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Title: Card Weaving by Candace Crockett ISBN: 0-934026-61-0 Publisher: Interweave Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Introduction to Tablet Weaving
Comment: This is a great first book for the tablet weaver. It covers the basics in enough detail to start weaving right away. It follows a logical progression to more advanced methods and gives some simple to follow patterns.
Pros: clearly written, short and to the point. Good examples. Gets you going quickly.
Cons: Forgets to mention details like tangles (they do happen!), not enough info on pattern making, uses a simple threading pattern that may confuse some weavers as they research patterns (the book uses arrows to indicate threading, instead of the usual S or Z).
All in all, a great book for the beginning weaver. Not much there for the more advanced weaver.
Rating: 5
Summary: Informative and well-designed book.
Comment: This book has one of the best explanations of how to do card weaving that I have seen. Crockett has you weaving within an hour or so after reading the directions. My only reservation concerns her instructions for winding the warp for the first project. I would recommend that beginners start with a short warp to minimize tangling. After the first project you advance to other methods, and later in the book there is a way to warp which does away with the problem of tangling. Overall, she gives clear explanations of both the mechanics of card-weaving and pattern design. The book is more than a just a how-to manual. It has sections on the history of this ancient art, and explores the contemporary use of this medium by fiber artists. It's the sort of book that, if you see it in a bookstore, you want to buy it. There are a lot of gorgeous color photogaphs so it's really beautiful to look at. The overall flavor of the book design and photos is contemporary. I suppose that in 30 years it might seem dated, in the same way that textile books from the 70s often seem dated to us now. However, some of those books still attract the eye, and I predict that in a few decades this one will probably do the same.
Rating: 4
Summary: It led me through beginning steps so I could actually do it.
Comment: I wanted to try card weaving, but always got stuck during setup. This book walked me through threading in a way I could actually understand and use. The pattern drafts are appealing and easy enough for a beginner to accomplish. I got ideas for extending beyond what the book itself showed. This is a wonderful, user-friendly intro to card-weaving!
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Title: Weaving Without a Loom by Veronica Burningham ISBN: 0855328185 Publisher: Search Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Inkle Weaving by Helene Bress ISBN: 0962054313 Publisher: Flower Valley Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1975 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Manual of Fingerweaving by Robert J. Austin ISBN: 192957200X Publisher: Book Publishing Company (TN) Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Card Weaving or Tablet Weaving by Russell Groff ISBN: 1566590086 Publisher: Charles t Branford Pub. Date: June, 1986 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Spin It: Making Yarn from Scratch by Lee Raven, Traci Bunkers ISBN: 1931499365 Publisher: Interweave Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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