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WEAVING & TAPESTRY | 45 The Art of Weaving • Else RegensteinerMargie Thompson • Now in its fourth edition, this hand- book is a must-have resource for weavers of all skill levels. Weave structures covered include weaves, tapestry techniques, knotted, pile, and flat-woven rugs, and two- and three-dimensional wall hangings. This classic now features examples of contemporary work and discusses using digital tools for hand weaving. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 52 color & 380 b/w photographs • 216 pp • 978-0-7643-4856-3 • PB • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD The Art of Weaving a Life: A Frame- work to Expand and Strengthen Your Personal Vision • Susan Barrett Merrill, Janet Lewis Estell • This one-of-a-kind guide shows how the simple art of weaving can help each of us—whether we’re weav- ers or not—to enrich our inner life. A system of seven “keyform” projects, ranging from an amulet, to a mask, to a belt of power, helps beginners and seasoned weavers alike to discover their innate wisdom. • 11" × 8.5" (279 × 216 mm) • 276 color & b/w images • 144 pp • 978-0-7643-5264-5 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Contemporary International Tapestry • Car- ol K. Russell • Featuring more than 40 top inter- national artists spanning three generations, this book presents full-view color images of tapestries as well as detail shots, and provides insight into contemporary approaches to the handwoven art. The appendix includes a glossary, artist and gal- lery contact information, bibliography, and more. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 153 color images • 112 pp • 978-0-7643-4869-3 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Easy Weaving with Supplemental Warps: Overshot, Velvet, Shibori, and More • Deb Essen • A weaving classic is back in a revised and updated edition! • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 200+ color images & illustrations • 144 pp • 978-0-7643-6470-9 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD The Enigma of Shadow Weave Illuminated: Understanding Classic Drafts for Inspired Weaving Today • Rebecca Winter • Everything that handweavers of all levels need to understand and try shadow weave on eight or fewer shafts. With the many resources here, including the five original drafts developed in 1942 by Mary Meigs Atwater as well as 10 original drafts, you'll be ready to create your shadow weave gems. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 350 color images, dia- grams, and drafts • 192 pp • 978-0-7643-6204-0 • HC • $49.99 / £45.99 / 72.00 CAD Frances L. Goodrich's Brown Book of Weaving Drafts • Barbara Miller • A col- lection of traditional 18th and 19th century weaving drafts in their original form gath- ered by Frances L. Goodrich and illustrated in more than 160 color photos. It also con- tains more than 200 valuable modern trans- lations of the same drafts for use by today’s weavers. • 12" × 9" (305 × 229 mm) • 169 color & 208 b/w photos • 192 pp • 978-0-7643-4541-8 • HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / 64.00 CAD Frances L. Goodrich’s Coverlet and Counterpane Drafts • Barbara Miller, Deb Schillo • This collection of traditional eighteenth and nineteenth century weaving drafts from the Southern Highlands region of Appalachia includes 112 overshot drafts and draw downs and 31 counterpane drafts and draw downs. Color photos of the origi- nal samples are side by side with valuable modern translations of the drafts, allowing today’s weavers to make them. • 12" × 9" (305 × 229 mm) • 308 color & b/w images • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-5266-9 • HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / 64.00 CAD Geometric Design in Weaving • Else Regen- steiner • The study and practice of graphic design with the exploration and execution of weaving techniques. In three parts, the reader is given de- sign information and a wide variety of weaver- and loom-controlled techniques. Clear photographs, diagrams, and weavers’ drafts with directions. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 45 color & 205 b/w photos, 102 diagrams & drafts • 222 pp • 978-0-88740-078-0 • HC • $29.95 / £27.99 / 45.00 CAD Handwoven Tape: Understanding and Weav- ing Early American and Contemporary Tape • Susan Faulkner Weaver • Narrow bands of woven tape were important to Americans in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, before the days of elastic and zippers. This book documents the fas- cinating American history of handwoven tape and includes step-by-step instructions for how to make it, plus how to use it in contemporary projects. • 7" × 10" (178 × 254 mm) • 288 color images • 208 pp • 978-0-7643-5196-9 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Hex Weave & Mad Weave: An Introduction to Triaxial Weaving • Elizabeth Harris • Through 120 patterns and 95 color images, learn the two simplest forms of triaxial weaving: the Hex Weave and Mad Weave. Learn the basics of each weave and how to design various shapes, and practice with six projects. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 95 color images, 121 diagrams • 112 pp • 978-0- 7643-4465-7 • PB • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD How to Weave a Navajo Rug and Other Les- sons from Spider Woman • Lynda Teller Pete, Barbara Teller Ornelas • For the first time, master Navajo weavers themselves share the deep, inside story of how these textiles are created, and how their creation resonates in Navajo culture. • 7" × 9" (178 × 229 mm) • 200 Color Photos, 40 B/W Illustrations, Four-color Interior • 152 pp • 978- 1-7344217-0-5 • HC w/spiral • $29.95 / £27.99 / 42.95 CAD Navajo Weavings with Ceremonial Themes: A Historical Overview of a Secular Art Form • Rebecca M. Valette, Jean-Paul Valette • Featur- ing more than 500 photos, this is the first compre- hensive, research-based history of the ceremonial themed Navajo weavings known as Yei, Yeibichai, and sandpainting textiles. Covering the genre’s evolution from 1900 to the present, it offers a fas- cinating introduction to the Navajo people. