Book Description
Shawls are currently making a huge comeback in the fashion world, but many people do not realize that the shawl has been worn for many centuries and in many cultures. This collection of patterns and traditions features shawls from around the world. From the Himalayas to Spain, from Iceland to Japan, and from Mexico to Norway, many of the shawls featured here have been taken from examples of historic knitted shawls. Other designs have been translated into knitwear from patterns for woven or lace shawls. Included are 25 patterns as well as historical and cultural information about shawls that have been used for prayer and mourning, as bridal veils, and as christening garments. Each design is presented with a full-page color photo, written instructions, and charts.
Customer Reviews:
Shawls.......2007-08-25
The Folk Shawls is interesting and informative with information about shawl styles from different cultures. The patterns are clear and easy to follow.
I love the historical background stories, and the knitting.......2007-05-04
I love the little ethnic/historical stories that go with each shawl. And that there are shawls from all over the world. These are the practical shawls that women can really use, not just museum pieces that will be used once for a special ocassion, wrapped in tissue and put away somewhere. The directions are clear and the drawings are great.
And, I liked seeing each shawl on the author. Seeing each one on the same person gives a sense of size and scale that you don't usually get from knitting books.
Nice practical book.......2007-05-02
This is a nice little book of shawl patterns. Although it lacks the sophistication of Victorian Lace Today and A Gathering of Lace with respect to elaborate lace patterns in the light weight lace yarns, it does present a collection of simple, utilitarian patterns in basic worsted weight yarns.
This is a good place for a beginning to intermediate knitter to start learning lace stitches and their effects. Furthermore the patterns provide immediate, attractive fabrics that serve a useful purpose. Although I didn't care much for the style of the Ruanna, it would easily "dress up" with the stitch design and color way for the Robozo in the same section. The Japanese Kimono shawl is a very nice leaf style stitch, which makes a lovely wrap and and allows the newcomer to lace patterns to gain a lot of practice without being overwhelmed by the number of non-repeating rows in a single design or the variety of patterns in combined design. The Aran pocket shawl is very clever, and would be easy for a new knitter to get started.
The photos are very nice, and while the ambiance of the background is not as impressive as the above books, the patterns themselves are well illustrated.
I have to order a second copy!.......2007-03-25
This book is fantastic. I'd like to make everyone of the shawls. So far I've made one, and started one some time ago from the pre issued pattern with mistakes. Now I've just cast on two more and since I'm traveling it has to go in my suitcase and I'll probably gift it to a knitting friend out in Indonesia. So I have to order a second copy! The shawls use lots of different weights of yarns and the patterns are beautiful and not difficult and the geographical background of the shawls makes it more interesting. I'd love to see her write a second book on shawls.
Wow what a book!.......2007-03-15
Any knitter will be pleased with this book of shawls, there are shawls for everyone's taste. It's a good idea to know your yarn weights well with working with this book for it calls for different weights. Lovely patterns worth making more then once.
Customer Reviews:
BEST.......2007-05-30
This is the book no weaver should be without. It is THE foundation of a weaver's library! May it never go out of print.
T. Pierson
Weave Designer,
Precision Trimming Corp.
The only 4-harness pattern book you'll ever need!!!.......2003-01-04
I have been using this book for over 15 years. It is easy to find the perfect pattern for a weaving project, and you only have to be able to follow a very simple diagram to do the tieup and weave. Many other books have entered and left my studio over the past 15 years....this is the only one I have kept......sw
Everything.......2002-09-02
I grew up with this book, and still consider it the most important one in my collection. It contains photos, threading, tie-down and treadling for nearly every type of 4 harness weave, plus each chapter begins with valuable general information about the weaves in that chapter.
It is a great book when you want a no-nonsense reference.
