Woven Treasures: One-of-a-Kind Bags with Folk Weaving Techniques

• An overview of Lamb's recent bag series.
• An introduction for the weaver to the process of concepting and planning a woven piece.
• A technique section of 6 folk weaving tutorials, such as hand-manipulating weaving techniques with a multi-technique sampler that gives basic instructions for soumak, twining, cut pile, cardweaving, inkle weaving, and plain weave.
• Project instructions for 8 hand-woven bags.
• Sidebars sprinkled throughout the book include the history of folk weaving techniques, as well as Lamb's signature beaded and stitched embellishment designs.

Projects

• Sampler (Plain Weave, Twining, Soumak, Cut Pile)
• First Bags (Plain Weave)
• Project Bag (Plain Weave with Pick-Up Band)
• Portfolio (Plain Weave with Twining)
• Pinwheel Bag (Soumak with Cardwoven Band)
• Knotted Cut Pile
• Fall Leaves and Ripples (Cut Pile Pockets)
• Travel Bag (Cut Pile Pockets with Cardwoven Bands)
• Textile Traditions (Cut Pile with Cardwoven Bands)
• Silk Spiral Star (Cut Pile and Soumak Bag with Pick-Up Band)

Sara Lamb is a fiber artist and teacher of weaving, dyeing, and spinning. She has written extensively for Spin-Off, Handwoven, and Fiberarts magazines and has contributed to Interweave books including ColorWorks and Homespun Handknit. Her teaching engagements include the Handweaver’s Guild of America Convergence, Black Sheep Conference, Mid-Atlantic Fiber Conference, Midwest Weaver’s Conference, Embellishment Bead Conference, and the Spin-Off Autumn Retreat.

'Great techniques, clearly taught. Pretty book!'--Knitty.com

'Enables novice weavers to explore basic folk techniques and styles to produce beautiful and evocative handcrafted works of art.... Certain to become an essential reference.'--Monsters and Critics.com