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Anatomy of a Tapestry: Techniques, Materials, Care
Jean Pierre Larochette & Yadin Larochette, illustrations by Yael Lurie
Available May 2020The history, legacy, and boundless creativity of weavers over the centuries is the base in this helpful guide for…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 190 color & b/w images and drawings | 144 pp
ISBN13: 9780764359330 | Binding: hard cover spiral$45.00
Velvet on My Mind, Velvet on My Loom: Velvet Weaving Past & Present
Wendy Landry
Available May 2020For over one thousand years, velvet textiles were woven by hand with great ingenuity and artistry. This book…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 250 color images | 320 pp
ISBN13: 9780764359347 | Binding: hard cover$70.00
Potholder Loom Designs: 140 Colorful Patterns
Harrisville Designs & Rachel Snack
Available NowUnplug yourself—and any children in your life—and enjoy the art of weaving at the small-scale level…
Size: 9″ x 9″ | 176 color images | 64 pp
ISBN13: 9780764358500 | Binding: soft cover$16.99
Welcome to Weaving 2: Techniques and Projects to Take You Further
Lindsey Campbell
Available NowModern makers who have learned the basics of weaving can rejoice with this next-steps guide from Lindsey Campbell,…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 400+ color images | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780764357688 | Binding: hard cover$24.99
The Art and Science of Natural Dyes: Principles, Experiments, and Results
Joy Boutrup & Catharine Ellis
Available NowThis long-awaited guide serves as a tool to explain the general principles of natural dyeing, and to help dyers to…
Size: 8″ x 10″ | 162 color images, incl. 450+ dyed samples | 176 pp
ISBN13: 9780764356339 | Binding: hard laminate case wire o$60.00
Threads Around the World: From Arabian Weaving to Batik in Zimbabwe
Deb Brandon
Available NowHandmade textiles are personal, no matter where in the world they’re created, and these photos and…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 197 color images | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780764356506 | Binding: hard cover$24.99
Welcome to Weaving: The Modern Guide
Lindsey Campbell
Available NowDesigned for modern makers looking for a book that will continue to inspire them as their skill grows. Lindsey…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 718 color images | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780764356315 | Binding: hard cover$24.99
Navajo Pictorial Weaving, 1860-1950: Expanded, Revised Edition
Tyrone D. Campbell & Steven Begner
Available NowBack in print, expanded, and revised, the second edition of Navajo Pictorial Weaving is devoted to all categories…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 190 color images, 1 b/w chart | 208 pp
ISBN13: 9780764355844 | Binding: hard cover$45.00
Weaving Patterned Bands: How to Create and Design with 5, 7, and 9 Pattern Threads
Susan J. Foulkes
Available NowNarrow bands woven in colorful patterns are a centuries-old part of Baltic craft tradition. The double slotted…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 443 color images | 152 pp
ISBN13: 9780764355509 | Binding: hard cover$26.99
Dimensional Cloth: Sculpture by Contemporary Textile Artists
Andra F. Stanton, Foreword by Josephine Stealey
Available NowSculpture is no longer limited to materials like stone or metal. Sculpting in fabric is shown in ingenious detail…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 358 color images | 256 pp
ISBN13: 9780764355363 | Binding: hard cover$50.00
Sling Braiding Traditions and Techniques: From Peru, Bolivia, and Around the World
Rodrick Owen & Terry Newhouse Flynn
Available NowThis comprehensive, full-color guide features dozens of images of slings from various cultures, both ancient and…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 457 color photos, charts/drawings, and weaving diagrams | 208 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354304 | Binding: hard cover$39.99
Navajo Weavings with Ceremonial Themes: A Historical Overview of a Secular Art Form
Rebecca M. Valette & Jean-Paul Valette
Available NowFeaturing more than 500 photos and maps, this is the first comprehensive, research-based history of Navajo…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 536 color & b/w maps and images | 432 pp
ISBN13: 9780764353741 | Binding: hard cover$75.00
Ondulé Textiles: Weaving Contours with a Fan Reed
Norma Smayda with Gretchen White
Available NowWeaving involves straight, parallel, and gridlike lines, but as Norma Smayda shows, ondulé—weaving…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 187 color & b/w images | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780764353581 | Binding: hard cover$45.00
Andean Sling Braids: New Designs for Textile Artists
Rodrick Owen & Terry Newhouse Flynn
Available NowLearn to make the decorative braids used in the sling-making traditions of Peru and Bolivia; this detailed guide,…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 246 photos, 29 b/w photos, 159 charts/drawings, 1,100 weaving diagrams | 216 pp
ISBN13: 9780764351037 | Binding: hard cover$39.99
A Guide to Basket Weaving
Marie Pieroni
Available NowReaders need only to master several simple steps to discover the true pleasure of creating unique, durable…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 284 color images | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780764345302 | Binding: soft cover$24.99
Contemporary International Tapestry
Carol K. Russell
Available NowTapestries from 40 top international artists representing three generations show the best examples of contemporary…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 153 color images | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764348693 | Binding: hard cover$29.99
Frances L. Goodrich’s Coverlet and Counterpane Drafts
Barbara Miller & Deb Schillo
Available NowThis collection of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century weaving drafts from the Southern Highlands region of…
Size: 12″ x 9″ | 308 color & b/w images | 176 pp
ISBN13: 9780764352669 | Binding: hard cover$45.00
Frances L. Goodrich’s Brown Book of Weaving Drafts
Barbara Miller, with Deb Schillo
Available NowA collection of traditional eighteenth and nineteenth century weaving drafts, written sequences of the threading…
Size: 12″ x 9″ | 169 color & 208 b/w photos | 192 pp
ISBN13: 9780764345418 | Binding: hard cover$45.00
Geometric Design in Weaving
Else Regensteiner
Available NowWeavers of any level will be enriched as this world-famous weaver combines the study and practice of graphic…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 45 color & 205 b/w photos, 102 diagrams & drafts | 222 pp
ISBN13: 9780887400780 | Binding: hard cover$29.95
Handwoven Tape: Understanding and Weaving Early American and Contemporary Tape
Susan Faulkner Weaver
Available NowNarrow bands of woven tape were important to Americans in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, before…
Size: 7″ x 10″ | 288 color images | 208 pp
ISBN13: 9780764351969 | Binding: hard cover$24.99
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