If there is one book every weaver should own it is this one........1998-09-15
Truly, this is the book every weaver should have. Why? It contains, in a simple manner, many of the basic patterns used by every weaver. The instructions, tie-ups, draw downs - well, every aspect of this book makes the weaving of the time honored and time tested patterns a fairly easy process. So much of weaving refers to patterns that are within the cover of this book. Ms. Davison's work to preserve the ageless patterns is well worth the price. Buy it, read it, use it, and pass it on to someone you love in your will.
Product Description
This book takes you through 16 necklace patterns with beautiful, full color illustrations and step-by-step directions. To learn the stitch, start at the first and easiest necklace, work your way through the book to the more complicated patterns. You will be making yourself necklaces and learning the net weave stitch too. Even if you have done the net weave stitch, or have done my patterns before, you will enjoy this book of new necklace patterns to add to your collection.
Customer Reviews:
Incomplete and Expensive.......2007-09-23
I had to return this book because it was incomplete. I have been bead weaving for seven years and have purchased about 50 books on beading.
I have never paid $39.95 for a bead book before; most books are in the $20-$30 range. Therefore, I was expecting a fabulous, detailed book. Did I get it? No! There is a serious flaw in the book. It does not list the amount of beads you need for any of the projects. All other books list the amount of grams of seed beads and a number for the amount of crystals or other beads you need to complete a project. The author left out vital information.
Sandra, Queen of Seed Beads.......2007-09-20
This is an amazing book if you love to weave. I've made almost every pattern in the book (these projects make great gifts that are always appreciated). Her illustrations and instructions are easy to follow. Okay, some of these patterns may have up to 20 steps to repeat over and over until the piece is done, but the work is worth it -- and challenging. Always a plus.
I've bought many of Sandra's designs off her website, but I started with this book from Amazon. I highly recommend it, and yes, it's worth the money.
Happy beader.......2007-09-18
So glad I ordered this book! Its excellent. Directions are easy to grasp and apply and the pieces are just exquisite. This author has really delivered a wonderful book from which to draw inspiration and knowledge of this craft. Very pleased.
Looks like top quality jewelry .......2007-09-07
This book is so easy to follow. I have been using it to make jewelry for my best friend's wedding and she has totally fallen in love with the necklaces I've finished so far for her and the flowergirl. I can't wait to start on the bridesmaids necklaces, it is so much fun! I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys beadweaving.
crystal lace necklace patterns, bead weaving techniques.......2007-03-08
so far i have beaded 3 necklace patterns from this book...patterns have wonderful pictures and are very clear, percise and very easy to follow for any type of beader...it was well worth the purchase. thx.
Book Description
Knitters who want new worlds to conquer can reach for this guide to handspinning their own designer yarns. A rundown on equipment introduces the drop spindle, supported spindle, niddy-noddy, McMorran balance, and yarn meter, while the following sections include choosing wool and other fibers, presenting knitting patterns suitable for handspun yarn, and in-depth profiles of real urban spinners. For crafters who want to experiment with spinning but don't want to sacrifice too much of their knitting time, there are lots of ideas for jazzing up a thrift-store cardigan with handspun trim or knitting a boatneck pullover in a combination of commercial and handspun yarns. Methods for incorporating beads and threads into yarn and a technique for dyeing yarn in the dishwasher are also featured.
Customer Reviews:
Disappointing.......2007-06-17
I am both a crocheter and knitter and have recently started spinning. I was rather disappointed by the fact that although the name would lead you to believe the book has a great deal of spinning instruction, the reality is that it is mostly knitting patterns worked with homespun which was produced by many different people and little to no instruction as to how to produce similar yarn yourself.
fiber crafts.......2007-03-28
As a new spinner, but long-time knitter, I'm glad I bought this book. It took me from one process to the other with valuable information. I have a better understanding of how I can use my hand-spun yarn.
I lurves it, I do!.......2007-03-13
Shannon Okey, Spin to Knit: The Knitters' Guide to Making Yarn (Interweave, 2006)
Shannon Okey's back, and this time she's going to teach you how to make your own yarn instead of buying the stuff all the time. It is cost-effective? I've no earthly idea! But this is not the kind of project one undertakes for the cost-effectiveness of it. Okey addresses, both directly and indirectly, some advantages of spinning your own yarn, then tells you how those advantages (some of which start off, by the way, as disadvantages, such as overtwisting) can be used in your knitting.
