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Comprehensive Guide to Designing and Weaving with Blocks eBook

Project Type Table Linens/Kitchen, Other, Baby/Children, Blankets, Rugs
Loom Type Multi-Shaft Floor or Table
Number of Shafts 4, 8, 6, 10
Weave Structures Summer and Winter, Twill, Plain Weave, Doubleweave, Rep, Tied Weaves, Satin
Author Handwoven Contributors
Format eBook

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With the key to block weaves in your hand, you can enter the Palace of Original Design. Without that key, you can only look in its windows. You'll learn how to create your own block profile drafts and how to interpret them in different weave structures, from summer and winter to taqueté to warp rep to doubleweave. The projects in this book will help you understand the theory as well as satisfy your weaver's soul by creating spectacular fabric.

CONTENTS

  • Rotating Blocks for Dynamic Design by Doramay Keasbey [4-6 shafts]
  • Creating Block Designs for Summer and Winter by Carol Strickler [6 shafts]
  • Use One Profile Threading for Many Designs by Virginia West [6 shafts]
  • Designing and Drafting Summer and Winter by Debbie Allen [4 shafts]
  • Summer and Winter Poppana Table Mat by Janice Jones [4 shafts]
  • Playing with Blocks: Three Unit Weaves by DeeDee Woodbury [4-10 shafts]
  • From Rosepath Twills to Block Designs by Beverly Savel [8 shafts]
  • Four-Block, Four-Shaft Doubleweave Placemats by Doramay Keasbey [4 shafts]
  • Four-Block, Four-Shaft Doubleweave Throw by Louise Cortelyou [4 shafts]
  • Designing with Blocks in Warp Rep by Rosalie Neilson [8 shafts]
  • Ripsmatta Table Runner on Four Shafts by Jean Scorgie [4 shafts]
  • Turned Taqueté for Towels on Four Shafts by Betsy Blumenthal [4 shafts]
  • Taqueté Rugs on Four or Eight Shafts by Michael F. Rohde [4-8 shafts]
  • Weft-Faced Block-Weave Rug on Four Shafts by Jean Scorgie and Janice Jones [4 shafts]

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