your own buttons for a current weaving, felting, or knitting project, bring along your project and yarns. No prior experience needed. __________________________________________________________________ LECTURES The Power of Craft: A Weaver's Perspective 1-hour lecture and PowerPoint “There is something in every human soul which seeks to create a thing of beauty, given any sort of opportunity and materials to do so. Throughout all the ages people have pursued their own ideas of beauty, building, shaping, weaving, painting, decorating. They have carried on that pursuit through every medium that ever came to hand: wood, stone, feathers, bone, ivory, cloth, jewels, metals, glass, clay, shell, leather, pigment… and yarn,” writes Barbara G. Walker in her 1968 book, A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns. This lecture, accompanied by images of weaving and crafts throughout history, looks at the pursuit of craft, from ancient to modern times, and why it continues to enrich our lives -- from a weaver’s perspective, of course! ___________________________________________________________ Dorset Buttons: A Heritage Craft 1-hour lecture and PowerPoint Dorset buttons, designated in England as a "Heritage Craft," continue to delight fiber artists today as colorful, whimsical embellishments for jewelry, surface-design and fasteners for handmade clothing. The variations are limitless and they can be created anywhere using only curtain rings, a tapestry needle and yarn (and beads if you choose). Further, you can customize these buttons to match your own creations, using yarns from your stash. Dorset buttons have been around for centuries, beginning in the 17th century as a cottage industry in County Dorset on the English Channel. Come hear the history of these lovely designs, viewing lots of inspirational photos along the way, and learn how to make them on your own. _____________________________________________________________ Echo and Jin: Variations on a Theme 1-hour lecture and PowerPoint This lecture illustrates how extended parallel threadings -- known as "Echo" threadings -- offer weavers unlimited options for designs, textures and color palettes, just by changing your tieup and treadling and varying your weft yarns and sett. Echo and Jin designs take weaving "off the grid," allowing weavers to create flowing lines, circles and unique shapes. These techniques can include networked threadings and treadlings, which will also be discussed. _____________________________________________________________ Echo Threadings: The Warp that Keeps on Giving 1-hour lecture and PowerPoint 12-shaft Echo sample courtesy of Maryann Ariizumi 12-shaft Jin sample courtesy of Maryann Ariizumi 12-shaft Shadow Weave draft 12-shaft Rep draft 12-shaft double weave draft How can you weave Echo, Jin, Shadow Weave, Rep, and double weave on just one warp, with just one threading? With an extended-parallel threading, that's how -- simply by varying the tieup, treadling, and weft yarns and, in the case of Rep and double weave, by re-sleying as well. This lecture traces, which looks at techniques for intermediate to advanced weavers, sheds light on the wide-ranging possibilities of Echo threadings, as discussed by Marian Stubenitsky in her groundbreaking book, Weaving with Echo and Iris. _____________________________________ Tactile Art: Collapse Fabrics from 4 to 32 Shafts 1-hour lecture and PowerPoint This one-hour lecture and PowerPoint explores the many techniques and possibilities for creating dimensional fabrics. The three basic elements for these fabrics are structure, active and inactive yarns, and finishing techniques. The results make the most of an often-overlooked aspect of weaving: that of texture and depth. Add color and form, and weavers can maximize the potential of our craft to create imaginative fabrics with great visual and tactile appeal. _______________________________________________________ Paint Two, Beam One: Painting Two Warps and Beaming Them as One 1-hour lecture and PowerPoint This lecture and PowerPoint presentation, accompanied by garments and samples, presents designs and methods for painting two warps and weaving them as one on your loom. You'll learn how this technique, when used with extended parallel threadings and other warp-emphasis weaving patterns, can optimize the use of color in your weaving. ______________________________________________________ Once Upon a Warp: From the Loom to the Runway 1-hour lecture and PowerPoint This lecture traces my weaving journey from concept to completion of a garment, followed by a fashion show of the garments themselves. Every year since 2008 I have set myself a challenge: Weave a garment (or two) that will be juried into the Convergence fashion show, part of the biannual conference of the Handweavers’ Guild of America. To date, I have been able to meet the challenge – but there’s more to the story, with some ups and downs along the way! Anyone who weaves or creates fabric or designs garments will relate.

