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Weaving : a handbook of the fiber arts / Shirley E. Held.
LIBRA - Special TT848 .H43 1978
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Held, Shirley E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hand weaving.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 388 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1978]
- Contents:
- The history of fiber arts
- The origins of fabric
- The evolution of nonloom processes
- Handweaving of the past: the first six millenia
- Handweaving of the past: Europe, the Far East, and the New World
- 20th-century handweaving
- Handweaving on the loom
- Materials for weaving
- Tools and quipment
- Preparation for weaving
- Drafting
- Loom-controlled weaves
- Weaver-controlled weaves
- Finishing procedures
- Other construction methods
- Pile weaves
- Simple looms
- Nonloom techniques
- Spinning and coloring
- Handspinning
- Yarn dyeing
- Yarn and fabric patterning
- Design in the fiber arts
- Elements and principles of design
- Designing for the loom
- The contemporary fiber artist
- Drafts and drafting
- Records
- Sources of material and equipment
- Characteristics of common sheep breeds and other animal fibers
- Yarn designations
- Metric conversion tables
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-376) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Held, Shirley E. Weaving.
- ISBN:
- 0030226910
- 9780030226915
- 0030428211
- 9780030428210
- OCLC:
- 3121062
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