1 comments about Weaving a Navajo Blanket.

1. The author spent 4 summers (1930-1933) living and working among the Navajos, during which time she learned the principles of weaving. In this book she takes the reader through the same process, introducing the careful details, the personalities she worked with, and the materials and methods of weaving in the Navajo style

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1 comments about Weaving Inkle Bands (Monograph; 27).

1. This book is a good book. She goes over basic inkle weaving and moves on to pick-ups. She includes charts for basic pick-up patterns. When used in combination with Lavinia Bradley's book or Helene Bress, it is a very good resource.

   Cons: It doesn't use the modern inkle looms that are in use now. But she does show how to make the simple type of inkle loom she uses in the book. Also, her charting method is different than that used in Helene Bress's book (and other more modern ones). It just takes a bit of getting used to.

   Overall, it's a good book if you're interested in pick-ups but I feel that it's best when used with another book.

2 comments about Weaving With Foot-Power Looms.

1. although first published in 1918, this book still has a lot to offer contemporary handweavers.
   
   i have been told that there are some errors in drafting, but i haven't found them in the patterns i've been interested in.
   
   the photos are fascinating, not so much for the techniques illustrated, but for the historical interest in dress.
   
   if i remember correctly, this was used as a text in the chicago school district when students learned about the crafts that housed, clothed and maintained them. part of the philosophy was that hand work taught confidence through skill. it wouldn't be a bad idea today, when so many people have no idea where there clothes come from, how they're made, or anything about the skill and ingenuity of women and men througout the ages.
   
   for many reasons, then, this book still has a place in the weaver's library.



2. That is the original title,published in 1918. Contains everything required to learn to weave, start to finish. Diagrams,drafts, directions,Colonial, Swedish, Damask, Doubleweave, Dyes & dyeing, and constructing a loom. Been weaving 35 years & could'nt get here without it. Beautiful Book To Hold !!

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