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Eight books have been provided by the Craft Outlet. Some are so interesting that you may be encouraged to purchase them.
746.04 MAY
MAYER, Anita Luvera , Handwoven clothing felted to wear Shuttle Craft, Washington, 1988, 100pp.
This book is about properly fulling hand woven garments to make them warmer and softer. There is a chapter on the history of felted cloth and then two on the design and techniques of preparing and dyeing the cloth. Next there is a portfolio of the author’s work and two chapters on finishing. Illustrations, Bibliography, Index
746.12 BOE
BOEGER, Lexi, Intertwined Quarry, Mass, 2008, 304pp..
It is great to find a book on spinning. This one covers creative yarns, such as slubs and coils, but also felting and it has plenty of interesting patterns to knit and crochet. The author has spun paper, silk and other kinds of other fibres. Illustrations
746.12 CAS
CASEY, Maggie, Start spinning Interweave, Loveland, CO. 2008, 119pp.
This has everything you need to know to make great yarn, but is more traditional that the Boeger book. Spinning on a spindle and wheel, plying, carding, washing and finishing your skeins are all carefully explained. Illustrations, Glossary, Bibliography, Index
746.14 DIX
DIXON, Anne, The Handweaver’s pattern directory Interweave, Loveland, CO., 2007, 256pp.
After 27 pages on basic information there are over 600 weaves for four-shaft looms illustrated in colour. At the back there is a flap with information on using the book. Illustrations, Glossary, Index
746.14 HAL
HALL, Eliza Calvert, The Book of handwoven coverlets Dover, New York, 1988, 1st Pub 1912. 67pp.
This book does not provide patterns, but chronicles the way American bedspreads were woven in the past. There is another book by the same author in the Reference section. Illustrations
746.3 HAR
HARVEY, Nancy, Tapestry weaving Interweave, Loveland Co, 1991, 207pp.
Everything you might need for creating small or large tapestries. Illustrations, Glossary, Bibliography, Index
746.6 FLI
FLINT, India, Eco colour Murdoch, Sydney, 2008, 239pp.
This is a great natural dyeing book from Australian sources with a conservation bias. Starting with how to collect the leaves, berries or other ecologically sustainable non-synthetic dyes, the author goes on to show one how to do the least damage to the dyer and the environment. It even includes mud as a dyeing medium. There are also sections on solar dyeing and multi-colour techniques. Illustrations, Index, Bibliography, Web Sites
746.66 VAN
VAN GELDER, Lydia, Ikat II Revised edition, Unicorn, California, 1996, 1st pub 1980, 160pp.
This book has many coloured photographs of completed ikat designs and others of Asian people working on dyeing. It includes ikat with warp, weft, double and compound weaving, also shifu and machine knitting. Illustrations, Index, Bibliography
Elizabeth Paramanathan
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