Plenty to learn and lots to keep you busy. It's more than an index- 96 pages packed full of supplier listings and retail stores that stock Handwoven and weaving supplies. This complete 4-harness weaving course will help you learn how to weave, teaching everything from how to warp your loom, through weaving samples, doing projects, and even designing and drafting your own weave structures. If you already have some experience with warping and have completed several projects, the chapters on weave structures and drafting are an excellent introduction to weave structure and drafting. Debbie Chandler is a great weaving teacher and now you can take your own weaving course from her right in your studio.
Card weaving allows a freedom of warp movement that creates intricate color patterns and designs.
To weave exceptionally long belts, set-up your weaving cards on your loom and beam your warp as you would any other project. Add extra width, and soon you'll be experimenting with all the fantastic possibilities of double weave pick-up, shadow weave and inlay. Some of the techniques can be woven on a conventionally, others are only possible with card weaving. Easy to follow directions make it all possible. Transparencies are woven on an ultra-fine warp, with pattern areas inlaid in a heavier yarn.