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Best of Handwoven: Weaving with Silk eBook

Project Type Scarves/Shawls, Garments
Loom Type Multi-Shaft Floor or Table
Number of Shafts 4, 8
Weave Structures Twill, Lace (all), Plain Weave, Crackle, Overshot, Deflected Doubleweave, Tied Weaves
Author Handwoven Contributors
Format eBook

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This eBook, all about silk. is for weavers interested in starting or improving their silk weaving with 12 silk weaving projects. Begin your silk journey with an overview of silk farming and production. Next, explore the various types of silk created and use the various silks in your projects. Further your knowledge with stories behind these fantastic silk creations such as sheet music translated into plaid color-wheel patterns and discoveries of 4-block crackles from the Seattle Weavers Guild.

CONTENTS

  • A Five-Silk Scarf by Karen Selk [8 shafts]
  • Sensuous Silk by Virginia West [4-8 shafts]
  • Spot-Weave Silk Scarf by Vicki Tardy [8 shafts]
  • Silk Huck-Lace Scarf by Dagmar Klos [8 shafts]
  • Silk: Swatch Collection #38 by Sharon Alderman [4-8 shafts]
  • Lace with Warp Patterning by Barbara Walker [4 shafts]
  • Simple Silk Scarf by Hector Jaeger [4 shafts]
  • Colorful Crackle for Silk Scarves by Tomoe Edwards [4 shafts]
  • Overshot Scarf in Wool and Wool/Silk by Yvonne Stahl [4 shafts]
  • Musical Color-Wheel Scarf by Tomoe Edwards [8 shafts]
  • Silk Scarf with Beaded Leno by Luciano Abbarno [4 shafts]
  • Silk Scarves in Deflected Doubleweave by Madelyn van der Hoogt [8 shafts]

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