Name: Weft-Faced Pattern Weaves
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Author: Nancy Arthur Hoskins
ISBN: 9780764338519

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Format: Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 352
Utgivningsdatum: 2011-12-09
Förlag: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Dimensioner: 279 x 231 x 30 mm
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ISBN: 9780764338519

A comprehensive guide to weft-faced pattern weaving for beginning and experienced weavers alike- Includes 53 projects and directions, patterns, and tips. Travel beyond the traditional limits of boundweave with this comprehensive guide to weft-faced pattern weaves. Beginning and experienced weavers alike will learn how to plan, predict, and weave colorful, rhythmical patterns, charming folk figures, and geometric designs in fabrics that are decorative and durable. Fifty-three projects are included, ranging from simple to complex weaves. Directions, patterns, and tips are provided for the plain weave, twill, point twill, rosepath, overshot, taqueté, and samitum. It also features Coptic taquete and samitum re-creations and patterns from the Tunic of Tutankhamun. Engaging and informative text accompanies diagrams, illustrated samplers, and drafts with threading, tie-up, treadling, and drawdowns. This is the definitive work on weft-faced pattern weaves and is a must-have reference and resource guide for weavers and crafters alike.

Coptic Tapestry Albums and the Archaeologist of Antinoé, Albert Gayet

Nancy Arthur Hoskins

Vibrant tapestries of beribboned birds, cantering centaurs, and Dionysian dancers, woven in Coptic Egypt more than a thousand years ago, were artfully arranged in a handsome pair of albums in 1913. Some of the fabrics are shown in unique collage c...

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Nancy Arthur Hoskins is an artist and author. She has written many articles on weaving, and also has an instructional videotape "Boundweaving." She lives in Eugene, Oregon.