Tapestry weaving has a fresh new look! With this in-depth technique guide and a small, inexpensive loom, fiber enthusiasts learn to create a range of images with yarn, including funky abstract designs, detailed geometric configurations, and realistic pictures.
Tapestry weaving has a fresh new look! With this in-depth technique guide and a small, inexpensive loom, fiber enthusiasts learn to create a range of images with yarn, including funky abstract designs, detailed geometric configurations, and realistic pictures.
Rebecca Mezoff is the author of The Art of Tapestry Weaving. An award-winning weaver and nationally known teacher of tapestry weaving, she reaches thousands of students annually through her online courses, popular self-styled weaving retreats, and in-person workshops at Penland School of Craft, Convergence, and Red Alder Fiber Arts. Mezoff has been weaving tapestries for 15 years and her articles on the subject have appeared in the American Tapestry Alliance, Spin Off, Handwoven, and Fiber Art Now. She lives in Colorado.
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Foreword Introduction: Why Tapestry? Why Weave Tapestry? How to Be a Beginning Tapestry Weaver How to Use This Book 1 This Is Tapestry Stacked like Bricks What Tapestry Is Not Tapestry's Storied History Terms to Know 2 Looming Large (and Small) Characteristics of a Good Tapestry Loom Anatomy of a Tapestry Loom Types of Looms Choosing a Tapestry Loom Approaches to Weaving Additional Tools 3 Yearning for Yarn Fiber Common in Tapestry Yarns The Wonder of Wool Yarn Terminology Good Tapestry Yarns Choose an Anchor Yarn How Much Yarn? Other Yarn Considerations 4 Only the Warped Can Weave Why Warp Size Matters How Weft Size Influences Your Textile Sett Affects Image Tips for Warping Success Warp Length Warping Procedures 5 Learning to See Color You're Not "Bad" at Color Hue and the Color Wheel Color Harmonies Creating Your Own Color Palette 6 Let the Weaving Begin Parts of a Tapestry Using Shedding Devices Headers 7 Heading Off Trouble Bubbling's Effect on Weft Tension How the Loom and Beating Affect Your Selvages 8 Color Blending Magic Creating Color Illusions with Irregular Hatching Creating Forms with Stripes Hachures: Formalized Hatching 9 Closing Up the Holes Sewing Slits Weft Interlocks Warp Interlocks Using Hatching for Joins 10 Angling Straight Angles, Hills, and Valleys Using an Uneven Number of Sequences in Each Step Breaking Up Large Color Areas 11 Vertical Growth Pick and Pick Invisible Weft Sequence Join for Vertical Warp Wraps Cutting Off the Corners to Make Vertical Curves and Angles Smoother Other Ways to Make Vertical Lines 12 Designing Design vs. Cartoon Design Concepts Making a Cartoon Attaching the Cartoon 13 Curve Appeal Weaving One Shape at a Time Bottom to Top: Shape Order Smoothing Out the Steps Making Curved Vertical Shapes Circles 14 Outlining Weaving Eccentrically Eccentric Outlines Split Weft 15 Finish Up Final Cleanup Labeling Your Tapestry Conservation Considerations Appendices Knots Leashes Making Pipe Looms Metric Conversions Acknowledgments Index
Foreword Introduction: Why Tapestry? Why Weave Tapestry? How to Be a Beginning Tapestry Weaver How to Use This Book 1 This Is Tapestry Stacked like Bricks What Tapestry Is Not Tapestry's Storied History Terms to Know 2 Looming Large (and Small) Characteristics of a Good Tapestry Loom Anatomy of a Tapestry Loom Types of Looms Choosing a Tapestry Loom Approaches to Weaving Additional Tools 3 Yearning for Yarn Fiber Common in Tapestry Yarns The Wonder of Wool Yarn Terminology Good Tapestry Yarns Choose an Anchor Yarn How Much Yarn? Other Yarn Considerations 4 Only the Warped Can Weave Why Warp Size Matters How Weft Size Influences Your Textile Sett Affects Image Tips for Warping Success Warp Length Warping Procedures 5 Learning to See Color You're Not "Bad" at Color Hue and the Color Wheel Color Harmonies Creating Your Own Color Palette 6 Let the Weaving Begin Parts of a Tapestry Using Shedding Devices Headers 7 Heading Off Trouble Bubbling's Effect on Weft Tension How the Loom and Beating Affect Your Selvages 8 Color Blending Magic Creating Color Illusions with Irregular Hatching Creating Forms with Stripes Hachures: Formalized Hatching 9 Closing Up the Holes Sewing Slits Weft Interlocks Warp Interlocks Using Hatching for Joins 10 Angling Straight Angles, Hills, and Valleys Using an Uneven Number of Sequences in Each Step Breaking Up Large Color Areas 11 Vertical Growth Pick and Pick Invisible Weft Sequence Join for Vertical Warp Wraps Cutting Off the Corners to Make Vertical Curves and Angles Smoother Other Ways to Make Vertical Lines 12 Designing Design vs. Cartoon Design Concepts Making a Cartoon Attaching the Cartoon 13 Curve Appeal Weaving One Shape at a Time Bottom to Top: Shape Order Smoothing Out the Steps Making Curved Vertical Shapes Circles 14 Outlining Weaving Eccentrically Eccentric Outlines Split Weft 15 Finish Up Final Cleanup Labeling Your Tapestry Conservation Considerations Appendices Knots Leashes Making Pipe Looms Metric Conversions Acknowledgments Index
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