Woven textile design / Jan Shenton ; design by Eleanor Ridsdale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shenton, Jan, author.

Contributor:

Ridsdale, Eleanor, designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weaving.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] : Laurence King Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Woven Textile Design offers a comprehensive introduction to weaving for all those wishing to design and produce a wide range of fabrics from scratch.Starting with the basics of woven textile design, the book looks at how to draw up and interpret records and notation, before explaining how different types of cloth are constructed. From the most basic of plain weaves, through twill weaves, textured weaves such as seersucker, crepe, and corded cloths to more complicated designs created with extra threads woven in, a wide range of patterns are covered. Illustrated throughout with diagrams, weaving

Contents:

INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: PREPARATION FOR DESIGN; The loom; Warp information; The warping plan; Spreading the warp onto the beam; The threading plan; The reed plan; The lifting plan; The weft plan; Finishing details; Inspiration and visual research; CHAPTER 2: PLAIN WEAVE; Plain weave on two, three and four shafts; Potential faults in plain weave; Plain-weave variations; CHAPTER 3: TWILL WEAVES; Twills over three shafts; Twills using a straight draft over four shafts; Twills using a point draft on four shafts; Distorted twills; Combining twills; Satin and sateen weaves

CHAPTER 4: COLOUR AND WEAVEVisualizing the weave structure with colour; Project 1: End and end warp stripe; Project 2: 2 x 2 warp stripe; CHAPTER 5: WARP AND WEFT DISTORTIONS; Grouped weft distortions; Grouped warp distortions; Single-end distortions; Creating a diagonal line across the weave; CHAPTER 6: TEXTURED WEAVES; Honeycomb (waffle weave); Mock Leno; Creating patterns with mock leno; Seersucker; Crêpe weaves; Corded Cloths; CHAPTER 7: EXTRA WARP AND WEFT PATTERNING ; Extra-warp patterning ; Extra-weft patterning; Extra warp and extra weft combined; CHAPTER 8: DOUBLE CLOTH

Double plain interchange - warp yarns of equal thicknessInterchangng plain-weave blocks; Double cloth with single-cloth weaves; Creating patterns using double cloth; Block point draft; Pleats; Pockets; Ribbons; TROUBLESHOOTING; GLOSSARY; FURTHER READING; INDEX; PICTURE CREDITS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 9, 2014).

ISBN:

9781780675695

1780675690