Weave - knit - wear : simply fabulous clothing and accessories for rigid-heddle (and other) weavers

Weave - knit - wear Simply fabulous clothing and accessories for rigid-heddle (and other) weavers

Judith Shangold

Book - 2014

Weave-Knit-Wear dispels the myth that you need expensive equipment, a large space, or special threads to weave. The directions for all 30 projects, from the narrowest boa to a 55" wide serape, are tailored to the most basic equipment--the 20" wide rigid-heddle loom--making it affordable, portable, and intimate. Judith Shangold's designs turn what might seem to be the limitations of this loom into a strength. She pairs simple shapes that reflect the ease of current fashion, and require little cutting and sewing, with the long tradition of ethnic garments created from narrow strips of handwoven fabric. The book offers guidance on the basics of weaving and the minimal hand sewing and knitting techniques used, as well as primers ...on choosing yarns, designing warps, planning garments, finishing the fabric, making Weave-Knit-Wear a resource that aids in planning and constructing one-of-a-kind woven or woven-and-knit projects.

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Subjects
Hand weaving.
Hand weaving > Patterns.
Handlooms.
Published
Sioux Falls, SD : XRX Inc 2014.
Language
English
Main Author
Judith Shangold (author)
Other Authors
Alexis Xenakis (photographer)
Physical Description
iv, 137 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 136) and index.
ISBN
9781933064291
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Shangold started out as a weaver during the 1960s, then spent her career in fiber arts, owning a yarn shop, designing patterns, and working as an importer and distributor for a popular line of knitting yarns. Following her retirement, the author returned to weaving, but instead of working on the large-floor loom she used early in her career, she switched to a rigid-heddle loom and began exploring the possibilities of weaving on a basic, two-shaft machine. Shangold emphasizes how easy it is to get started on a rigid-heddle loom, and her warping and weaving directions are thorough and helpful. The projects are the type of shapeless tops generally found in Knitter's Magazine and other XRX publications-think ponchos, ruanas, and boxy cardigans-so weavers who prefer more tailored, fitted garments may need to apply Shangold's techniques to their own designs. VERDICT The information about weaving on a rigid-heddle loom and combining knitting and weaving in the same project is beneficial for multicrafters, but the designs are generally unappealing and unflattering to most body types. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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