From expert weaver Anne Dixon comes The Weaver’s Inkle Pattern Directory, the ultimate resource for inkle weavers. Inkle weaving is a simple technique that offers ample opportunity for experimentation to beginners and experienced weavers. This book is the most comprehensive tool available to inkle weavers. Inside, you’ll find:
- an overview of inkle weaving’s history and traditions;
- instructions for loom set-up and simple techniques;
- an astonishing 400+ woven patterns;
- illustrated samples and charts.
This incomparable guide offers tips, tricks, and techniques to weave traditional and modern patterns and introduces a bounty of innovative new designs as well. Inkles created from these patterns can be used for a variety of projects, ranging from belts and braces to trims and neckpieces. Foreword by Madelyn van der Hoogt
Introduction
About This Book
Basic Equipment
Basic Techniques
Pattern Directory
Basic warp color patterns
Warp manipulation
-Pick-Up
-Lettering: Compensating
-Runic
-Lettering on Checks
-Baltic-Style
-South American Pebbles
-Monk’s Belt
-Krokbragd
Warp changes
Additions to warp surface
-Auxiliary Warp Threads
-Scribbling
-Embroidery
-Soumak and Loops
-Turkish and Other Knots
Inserted auxiliary
Thread manipulation
-Gathering and Pleating
-Scrunching and Shibori
Weft manipulation
-Dukagang
-Inlay
Selvedge treatments
-Beads
-Fancy Yarns
-Clasped Wefts and Cross-overs
-Tablet Edging
-Fringes
Width of inkle
Finishings
Charts for Designing Your Own Inkles
Glossary
Resources
Credits
Index
Anne Dixon weaves, lectures, exhibits, and teaches throughout the United States and United Kingdom. She is the author of Handweaver’s Pattern Directory (Interweave) and has contributed articles to a number of publications, including Handwoven magazine. She is a guild member of the Association of Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers and a founding member of the Braid Society. Anne lives in England.