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Doubleweave
by Jennifer Moore

Publisher: Interweave Press
Edition: Paperback

ISBN 13: 9781596681798

Doubleweave is the art of weaving two layers of cloth at the same time, one above the other on the loom, to create beautiful cloth that is reversible yet unique on each side. Using pick-up techniques and clever color mixing, patterns emerge that are different by complementary on each side. Weavers who have unlocked the keys to doubleweave can create not only beautiful and functional cloth, but pieces that are two ore more times as wide as the loom, and even sculptural pieces. Techniques are shown for 4-shaft and 8-shaft looms. The weaving effects covered include lace, tubular weave, pick-up, color mising, and more. Detailed instructions for a sampler and other projects help the reader to master doubleweave techniques and develop infinite variations in their own weaving.

Price: £19.99

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Overshot is Hot!
by Madelyn van der Hoogt

Publisher XRX Books
Edition Paperback

With more than 30 of the best overshot projects compiled from 20 years of Weaver's magazine and Prairie Wool Companion, this weaver's reference combines step-by-step instructions with weaving theory. Such projects as heirloom linens, traditional coverlets, and colorful modern applications for scarves, table toppers, and wall hangings are presented, covering everything a crafter needs to know to design fabulous fabrics in overshot and its cousin star-and-diamond weave. Both beginners and advanced weavers working on at least four-shaft looms will delight in the projects provided.

Price: £19.99

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Weaving Made Easy
by Liz Gipson

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

Weaving Made Easy, well, makes weaving easy. It includes eighteen simple projects made on a simple rigid heddle loom. A perfect blend of fun and functionality, the rigid heddle is small, portable, and affordable. Weaving compliments and extends all the other fiber crafts: sewing, knitting, spinning, crochet, and more. It's the fastest way to create a scarf using popular knitting yarns; the easiest way to create one-of-a-kind fabrics for clothing, accessories, and home décor. Anyone can learn, using nothing more than their hands, their imagination, and their third-grade math.Weaving Made Easy shows how to make sinuous, drapey fabrics; sturdy, practical fabrics; fun, funky fabrics. Projects range from scarves and tops to bags and belts, from pillows and placemats to rugs and blankets. Eighteen projects with complete instructions, clear step-by-step photographs, and abundant tips and techniques for color, design, construction, and embellishment make this the ultimate idea book for the would-be weaver.

Price: £15.99

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Collapse Weave
by Anne Field

Publisher A&C Black
Edition Paperback

This is a very practical book guiding the weaver step by step in the process of creating collapsed weaves. The book is filled with images of finished work by a number of artists as well as detailed grids for setting up the loom. This is a fairly new area and Anne Field is one of the leading artists in the field.

Price: £19.99

The Big Book of Weaving
by Laila Lundell

Publisher Collins & Brown
Edition Hardback

Crafters looking for a new challenge are turning in their droves to the most talked-about new trend: weaving. Ideal for the weaving novice, this book begins with an accessible introduction to operating a loom and the process of starting on a practice weave. The stunning projects section features a variety of designs that are bound to inspire. A fine-checked handtowel will jazz up any kitchen, and an elegant pair of summer curtains make the perfect bedroom adornment. Every project is contemporary in design and colour and practical for every room in the home – from a twill rag rug to a long striped placemat. Charts, diagrams and easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions are guaranteed to make the weaving process a breeze.

Price: £16.99

This is How I Go When I Go Like This
by Linda Ligon

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

A heartening, wise and hilarious collection of personal essays about life, weaving and the creative process. The collection's extraordinary pleasures involve textiles and language equally - whether the author is exploring what it means to have a "loom-shaped life" or asking the questions "What's warp, what's weft, what are the interlacements?" Her precise, probing and often quirky language and thoughts are always engaging. Time, yarn and the works of our hands - even when the processes involved "do not yield easily to language" - are threads that run through these lively conversations.

Price: £12.99

Learning to Weave
by Deborah Chandler

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Hardback

'Learning to Weave' is a four-shaft weaving course which makes learning to weave, with or without a teacher, easy and fun. The writing is friendly and straightforward; the illustrations and photographs are thorough and clear. All you need to know to weave with confidence is here.

Price: £17.99

The Best of Weaver's: Twill Thrills

Publisher XRX Books
Edition Paperback

This fourth book in the illustrated Best of Weaver's series includes the best twill articles from 13 years of Weaver's Magazine issues. Included are more than 30 projects on simple twills, twill blocks, advancing twills, snowflake twills, networked twills, and damassé. Complete directions are given for weaving glorious scarves, shawls, garments, and table linens on four-shaft to16-shaft looms. Full-color photos will inspire and entice all crafters to read and weave.

Price: £20.99

The Best of Weaver's: Thick 'n Thin

Publisher XRX Books
Edition Paperback

This definitive work begins with basic tips for drafting and weaving unique structures that alternate very thick and very thin fibers in both warp and weft. A little-known structure called diversified plain weave is reworked, expanded, and extended to create fabrics that are drapeable, sturdy, and richly textured-on as few as two shafts. More than thirty projects-ranging from rugs to fine silk scarves give complete and easy-to-follow instructions.

Price: £20.99

The Best of Weaver's: Fabrics That Go Bump

Publisher XRX Books
Edition Paperback

Weavers will love this intriguing collection of projects in fabrics that magically defy the flat plane, and bend, pucker, bump, and pleat. This comprehensive work begins with in-depth information about the unusual structures and fibers that add dimension. Fabrics That Go Bump gathers under a single cover more than thirty out-of-print articles from Weaver's Magazine and Prairie Wool Companion.

