I own more books and magazines and I reread them all the time.  I love them all and am almost always willing to buy more.  My best find was the last copy of Ursina Arn-Grischott's Double Weave that Halcyon Yarn had in stock about 8 months ago.  I love that book and cherish it even more when I see it selling for 5 times what I paid for it.  My study group is planning on doing a year of double weave and I am planning on sharing my cherished book.

Got a favorite?  Tell us about it.

Claudia

Comments

Thu, 07/09/2009 - 19:35

Cynthia

I'm still relying heavily on Deb Chandler's Learning to Weave.  I've also been reading Sharon Alderman's Mastering Weave Structures.  I find it very helpful but sometimes hard to follow -- I think I need to weave my way through the book in order to really have a firm grasp on it.

I have a lot of older standards (Mary Black's New Key to Weaving, Harriet Tidball's The Weaver's Book, Mary Miegs Atwater's Byways in Handweaving, etc.) picked up while I lived in big cities with big used book stores, and I think I've learned a lot from them, but I don't find weaving books as readable as I do knitting books.  Maybe as I get to be a better weaver the books will open up to me more.

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 12:46

Quinweave802 (not verified)

I found Peggy Osterkamp's three books "Winding a Warp", "Warping a Loom", and "Weaving and Drafting" full of a-ha moments and useful tips and tricks.  When I'm looking for inspiration I pull out "Mastering Weave Structures" or "The Big Book of Weaving".  Or I just slobber over the newest Yarn Barn of Kansas full color catalog.  But that's just me.

Nikki

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 13:59

runamuckweaving

 Claudie,

I just picked up two copies of Doubleweave, brand spanking new and in wrapper for 75% off the cover price. A great score.Some of my favorite books are Weave a Weave by. M Selander, Weaving Overshot and Summer & Winter both by D. Sullivan and of course Davison's book on 4 shaft weaving patterns.

Theresa

Tue, 07/14/2009 - 21:03

Cheryl Muckenfuss (not verified)

Hi all,

This group is a super idea.  I already feel less guilty about my passion of books and fiber related magazines.  Thanks!  Interweave is having their hurt book sale.  I bought "A Weavers Book of Eight Shaft Patterns" and "Mastering Weave Structures" at great prices.

Typically, I would have bought them when they first came out, but I have been away from my weaving for many years until recently .  I am having fun playing catch up.

Cheryl in Cincy

Tue, 07/14/2009 - 22:03

francorios (not verified)

This sounds like a good thread, but I don't know what forum/group we are in?

I'm studying

"Navajo Weaving Way" by Noel Bennett - good nuts and bolts info on carding, spinning, dying, weaving Navajo rugs.


"Weaver Of Worlds: From Navajo Apprenticeship to Sacred Geometry and Dreams--A Woman's Journey in Tapestry " by David Jongeward - An interesting account of the weaving quest of an artist, with illustrations of work that begin in traditional design and extend into modern themes and design.

Have a good day!

Franco Rios

Wed, 07/15/2009 - 07:12

Caroline (not verified)

Please! No more talk about THAT hurt book sale, because I know I can provide a good home to most damaged books, lol! I've just succumbed to a $10.00 off voucher with free postage at one of my favourite Aussie bookstores, so I'm book shopped out - for now.

As for what weaving books I shall soon be sheltering, there's the Weavers Companion, on my wishlist for a long time, and  a book on Inkle Weaving I have been lusting after too.

But my best find this week  was M M Atwater's American Handweaving, for free!

The one I can't live without? My first and favourite:

Rachel Brown's Weaving Spinning and Dyeing Book.

Wed, 07/15/2009 - 09:53

Aunt Janet (not verified)

I've just been pouring over Linda Hendrickson's book "Please Weave a Message".  It is a double weave technique with letters.  I think it may be beyond my abilities at this time, but I might sneak ahead.  I want to make leashes for my son's beagles, Max and Olaf, featuring their names, and maybe some clever saying using the whole alphabet.

A very interesting book for tablet weavers.

Janet

Thu, 07/16/2009 - 02:25

Cheryl Muckenfuss (not verified)

Oh, yes, Peggy Osterkamp's books.  Someday I am going to treat myself to "all" of her books and DVDs.  You will know I really went over the edge when I start listing those as being in my hot little hands!  And I love the Yarn Barn of Kansas catalog, too.  In fact I just bought a new loom from them :-)   Susan is great to work with.

Cheryl in Cincy

Thu, 07/16/2009 - 19:18

claudia (not verified)

For no decent reason, I bought all three books for myself this Spring and wrote to Peggy and asked her to sign them.  I was so-o-o-o naughty!  But all three al full of a-ha moments as mentioned previously and absolutely invaluable resources.  I have read and re-read all three and find new ideas and ways of doing things every time.  And they have all improved my weaving a great deal.

Claudia

Thu, 07/16/2009 - 19:20

claudia (not verified)

Cynthia,

I think as time goes by, and you are able to find some time to weave more, you will open yourself up more to what is available in the books.

Happy weaving,

Claudia

Thu, 07/16/2009 - 19:25

francorios (not verified)

Can somebody tell me what group this thread is in?

