Archives de l’auteur : Tricofolk

Weft-faced Pattern Weaves: Tabby to Taquete

Pour les métiers à tisser à cadres, de 4 à 16 cadres. Concerne les techniques de tissage « à effet de trame », où la chaîne ne se voit pas : rosengang, samitum et autres techniques spécifiques. Le seul ouvrage sur ce sujet.

Travel beyond the traditional limits of boundweave with this comprehensive guide to weft-faced pattern weaves. Beginning and experienced weavers alike will learn how to plan, predict, and weave colorful, rhythmical patterns, charming folk figures, and geometric designs in fabrics that are decorative and durable. Fifty-three projects range from simple to complex weaves. Directions, patterns, and tips are provided for the plain weave, twill, point twill, rosepath, overshot, taqueté, and samitum. It also features Coptic taquete and samitum re-creations and patterns from the Tunic of Tutankhamun. Engaging and informative text accompanies diagrams, illustrated samplers, and drafts with threading, tie-up, treadling, and drawdowns. This is the definitive work on weft-faced pattern weaves and is a must-have reference and resource guide for weavers and crafters alike.

Mastering Weave Structures: Transforming Ideas into Great Cloth

Pour métiers à tisser à cadres. Comprendre et analyser les armures. Un livre très technique.

More than just a survey of interlacements from simple to intricate, this thoughtful addition to every crafter€™s library is a study course for weaving the best, most interesting, most successful fabrics imaginable. A liberating voice is given to each instruction, empowering weavers to discover the basic how-tos of their craft, such as how to design threadings, channel the design power of the tie-up, and make the most of threading options, as well as understand fibers, setts, and color interactions. Aspiring weavers will draw both inspiration and useful information from the clear explanations, wonderful examples, and color photographs of stunning fabrics featured throughout. This introduction to the fundamental principles of weave structure is the result of more than 30 years of serious study and is destined to become a classic for all weavers.

Simple Weaves: Over 30 Classic Patterns and Fresh New Styles

Des modèles de tissage pour métiers à tisser à 4 cadres, dans l’inspiration simple et esthétique de la Suède.

Weave all kinds of classic projects — from towels, place mats, and throws to rugs, pillows, and curtains — and give them a fresh new look! Practice weaving techniques like plain weave and twill; canvas and spot weave; monk’s belt and honeycomb; or play with color and texture using rosepath, waffle weave, color effects, Ms and Os, halvdräll, and true dräll. Combine techniques, bring together your favorite patterns, and use any color you like to explore the endless possibilities offered by simple weaves.

Weaving Designs By Bertha Gray Hayes: Miniature Overshot Patterns

Des armures en overshot pour métier à tisser à 4 cadres. L’auteur de l’ouvrage les a tous réalisés sur son petit métier à tisser « Structo » de 20 cm de large.

This book features the original sample collection and handwritten drafts of the talented, early 20th century weaver, Bertha Gray Hayes of Providence, Rhode Island. She designed and wove miniature overshot patterns for four-harness looms that are creative and unique. The book contains color reproductions of 72 original sample cards and 20 recently discovered patterns, many shown with a picture of the woven sample, and each with computer-generated drawdowns and drafting patterns. Her designs are unique in their asymmetry and personal in her use of name drafting to create the designs.
Bertha Hayes attended the first nine National Conferences of American Handweavers (1938-1946). She learned to weave by herself through the Shuttle-Craft home course and was a charter member of the Shuttle-Craft Guild, and authored articles on weaving.

The Weaver’s Idea Book

Une référence pour les métiers à peigne envergeur : armures possibles et techniques spéciales.

New and experienced weavers alike are always on the lookout for new weave-structure patterns. The Weaver’s Idea Book presents a wide variety of patterns for the simple rigid-heddle loom, accompanied by harness drafts for multishaft looms. The techniques include leno, Brooks bouquet, soumak, and embroidery on fabric. Each chapter contains weaving patterns along with swatches illustrating the techniques, accompanied by step-by-step photography.

Card Weaving

Un livre qui concerne le tissage aux cartons.

With nothing more than colored yarn and simple cardboard squares, crafters can produce exquisitely patterned woven bands with this guide, which includes patterns for sturdy belts and camera straps, delicate silk trims and ties, creative wall art, and even hefty rugs and mats.

Tissage : 600 diagrammes

Un livre d’armures pour les métiers à tisser à 4 cadres. Attention la version française comporte quelques erreurs de traduction.

Le tissage est parmi les artisanats les plus anciens. Patrimoine légué par nos ancêtres, il est transmis de génération en génération depuis des siècles. Cet ouvrage rassemble tout ce qu’il faut savoir pour reproduire 600 motifs de tissage et s’en affranchir. Un vaste panorama du matériel, des fibres textiles et des fils vous est d’abord proposé, un préalable indispensable pour bien démarrer. Anne Dixon rappelle également comment exécuter les lisières, élaborer le rapport d’armure, calculer la longueur de chaîne, choisir ses couleurs et arrêter son ouvrage. Vous pourrez alors aborder sans crainte cette magnifique bibliothèque de motifs! Nul doute que vous y puiserez de nouvelles idées pour créer de merveilleux tissages. Pour chaque motif: le croquis de remettage et son sens de lecture, le croquis d’attachage, l’armure toile, le croquis de marchage et son sens de lecture, une photo de l’échantillon et un zoom, une photo de l’envers. Les 600 motifs sont conçus pour être réalisés sur un métier à quatre lames.