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Learn weaving basics or hone your skills with this invaluable guidebook Originally published in 1984 (under the name Learning to Weave with Debbie Redding), Learning to Weave is now on the verge of its 40th Anniversary in print. This unparalleled study guide teachesreaders to weave on four shaft looms, whether they arelearning from scratch or honing their skills. Written with a mentoring voice, each lesson includes friendly, straightforward advice and is accompanied by illustrations and photographs. Budding floor and table loom weavers need only to approach this subject with a sense of adventure and willingness to learn such basics as step-by-step warping, basic weaving techniques, project planning, reading and designing drafts, the basics of all the most common weave structures, and many more handy hints. Beginners will find this guidebook an invaluable teacher, while more seasoned weavers will find food for thought in the chapters on weave structures and drafting.

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9781596681392

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Besides teaching extensively through weaving guilds and schools, Deborah has been a weaving shop owner, a contributing editor to Handwoven magazine, a peace corps volunteer in Honduras, and an employee of Pueblo to People, a nonprofit organisation that imports and sells handcrafted goods from Central and South America. Deborah is a founding member of Weave a Real Peace (WARP), an organisation dedicated to building bridges between weavers in first and third world countries.

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