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 536 color & b/w maps and images • 432 pp • 978-0-7643-5374-1 • HC • $75.00 / £68.99 / 105.00 CAD Norwegian Pick-Up Bandweaving • Heather Torgenrud • For the first time in English, a com- plete book about Norwegian pick-up bandweav- ing—the fascinating history of how these beautiful bands were used in the old rural society, along with clear, step-by-step instructions and more than 100 pattern charts from museum collections. This book will interest not only weavers, but anyone who appreciates textile arts, folk costumes, and Norwe- gian culture. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 152 illustrations • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-4751-1 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Ondulé Textiles: Weaving Contours with a Fan Reed • Norma Smayda, Gretchen White • This comprehensive guide covers every aspect of weaving with the fan reed to create unusual on- dulé textiles. Smayda shares the details of her own learning experiences with ondulé—weaving with curving warp threads—and offers expert instruc- tions, design tips, a fascinating look at fan reed his- tory, and 180+ photos of inspiring works. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 187 color & b/w images • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-5358-1 • HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / 64.00 CAD Passementerie: Handcrafting Contemporary Trimmings, Fringes, Tassels, and More • Eliz- abeth Ashdown • In this wonderful introduction to the world of creating your own contemporary, handwoven passementerie, artist and designer Ashdown—one of the few remaining experts in this handcraft—demonstrates how to make con- temporary fringe, tassels, braid, piping, pom-poms, and more. 11 guided projects for your home and your wardrobe. • 8.5" × 10" (216 × 254 mm) • 200 color images • 160 pp • 978-0-7643-6718-2 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / 56.99 CAD Pick-Up Bandweaving Designs: 288 Charts for 13 Pattern Ends and Techniques for Ar- ranging Color • Heather Torgenrud • Explore the rich world of Baltic-style bandweaving with these 288 new patterns. Learn color approaches with photos of 70 woven samples, and dive in to end- less creative possibilities while honoring tradition. Perfect for those bandweavers using inkle, Scandi- navian band heddle, or even floor looms. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 116 color photos & b/w diagrams • 128 pp • 978-0-7643-6813-4 • HC • $30.00 / £27.99 / 43.00 CAD Potholder Loom Designs: 140 Colorful Patterns • Harrisville Designs, Rachel Snack • This fun and simple craft activity remains pop- ular in the digital age, with thousands of adult fans. These new patterns offer young and old alike designs that can be woven on any stan- dard potholder loom or on the PRO loom, re- sulting in colorful, practical works of art—and a joyful escape into creativity. • 9" × 9" (229 × 229 mm) • 176 color images • 64 pp • 978- 0-7643-5850-0 • PB • $16.99 / £15.99 / 23.99 CAD Silk Weavers of Hill Tribe Laos: Tex- tiles, Tradition, and Well-Being • Joshua Hirschstein, Maren Beck • A tender portrait of an American family’s travels in Laos, and their deep connections with the villagers of Xam Tai who raise their own fiber from silkworms, dye it using local nat- ural dyes, and weave the patterns of their ancestors. • 10" × 10" (254 × 254 mm) • 200 Color Photos, 1 Map, Four-color Interi- or • 224 pp • 978-0-9972168-9-9 • PB • $34.95 / £31.99 / 48.95 CAD Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond: Plan- ning and Weaving with Confidence • Tommye McClure Scanlin, Rebecca Mezoff • For tapestry weavers at any level, here’s a nonintimidating guide to design principles—as they specifically relate to developing your best tapestry art. Master weaver Scanlin shares more than 60 step-by-step exercises with a tapestry twist, and the design principles’ relevance comes alive in 80+ tapestry examples by a variety of artists. • 8" × 10" (203 × 254 mm) • 250 color images • 192 pp • 978-0-7643-6156-2 • HC w/ spiral • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD Tapestry Handbook: The Next Generation • Carol Russell • This classic book, now completely revised and expanded, is a favorite of teachers and students of tapestry. Learn to weave tapestry on any kind of loom—vertical or horizontal. Make an elaborate, but logical, tapestry sampler with step- by-step instructions, more than 300 beautiful pho- tos, and diagrams of tapestry techniques. • 8.5" × 11" (216 × 279 mm) • 200 color & 125 b/w photos • 216 pp • 978-0-7643-2756-8 • HC • $59.95 / £54.99 / 85.00 CAD Tapestry with Pulled Warp: Inspiration, Technique, and the Creative Process • Su- san Iverson • Designed for creative weavers, this intriguing book with beautiful photos supplies a wealth of technical and aesthetic information about the use of pulled warp, a unique technique that allows the weaver to create 3-D, angled, or curved tapestries without cutting or stitching. Here is the technical information required to become proficient with the technique. • 8" × 10" (203 × 254 mm) • 241 color images • 176 pp • 978-0-7643-6760-1 • HC • $39.99 / £36.99 / 56.99 CAD