I'll tell you what really gets me about Shannon's books-- and I understand that most folks probably won't get this, as I've known her for well over a decade at this point-- is how personal they are. Not just personal in the sense that her diction is informal, as if you were both running around the kitchen preparing a Thenksgiving dinner whilst talking about really stupid B-movies, but in the sense that certain word choices or manners of speech will come out. It's like talking to someone you've known for a while and seeing a particular body-language marker that person uses, and that you associate with that person. (The first thing that comes to mind: David Caruso's habit of drawing his syllables out.) Every once in a while I'll be reading one of her books and say "that's Shannon." Even if I hadn't known it was her, I'd know. And that's a rare, rare thing, in nonfiction especially.
This is balanced somewhat by something else that occurs precisely because I'm not the target audience for this book: I haven't knitted in a lot longer a time than I've known Shannon, and the closest I've gotten to spinning my own yarn is from petting it while it's still on the sheep. So every once in a while, I wished for a little more detail on a particular step in a procedure. Not a huge amount, mind you-- there are no places where I looked at step 9 and then at step 10 and didn't see how we got from one to the other. More cases of "okay, hold your hand with your thumb cocked thirty degrees? Or forty-five?"(Not an actual example from the book)
(Though I admit, I am still trying to figure out how on earth you keep a drop spindle spinning. It seems like a very small step from drop spindle to perpetual motion machine.)
Anyway, the short answer, though I've probably already overshot anything resembling "short" by three hundred words: if you're interested in the subject matter, even in an armchair-quarterback sense, it's worth your time. I mean, it's probably worth your time for dishwasher dyeing alone, but if I got into that, we'd be here all afternoon. It's short, it's practical, it's informative, it's fun, and it's Shannon. Though the last is redundant, she's always like that. (Well, okay, she's not THAT short.) *** ½
Spin to Knit.......2007-02-23
This is a wonderful book for people that are new to spinning. this helps you understand how to spin hand spun yarn for a certain project. I have always been a spinner that sees a project, goes and spins the yarn for that project and then knits it. I don't buy commercial yarns, I always create my own. This is a very nice book with easy and harder knitting projects for all. And it helps that some of my yarn was featured in one of the projects!
New Spinners.......2007-01-20
I would definitely recommend this book for beginning spinners. I've been handspinning yarn for twenty years, & it seems like your always learning something new. This book is easy to read, and the pictures are great.
Book Description
Out On A Loom is a creative journey through color, design, and form for the bead artist.
The softcover book features 32 full-color pages of detailed instructions, illustrations and diagrams for creating loom woven bracelets, mini-tapestries and split loom necklaces.
Photos of Margie Deeb's bead work (including the weaving skills of renowned bead artist Frieda Bates) provide stunning examples of what can be created from the pages of Out On A Loom.
Customer Reviews:
Out on a Loom.......2007-07-11
Incredible! I have made many of these twice...I have misplaced my book so am ordering it again, along with Beading her Image. So excited hope they get here SOON!
Out on loom Still waiting for book.......2007-02-19
As of Feb. 8th I have not received the book Out on a Loom. When can I expect it?
good for beginners and veterans.......2006-03-09
This is a great book for both beginner and advanced loomers. It has great instructions and pictures and is easy to follow.
The patterns are good and you will be tempted to try them.
Great starter book.......2005-12-27
I bought this book based on a mention in a beading magazine. The patterns are very beautiful and the instructions are clear. It's a good buy for someone starting to loom (like me).
this is a beautiful book!.......2005-10-12
There is something for everyone in this book. If you just want to look at the pictures, it is interesting, and has information on how to finish the projects. I was not disappointed!
