Weaving category: 111 books
by Marie-Louise Nosch, Cécile Michel, Mary Harlow
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Textile and dress production, from raw materials to finished items, has had a significant impact on society from its earliest history. The essays in this volume offer a fresh insight into the emerging interdisciplinary research field of textile and dress studies by discussing archaeological, iconographical...
The Spinner's Book of Fleece
A Breed-by-Breed Guide to Choosing and Spinning the Perfect Fiber for Every Purpose
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2014
The characteristics of fleece — its structure, grease content, and fiber diameter — vary widely depending on the breed of sheep the fleece comes from. In this comprehensive guide, Beth Smith profiles 21 types of fleece, from bouncy and pliant to lacy and lightweight. A sheep-by-sheep reference...
Loome Party
20+ Tiny Yarn Projects to Make from Your Stash
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Loome Party is a one-stop shop for learning how to use the Loome tool to make tiny, splendid projects using only your yarn stash. Learn the foundations of creating pom-poms, tassels, friendship bracelets, weavings, and cords galore with Vilasinee Bunnag, founder of Loome. Bunnag provides clear, step-by-step...
The Dyer's Handbook
Memoirs of an 18th Century Master Colourist
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Persian blue, pomegranate flower, spiny lobster, wine soup, pale flesh, dove breast, golden wax, grass green, green sand, rotten olive, modest plum, agate, rich French gray, gunpowder of the English……..just some of the colour names of old fabric to fire the imagination. Memoirs on Dyeing concerns...
by Judith Mackenzie
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Offering a blend of technical knowledge, history, and easy-to-use tips, this inspiring collection of spinning wisdom deftly explores the three fundamental areas of yarn production: understanding fibers, managing yarn structure, and making yarns that precisely meet the spinner's needs. The rich, historic...
Woven Threads
Patterned Textiles of the Aegean Bronze Age
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2015
Woven textiles are produced by nearly all human societies. This volume investigates evidence for patterned textiles (that is, textiles woven with elaborate designs) that were produced by two early Mediterranean civilizations: the Minoans of Crete and the Mycenaeans of mainland Greece, that prospered...
Textile Guide to the Highlands of Chiapas
Guía Textil de los Altos de Chiapas
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2015
A richly illustrated, bilingual book, this guide visits 20 villages in the Chiapas Highlands to showcase their stunning handwoven cloth while also providing an insider’s look into their history, folklore, festivals, traditions, and daily lives. Ritual transvestites, Virgin statues draped with native...
Textiles and the Medieval Economy
Production, Trade, and Consumption of Textiles, 8th–16th Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Archaeologists and textile historians bring together 16 papers to investigate the production, trade and consumption of textiles in Scandinavia and across parts of northern and Mediterranean Europe throughout the medieval period. Archaeological evidence is used to demonstrate the existence or otherwise...
by Annie Ramsey
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Quilting involves many different skills apart from sewing. Some love creating and planning the design, some love the piecing, and others love the actual quilting, but everyone loves the finished product! If you’ve looked around a store that has quilting supplies, you’ve seen an awful lot of...
by Thomas Okey
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
This vintage book contains an elementary guide to the art of basket-making, being a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the practice. Written in clear, plain language and full of useful information and invaluable tips, this text will be of considerable utility to novice basket-makers, and would...
by Passerino Editore
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 9, 2018
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 9, 2018
39 curiosità sulla fibra apprezzata nella moda per la sua naturale lucentezza, e utilizzata in tanti modi.
I mini-ebook di Passerino Editore sono guide agili, essenziali e complete, per orientarsi nella storia del mondo.
by H. Ling Roth
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Northern Archaeological Textiles
NESAT VII: Textile Symposium in Edinburgh, 5th-7th May 1999
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
This volume presents the papers from the seventh North-European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles (NESAT), held in Edinburgh in 1999. The themes covered demonstrate a variety of scholarship that will encourage anyone working in this important and stimulating area of archaeology. From the golden...
Dress and Society
Contributions from Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
While traditional studies of dress and jewellery have tended to focus purely on reconstruction or descriptions of style, chronology and typology, the social context of costume is now a major research area in archaeology. This refocusing is largely a result of the close relationship between dress and...