Pick-Up Bandweaving Designs: 288 Charts For 13 Pattern Ends And Techniques For Arranging Color

Torgenrud, Heather

ISBN 10: 0764368133 / ISBN 13: 9780764368134

Published by Schiffer Craft, 2024

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pick-Up Bandweaving Designs: 288 Charts For 13 Pattern Ends And Techniques For Arranging Color
• Publisher: Schiffer Craft
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764368133
• ISBN 13: 9780764368134
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

A pattern and color sourcebook for weavers, featuring 288 brand new patterns for Baltic-style technique and 70 samples unleashing the power of color choices. A lifelong resource for pick-up bandweavers, this pattern and color sourcebook contains 288 new charts that can be mixed and matched creatively, plus photos of 70 woven sample bands that illustrate techniques to help weavers arrange their own colors beautifully. Teaches weavers • designs for exquisite original bands woven in the Baltic-style pick-up technique found in many cultures; • the tremendous variety that's possible, even with narrow pick-up patterns that adhere closely to traditional design conventions; • practical color approaches specifically related to bandweaving; and • how the band design process works, for insights you can apply to designing your own patterns. Whether you weave bands on an inkle loom, a Scandinavian band heddle, or even a floor loom, this go-to reference stands the test of time for ideas and inspiration.|A pattern and color sourcebook for weavers, featuring 288 brand-new patterns for Baltic-style technique and 70 samples unleashing the power of color choices|A lifelong resource for pick-up bandweavers, this pattern and color sourcebook contains 288 new charts that can be mixed and matched creatively, plus photos of 70 woven sample bands that illustrate techniques to help weavers arrange their own colors beautifully. It empowers weavers to craft exquisite original bands woven in the Baltic-style pick-up technique found in many cultures. Teaches weavers • the tremendous variety that's possible, even with narrow pick-up patterns that adhere closely to traditional design conventions; • practical color approaches specifically related to bandweaving; and • how the band design process works, for insights you can apply to designing your own patterns.

About the Author

Weaver, writer, and designer Heather Torgenrud studied traditional weaving in Norway and Sweden. She teaches courses in pick-up techniques and bandweaving, including at the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and her articles and patterns have appeared in <em >Handwoven and the <em >Norwegian Textile Letter. She is the author of <em >Norwegian Pick-Up Bandweaving. norwegianpickupbandweaving.com