Learning to Weave - Softcover

Chandler, Deborah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0934026157 ISBN 13: 9780934026154

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Contemporary, 1986

Synopsis

Since its first printing in the mid 80s, this book has become the standard text both for teachers and selftaught weavers. The author's friendly presence is constantly with you. Her words are clear and her advice sound. She covers all the basics. Then follows with some basic weave structures, block theory, drawdowns, choosing yarns, buying a loom, troubleshooting, finishing, and more. This revised edition adds an important chapter on warping backtofront and updated resource lists.

About this title

About the Author

Besides teaching extensively through weaving guilds and schools, Deborah has been a weaving shop owner, a contributing editor to Handwoven magazine, a peace corps volunteer in Honduras, and an employee of Pueblo to People, a nonprofit organisation that imports and sells handcrafted goods from Central and South America. Deborah is a founding member of Weave a Real Peace (WARP), an organisation dedicated to building bridges between weavers in first and third world countries.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Contemporary
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0934026157
• ISBN 13: 9780934026154
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232