Price: £20.99

The Best of Weaver's: Huck Lace

Publisher XRX Books
Edition Paperback

Articles include in-depth instruction in designing huck lace, beginning at step one on four shafts for beginners and culminating in networked huck for advanced weavers. Projects with complete instructions are illustrated with inspiring full-color photographs and range from scarves and shawls in wool and silk to tablecloths and placemats in cotton and linen to christening and wedding gowns in very fine threads.

Price: £20.99

Rep Weave and Beyond
by Joanne Tallorovic

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

Joanne Tallarovic reveals how she modifies traditional Swedish ripsmatta (or Scandinavia rep weave) to create her highly prized handwork. The 29 masterfully designed projects, which include clothing, table linens, rugs, wall hangings, and more, will lead you to your own explorations and innovations. Designed for beginning to advanced weavers, the projects are accompanied by step-by-step instructions, clear illustrations, and inspiring color photographs.

Price: £17.99

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Latch-hooking Rugs
by Lynda Spiro

Publisher A&C Black
Edition Paperback

Latch-hooking is the latest old-school craft to experience a revival. Popular in the 1970s, latch-hooking is cool, kitsch and shockingly easy to do — think painting with numbers using wool. This book provides simple, illustrated, step-by-step methods and techniques for rugs using straightforward latch-hooking. It will provide inspiration and advice on designing your own rugs and also contain 10 different rug designs which you can follow from concept to finished product.

Price: £15.99

Tapestry Weaving
by Kirsten Glasbrook

Publisher Search Press
Edition Paperback

Price: £10.99

Weaving in the Peruvian Highlands
by Nilda Callanaupa Alvarez

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

Price: £14.99

Card Weaving
by Candace Crocket

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

With nothing more than some strands of yarn and a few simple cards with holes in them, you can easily weave fabrics of great complexity and beauty. No loom is required, and no tedious picking out of patterns by hand.

Price: £17.99

Mastering Weave Structures
by Sharon Alderman

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Hardback

This is the most important new weaving book Interweave Press has published in almost 20 years. Sharon Alderman, one of the finest weavers in America, has written a a book that teaches you the finer points of weave structure in the same way a personal friend would encourage and inspire you. Clear explanations, wonderful examples, and colour photographs of stunning fabrics introduce you to the fundamental principles of weave structure.

Price: £28.99

The Handwoven Index and Resource Directory
by Various

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

More than 2 decades of weaving infomation, indexed by project, technique, and author/designer - plus a list of manufacturers and suppliers, retail shops, associations, and websites. This belongs on every weaver's reference shelf.

Price: £7.99

The Weaver's Companion
by Linda Ligon

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

Save your brain for being creative. Let this small, sturdy book keep track of the details. It's all here. Sett and sleying charts, warp and weft calculation formulas, finishing techniques, fiber factoids, a must-have gray scale, and much, much more.

Price: £14.99

Navajo Weaving Way
by Noél Bennett

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

Noél Bennett met Navajo weaver Tiana Bighorse in 1968. In time Tiana took her into her family as a daughter. Together they sheared sheep, collected plants, dyed wool, carded, spun and wove. This book records their many experiences together, a collaboration that spans nearly 30 years.

Price: £14.99

Weaving Overshot
by Donna Lee Sullivan

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

Donna Lee Sullivan has spent years exploring the intricate design possibilities of overshot weaves. This book presents the fruits of her explorations - the reading she's done, the designs she's created at her computer, and the experiments she's made at her loom.

Price: £14.99

Rag Rug Handbook
by Paula Pfaff

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

This classic book gives instructions for weaving a first rug, plus twenty traditional two and four-shaft patterns.

Price: £15.99

A Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns
by Carol Strickler

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

Weavers have always traded patterns, just as avid cooks trade recipes. 'The Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns' is the ultimate pattern swop: some 250 readers of Handwoven magazine, dedicated and skillful weavers all, created samples and drafts to share in these pages.

Price: £28.99

A Joy Forever: Latvian Weaving
by Jane A Evans

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

"A thing of beauty is a joy forever" - Keats. The woven beauties described are household textiles from Latvia. They are pictured and analysed in this valuble English-language reference for handweavers, textile historians and anyone interested in Latvian folk art.

Price: £20.99

Hands on Rigid Heddle Weaving
by Betty Lynn

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

Price: £14.99

Double Woven Treasures from Old Peru
by Adele Cahlander

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

This comprehensive study of pre-Columbian double cloth preserved in museums and private collections includes fabric analysis and detailed weaving instructions for one of the worlds great textile traditions. A must for collectors and weavers alike.

Price: £20.99

Design Collection #18
by Various

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

Price: £7.95

Design Collection #19
by Various

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

Handweavers love scarves and shawls. They require no cutting or sewing and they can be woven on the simplest looms, yet they turn humdrum outfits into eye-dazzlers. This collection from Handwoven magazine includes 15 projects in glorious colours and intriguing weave structures in a wide range of materials - from silky to soft, woolly to gossamer, dressy to practical.

Price: £7.99

Design Collection #20
by Various

Publisher Interweave Press
Edition Paperback

If your busy life is leaving you too little time to weave, this Design Collection will help. The editors of handwoven magazine have assembled some of their best designers to present a stunning collection of quick projects you can start and finish in weekend. From totes to tablecloths, these 15 projects are guaranteed to excite weavers of all abilities.

Price: £10.99

Creative Weaving
By Sarah Howard& Elisabeth Kendrick

Publisher Octopus
Edition Paperback

Helps you learn how to create beautiful and unique patterns for articles ranging from winter-wear to items around the home.

Price: £12.99

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