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Mastering weave structures : transforming ideas into great cloth

2004

Format:	Book
Author:	Alderman, Sharon D.
Title:	Mastering weave structures : transforming ideas into great cloth / Sharon Alderman.
Publisher, Date:	Loveland, CO : Interweave Press, ©2004.
Description:	258 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Summary:	This book is written for you if you want to know more about weave structures. Its purpose is to explore the structure of various weaves in depth so that you will understand how each one works ... The broader purpose of this book, then, is to provide you with an understanding of weave structures so that you can transform your idea about a fabric you would like to create into a draft that can be used to produce that fabric.-Introd.
Subjects:	Hand weaving. Textile fabrics.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (page 253) and index.
Contents:	Introduction -- Plain weave -- Twills -- Satin -- Waffle weaves -- The Distorted grid -- Compound weaves -- Loom-controlled doubleweave -- Bedford cords and piques -- Loom-controlled pile weaves -- Crepe weaves -- Some of this, some of that -- Inventing your own weave structures -- Summing it up: were to go from here -- Appendix A : how to turn a draft -- Appendix B : deciphering industrial drafts -- Appendix C : calculating setts.
Web Site:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description
LCCN:	2003001529
ISBN:	1931499322 9781931499323 9781596681378 1596681373
Other Number:	51553501
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Control Number:	131235
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Call Number:	746.14 Alderman

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