Book Description
Loom-controlled doubleweave is explored in depth in this handbook of out-of-print articles from textile innovators Weaver's and Prairie Wool Companion. Detailed instructions and gorgeous photographs illustrate how to design and weave 30 different projects including placemats, coverlets, jackets, bags, wall hangings, and throws using four- to sixteen-shaft looms. Instructions on the various ways to produce multiple layers with a loom—block-double weaves, stitched double cloths, and double-layered color effects—are provided alongside basic and intermediate-level drafting illustrations.
Customer Reviews:
Not for beginners or owners of 4 shaft looms.......2007-01-05
Although the ideas look really neat, there are not many uses for someone with a 4 shaft loom (like me). More stuff for 8 shaft owners. I think some of the ideas could be adapted, if one were an experienced weaver. Certainly doubleweave is a technique that some might like to attempt, but this is not the book to start with.
Book Description
This must-have draft book contains almost 1000 different patterns on more than 25 weave structures. Introductory chapters provide a thorough understanding of how each structure works.
Customer Reviews:
A Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns: From the Friends of Handwoven.......2007-01-10
A must have for weavers with an 8-shaft loom.
A Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns: From the Friends of Handwoven.......2007-01-09
This is a very good compilation of 8-Shaft patterns from Handwoven magazine.
A helpful resource.......2001-09-21
This is an excellent book! The patterns are beautiful, and the instructions are easy to read. I have made many nice projects from this book.
A Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns: From the Friends of Ha.......2000-08-09
This is the modern 8-shaft weaver's most treasured pattern resource! The 25 chapters are titled according to weave structure, and each begins with a thorough explaination of that structure and it's method of drafting notation. Black and white photos and drafts follow.
There are 765 patterns and samples from which to choose! As useful as a reference for 8-shaft weavers as Davison's Handweaver's Pattern Book is for those who use 4-shaft looms.
Book Description
Indian Bead-Weaving Patterns is written for beginning and advanced beaders. It contains over 200 instructional illustrations and photographs of 47 beadwork pieces. Emphasis is on the use of traditional Native American beading techniques. The major portion of this book covers chain-weaving patterns, examples of which include multiple strands, 6-bead and 8-bead daisy chains, "Ogalala Butterfly," ladder weaves, "Peyote Stitch," fancy tubes, "spider" designs, "Apache Leaf," "Zig-zag" variations, 5- and 8-bead diagonals, "Potawatomi Weave," "Wide Net," "Lakota Chain," beaded braids, and beaded dolls. Also included in this book are notes on supplies, knots and threading and an illustrated section on How to Make and Use an Indian Bead Loom. With this new, enlarged edition, come two additional sections, TRIANGLE BASE has illustrated directions for making this very popular pattern for pendants and ear-drops; and BEAD EMBROIDERY includes detailed instructions for Rosettes and Applique work. Additional descriptions and illustrations are also given for other patterns of sewn beadery. Expanded to 80 pages in 1989, reprinted in 1993, this has been the best introduction to Native American beadworking since 1971.
Customer Reviews:
Indian Bead Weaving Patterns.......2007-09-15
The late Mr. Goodhue had a unique way of learning how many of the patterns he describes were originally executed: he would take a piece apart bead-by-bead to find out how it was constructed. This resulted in very detailed diagrams for many, many intricate bead weaving patterns. The instructions and diagrams are easy to follow, although to get even tension and consistent results, some of the patterns require a good deal of practice.
The Most Complete..........2007-01-08
To me, this is the most complete technical book ever wrote on Indian Beading works. But excuse my poor english, I'm french !
Classical Patterns.......2006-08-26
This book is invaluable. I have seen many wonderful patterns for beading drived from it and the beaders have given the book credit. Many beautiful patterns come from this book and the artists use it as a base for their original designs. I hope it never goes out of print. I always keep two copies, just in case.
