Learning to Weave

This book informative and easy to understand, with clear explanations of complex topics, with great illustrations and diagrams. It is worth the price is an essential weaving resource. The book covers basic weaving on large looms and different warping methods. It starts off with a very brief introduction to looms and ancillary tools needed by the weaver. Then it provides a very detailed discussion, complete with many pictures, of how to warp the loom, then leads the reader through a home-study course, starting off with a simple weave sample. Throughout, the author explains the details of how to perform each step, what problems might arise, how to prevent them from doing so, and how to fix problems that do arise. It is a good resource for beginners.

The book is a great help to beginning and more seasoned weavers as well.

I purchased a paperback version of the "Learning to Weave" by Debbie Redding and Deborah Chandler. This is an economical way to buy this classic reference. The spine is a spiral so it is easy to keep the book opened to any page you want. The book is extremely detailed, from position of the hands when you dress the dress to numerous illustrations on various topics. I am attaching a photo of the page addressing the topic of warping the yarn. The amount of fine details and explanations is better than in any other book I read. I had high expectations based on everything I heard about this book and it totally lived up to my expectations. This book helped solve some beginner problems I had earlier. It made it easier and faster to dress the loom. And my weaving edges are looking better with floating selvedges, a technique I learned in this book! The chapter on troubleshooting and various options to fix mistakes is very helpful. This book also has a large section on various weaving patterns. I currently thinking about upgrading my first loom to a bigger one. I was pleased to find a chapter about buying the right loom for you. It has several useful considerations that I will keep in mind. I am sure I will be coming back to this book again and again. I join the chorus saying that this book extremely helpful if you are just learning to weave. It will curb your learning curve! Ali Julia Review

Great book. I found the description confusing. I wanted a spiral binder and the book in color. I knew color might be a bust with a soft cover. Unfortunately, the soft cover book is not in color ir has a spiral binder. Contents are great otherwise

This is a terrific book for someone who wants to learn to weave. It starts off with a very brief introduction to looms and ancillary tools needed by the weaver. It then provides a very detailed discussion, complete with many pictures, of how to warp the loom. The book then leads the reader through a home-study course starting off with a simple weave sample, a good explanation of reading drafts, and an interesting as well as comprehensible explanation of various twills. My favorite chapter was that on reading drafts----I had looked at a couple of weaving magazines previously and was completely puzzled by them. The author's explanations were so delightfully clear that after reading the chapter once I was able to understand all the patterns I had looked at in the magazines. Throughout, the author explains the details of how to perform each step, what problems might arise, how to prevent them from doing so, and how to fix problems that do arise. Deborah Chandler has a real gift for imparting complex information, and this book amply reflects that gift. Since I am a complete beginner and have never touched a loom before, I would have liked a much lengthier discussion (with diagrams) covering how the various types of looms work as well as their advantages/disadvantages. That said, even if you don't know how a loom works (which I didn't before reading this book carefully), you can puzzle it all out from the book by seeing what the different steps in warping and weaving are and relating them to the physical structures involved. It took me a while to puzzle this all out & this is where it would have been nice to have more information on "loom theory" in general. I was interested in buying a loom and getting started in weaving, but I wasn't sure I could learn how since there doesn't seem to be anywhere near where I live to take lessons. Since I didn't want to buy a loom I couldn't use, I bought this book first to see if I could learn how to weave from a book without an instructor. Although I will not know for sure until I give it a try, the book explains things so well and in sufficient detail to make me confident I can do it. So, reading the book made me decide to take the plunge and order a loom. Wish me luck (and buy this book)!

I bought this book before I decided on what style my first loom would be. Due to financial and time constraints, I opted to start with a backstrap contraption I would build myself. This book has nothing on that but will be useful once I have the loom set up and am actually weaving. It also has a way to build a simple frame for smaller projects made with combs, duct tape and boards. I do plan to try that but I always start big first and then go small. Backwards, I know. Could have been weaving this weekend if I'd just waited for the book and built the loom it offers. Not an in depth pattern book but a good intro to weaving for beginners and a good place to start. After receiving several other books, including one specifically on backstrap looms, I'm finding myself using this book the most. It's the only one out of 4 books I purchased that details how to set up continuous-string heddles. Also finding the draft reading sections most helpful in deciphering patterns. Updated my stars.

Este libro cubre mucha materia en torno a los distintos telares y tejidos que se pueden obtener. Empieza con detalles básicos, no dando nada por sabido. Explica los motivos y criterios en los que basa sus descripciones y podría usarse como una guía para principiantes y como un libro de consulta para personas con más conocimiento. Un básico en cualquier biblioteca si te interesan los tejidos y cómo se hacen.

Deborah's book is well laid out and very methodical in presentation. It's a great resource for the inexperienced weaver.

Excelente livro para tecedores.

C'est un cours pas par pas pour apprendre à tisser mais les avancés peuvent aussi apprendre des nouvelles choses. Très recommandable

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