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A reference guide to weaving that provides information on techniques, looms, yarns, drafting, basic patterns, weave structures, and other related topics.

"Here ... are all the methods and techniques necessary for working with fibers off the loom: felting, spinning, natural and synthetic dyeing, ikat dyeing, fiber properties and splicing, knotted and knotless netting, looping, sprang, macramé, finger knotting, crocheting, knitting, braiding and plaiting, bobbin lace, wrapping, whipping, coiling, basketry, and card weaving ... Clearly illustrated step-by-step demonstrations throughout show both the...

Describes Navaho weaving, bedouin textiles, kasuri resist dyeing in Japan, inlay weaving in Nepal, brocaded motifs from Guatemala, and Peruvian tapestry weaving.

Progresses through examples of early tapestry and wall hangings to modern times, and includes a how-to course in weaving your own.

Over 80 accurate drawings of New Mexican colonial embroidery, Hispanic weaving designs, and plans for two looms, a spinning wheel, a warp roller, and a wool winder. Formulas for vegetable dyes are also included. the renderings were made by Carmen Espinosa, Nellie Dunton, Gisella Lacher, and others during the 1930s from authentic pieces of Spanish colonial embroidery and blankets in museums, private collections, and still in use in homes. The drawings...

In 1984, while studying textiles in the collections of the School of American Research, Kate Peck Kent discovered a manuscript on Spanish-American weaving by the late H.P. Mera, curator of archaeology at Santa Fe's Lab of Anthropology. This forgotten manuscript describes the origin and history of the distinctive textiles woven by Spanish-Americans in New Mexico.