Alisa Norton Miller
Beadwork as Meditation, Many Thanks, Mr. Goodhue!.......2006-06-22
I can ditto everything Diane Fitzgerald says -- and I have her books as well. After I became familiar with the weaves in the book, I translated them to fashion colors and created many lovely items which I sold. By adding fringe or texture, by using iridescent or matte finish beads, by "driving on the shoulder" so to speak (i.e., doing an unstructured Oglala Butterfly around a featured handmade large bead), I could make all sorts of new looks. The diagrams are clear. I photocopied several to color with my own color scheme ideas before undertaking a project.
But I have to say this book quite saved my life when my life was falling apart. I had someone I loved in the hospital with a head injury, not even expected to live. I held a stressful job and the rest of my life was not going well at all. I began working Mr. Goodhue's book, working every weave. Culling seed beads through a magnifying lamp, listening to music or to books on tape, I could forget my problems for 45 seconds at a time! With this book, a few colors of size 11 beads, a package of needles and some size B or D thread, you'll have hours of fun and a lot of bracelets! And a whole lot more. I hope Horace is beading in Heaven!
Can't Be Beat.......2005-12-03
I bought this book a number of years ago and it has always been my favorite. After seeing some little beaded Indian men and women on necklaces in a craft store in Cherokee, NC, I wanted to learn to make some. Goodhue's book is the only book I have come across which has instructions for the little dolls (although I don't think he has a picture of them). The only thing that would make the book better is some larger, color pictures of finished products, but at least you can't beat the hand-drawn diagrams for bead placement and thread direction. I had never made a decent looking daisy-chain until I came across it!
Book Description
33 Contemporary Swedish Weaving Patterns for Monks' Cloth is 64 pages long and contains 33 patterns for Swedish Weaving or Huck Embroidery. All patterns can be stitched on monk's cloth, Huck toweling, Aida cloth or any other even-weave fabric. Each pattern has detailed instructions and a color photographs for each pattern. Also included are helpful hints such as fabric preparation, terms, stitching techniques, color and design. There are patterns for the beginner all the way up to the advanced stitcher. Paper is also included to make up your own designs. With these patterns you can make items such as, throw blankets, baby blankets, table runners and place mats. Also included is a pattern for a Christmas Tree Skirt.
Customer Reviews:
Easy for beginner, yet complicated patterns also !.......2000-06-08
This book is diverse within types of patterns from Southwestern to tummbling teddybears to a gentle lilac, one can imangine the softness and feel of these through the pictures. Ideas on color and finishing are very clear and opportuninites for different projects just make laundy, grocery shopping, cleaning and those special cleaning projects just seem less important in the long run. With results of lovely peices to grace that favorite easy chair, or over the back of sofa along with matching pillows. Such a quiet lovely hobby, not difficult, and I am convinced could help to woman keep her sanity in todays instant paced world. A good take along project while waiting for summer trains, planes and endless swimming lessons, baseball practices and the constant parade of "things" that keep us on the run. Now I can take my own piece of mind around with me these projects, a walkman and a diet coke! Let's here it for woman's survival!
Easy for beginner, yet complicated patterns also !.......2000-06-08
This book is diverse within types of patterns from Southwestern to tummbling teddybears to a gentle lilac, one can imangine the softness and feel of these through the pictures. Ideas on color and finishing are very clear and opportuninites for different projects just make laundy, grocery shopping, cleaning and those special cleaning projects just seem less important in the long run. With results of lovely peices to grace that favorite easy chair, or over the back of sofa along with matching pillows. Such a quiet lovely hobby, not difficult, and I am convinced could help to woman keep her sanity in todays instant paced world. A good take along project while waiting for summer trains, planes and endless swimming lessons, baseball practices and the constant parade of "things" that keep us on the run. Now I can take my own piece of mind around with me these projects, a walkman and a diet coke! Let's here it for woman's survival!
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Traditional Knitted Lace Shawls
A Gathering of Lace
Shawls and Scarves: The Best of Knitter's Magazine (Best of Knitter's Magazine series, The)
Victorian Lace Today
Folk Vests: 25 Knitting Patterns & Tales from Around the World (Folk Knitting series)