Have a good day!

Franco Rios

Thu, 07/16/2009 - 19:44

Karen Donde (not verified)

I've just started a new study in color and weave and have been pouring over Margaret Windeknecht's Color and Weave, Color and Weave II and The Pinwheel. And anytime I find a ShuttleCraft Guild Monograph I don't have I snap it up for my collection. These aren't pretty, but they are jam-packed with technical information. Latest find was Monograph #3, Design and the Handweaver, for which Harriet Tidball published the text written in Mary Meigs Atwater's own words shortly before her death. Atwater never finished the book, but these chapters are a terrific design primer written for handweavers. I love Mary Meigs Atwater's writing and this pull-quote is on page 15 of the monograph:

"We weavers with our simple hand-looms, by going back to the fine clear beauty of the ancient days, have thrown a bridge over the ugliness of the machine-made age just behind us. It is not a dead art we are reviving but a new and growing art that will flower into who can tell what wonderful new blossoming." M.M.Atwater

Karen

Thu, 07/23/2009 - 12:15

MaryMartha

Hi, This is a group forum called weaving literature. So far, almost all the traffic is in in this  single getting acquainted thread..  It isn't too clear when we will use this one and when post weaving lit questions/comments in technique-themed forums like Navajo technique.

I use Noel Bennet's Navajo weaving way and the Anglie Walker Maloney video Navajo weaving: sharing the technique and traditions.  But for clear description of techniques, I like Mary Pendleton's Navajo and Hopi weaving techniques (MacMillian 1974).  For inspiration, I have a fondness for Gladys Reichard's Weaving a navajo blanket (Dover 1974) which is a reprint of her 1936 book , Navajo shepard and weaver. 

By the way, the two earlier Noel Bennet books, Working with the wool and Designing with the wool, contain some additional information in addition to mistakes that were corrected in the later combined text.

Some people really like the Caroline Spurgeon books, whicha re sold with her C. cactusflower looms.  The latest and largest is Weaving the Navajo way (2008), but I prefer the earlier versions where basic information is less compacted.

Thu, 07/23/2009 - 13:35

jemwork (not verified)

Thanks for the info on where this thread is being published - that information is not easily apparent from the popular thread area this is posted in.

Thu, 07/23/2009 - 13:38

jemwork (not verified)

Wow. I would love to draw this quote up in calligraphy & post it prominently in my studio. I also like to pick up older books. Atwater's monographs also feature her lovely hand drawn & lettered drafts and drawdowns.

Sat, 07/25/2009 - 18:02

lkautio (not verified)

A good place to find weaving literature is to join LibraryThing (free) <http://www.librarything.com>

Join the group "Weavers" and search members libraries, or search the whole of LibraryThing.  People tag books with many subjects, making it easier to find things than searching by title.

Laurie

Mon, 08/03/2009 - 01:16

whorlwindweaver (not verified)

How do you like Matering Weave Structures?  I'm thinking about buying it.

Mon, 08/03/2009 - 01:18

whorlwindweaver (not verified)

I really want to get her books.  I've heard many good things about them.  I guess I'll have to start saving....

Tue, 08/11/2009 - 21:56

Lynnette Lynch (not verified)

I'm gonna confess....I'm a bookaholic!  I get so inspired by a well written weaving book and have post it flags bristling from most covers.  I'm in love with  my newest purchase Weaving Designs by Berth Gray Hayes - Miniature Overshot Patterns by Norma Smayda and others.  This books is simply beautifully presented and a snapshot of overshot weaving in the 1930's and 40's.  I highly recommend it.

Fri, 08/21/2009 - 16:11

edt (not verified)

Hi.

I just joined the group, and it sound very interesting. I'm planning on doing a double weave next month based om A Weaver's Book of 8-shaft patterns, no 683. Wish you good luck, and would like to hear from your experience, as I shall also try to share mine, if I can do all this computer-stuff, that I find more awesome than a 10-shaft loom!

Sat, 08/29/2009 - 18:55

Ellen (not verified)

hi.

Finally got the time to take part in this group.

I have quite a few good weaving books, but most of them are Swedish or Danish, so I guess they would not be of interest to most of you. If I am wrong, please let me know.

But I did buy an English book recently, that I find quite inspiring : Janet Phillips : Designing Woven Fabrics, Natural Time Out Publications, 2008. It has got quite a strange way of showing drafts but also small computer-drawn more traditional drafts, and lots and lots of beautiful scarves in all sorts of colours and techniques. I think it was mentioned in Handwoven some time ago.

Wed, 09/16/2009 - 03:17

Cynthia

Oh, that was one of the first books I read when I learned to spin!  I've used her weaving advice, too, but not as much.  I'm also intrigued by her continuous dyepot method -- haven't used it, though.

Wed, 09/16/2009 - 03:19

Cynthia

I asked for & received this for my birthday, but it's a little beyond my capabilities right now.  I have done some lettering on an inkle loom, but just basic block letters.  This is so much more detailed!

Tue, 09/22/2009 - 18:33

Pattie (not verified)

Designing Woven Fabrics was reviewed in Handwoven Jan/Feb 2009 (in case any one was wondering ;-)