How to Weave Straight Edges Like a Pro Hi friends! I often get students who are frustrated by this, and even though I cover it in my beginning weaving video class, I decided to publish a public tutorial as well. The secret is 3 words: BUBBLE , STRUM and BEAT . Do you have issues keeping your

Common Types of Woven Fabric. Basic weave structures. Woven Structure. Orientations in a Woven Fabric. Machine direction = "warp" or "end" Perpendicular direction = "fill" or "weft" or "pick" or "woof” Frequently the warp direction corresponds with the 0°, or longitudinal direction

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Most fabrics are made my knitting or weaving yarn, although non woven fabric is made by bonding or felting fibres together. A fabrics properties, appearance and end use can be affected by the way i…

Of the many interesting stops on the Vesterheim 2017 Textile Tour, none had a particular focus on krokbragd, a popular type of Norwegian weave structure. Yet… they keep showing up. The lates…

Today is the third anniversary of my signature online tapestry course, Warp and Weft: Learning the Structure of Tapestry . The launching of this course was my first step away from my career as a healthcare provider. Sure I had been working as a tapestry teacher and artist for many years prior, but

Learn how to read a weaving draft with this in-depth look at each of the key components: threading, tie-up, treadling, and drawdown. This information can be applied to both rising and sinking shed looms.

Swatching plain weave is relatively easy, but what about other structures? I'll show you how to read your cloth and recreate it on a frame loom.

By Melissa Ludden HankensWhile this article is mainly about how to read a draft, I'm also going to share my experience boiling Foxfibre Colorganic cotton to develop the color in the cloth I wove to make my almost one-year-old an easy pair of pull-on pants.When I first learned to weave, I remember thinking that reading drafts was rather intimidating, and how on earth was I ever going to remember what to treadle when or if I ever managed to get my loom threaded and tied up properly. I have since found that all it really takes to understand a draft is a moment of peace and quiet so that I can focus.If you own a shaft loom, such as Schacht's Table Loom or Baby Wolf, being able to read a draft is helpful should you wish to weave patterns beyond plain weave or basic twill.There are many resources out there. A few of my favorites include The Handweaver's Pattern Directory by Anne Dixon, Mastering Weave Structures by Sharon Alderman, and of course The Weaver's Idea Book by Jane Patrick, which has the benefit of being written for both rigid heddle and shaft loom weavers. You may have also heard of A Handweaver's Pattern Book by Marguerite Porter Davison, commonly referred to as "the green book." Most weavers I know have this gem in their weaving library, and it is most useful to own.So how do you go about using these books? How do you read the drafts? Have no fear! It is less intimidating than it might initially seem.Project SpecsWeave structure: 6-thread herringboneTotal warp length: 3 yards (this is more fabric than you will need for a single pair of pants for a baby, but I have a few other side projects that I'm planning with the extra fabric)Number of ends: 630Width in reed: 21"EPI: 30PPI: 24

So now that P2P2 is over, I have began focusing on a totally new concet: shadow weave. I reviewed the book 1000+ patterns by Powell , and wo...

MINTA is modular structure system based on weaving, translated into a modular multi-layered surface using 3D programs + laser cutting.

This gently shaded paper weave is similar to Potomac but in a much larger scale. Textural strands of paper, varying in thickness, are gently coloured using a watercolour effect. The plain weave structure is slightly open to reveal hints of Astra’s buff coloured base paper. The overall effect is highly textured while retaining a beautifully soft movement in colour. PRODUCT INFORMATION Composition:  100% Paper Product code: Sand - 20451-01, Dove - 20451-02 Roll Dimensions: 92cm x 10.9m (WxL) *Sold by the roll *Please note that wallpaper cannot be returned ABOUT COLEFAX & FOWLER. Founded in the 1930s by Sibyl, Lady Colefax, and later joined by John Fowler in 1938, Colefax & Fowler has established itself as a quintessential English brand in the world of fabrics and wallpapers. Renowned for their impeccable taste and sophisticated designs, this iconic partnership has left an indelible mark on the interior design landscape. Colefax & Fowler is celebrated for its classic English appeal, offering fabrics and wallpapers that exude elegance and subtlety. Their designs are characterised by a delicate balance of traditional charm and understated sophistication, making them a favourite among discerning homeowners and interior designers around the world. The beauty of Colefax & Fowler’s collections lies in their ability to blend seamlessly into any décor while adding a touch of refined elegance. Each fabric and wallpaper is crafted with meticulous attention to detail, ensuring that the patterns and colours create a harmonious and inviting atmosphere in any space.

Everything you need to know to start "Summer and Winter" weaving right away: Threading, Tie-up and treadling for Summer and Winter weaving