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Art of Tapestry Weaving: A Complete Guide to Mastering the Techniques for Making Images with Yarn [Kõva köide]

  • Formaat: Hardback, 320 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 260x216x24 mm, kaal: 1180 g, Full-color; photographs and illustrations througho
  • Ilmumisaeg: 03-Nov-2020
  • Kirjastus: Storey Publishing LLC
  • ISBN-10: 1635861357
  • ISBN-13: 9781635861358
  • Formaat: Hardback, 320 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 260x216x24 mm, kaal: 1180 g, Full-color; photographs and illustrations througho
  • Ilmumisaeg: 03-Nov-2020
  • Kirjastus: Storey Publishing LLC
  • ISBN-10: 1635861357
  • ISBN-13: 9781635861358
"Rebecca Mezoff shares her techniques in this in-depth guide to every aspect of the process, from developing a color palette to selecting yarn, warping the loom, and weaving the image"--

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.

Put aside those preconceptions of dusty, medieval tapestries hanging on castle walls! Tapestry weaving has a whole new look, and fiber enthusiasts of all levels are eager to try their hand at creating images with yarn. Rebecca Mezoff, a renowned teacher of contemporary tapestry weaving, shares her techniques in this in-depth guide to every aspect of the process, from developing a color palette to selecting yarn, warping the loom, and weaving the image. Crafters can choose from inexpensive tabletop and hand-held looms to larger floor looms. Detailed step-by-step photos and inspiring examples from a range of weaver-artists make this a one-stop resource for tapestry weaving how-to.
Foreword ix
Sarah C. Swett
PART 1 Learning
xi
Introduction: Why Tapestry?
1(1)
Why Weave Tapestry?
2(1)
How to Be a Beginning Tapestry Weaver
3(2)
How to Use This Book
5(2)
1 This Is Tapestry
7(10)
Stacked like Bricks
8(1)
What Tapestry Is Not
8(2)
Tapestry's Storied History
10(3)
Terms to Know
13(4)
2 Looms Large (and Small)
17(24)
Characteristics of a Good Tapestry Loom
17(3)
Anatomy of a Tapestry Loom
20(3)
Types of Looms
23(6)
Choosing a Tapestry Loom
29(1)
Approaches to Weaving
30(4)
Additional Tools
34(7)
3 Yearning for Yarn
41(16)
Fiber Common in Tapestry Yarns
42(1)
The Wonder of Wool
43(1)
Yarn Terminology
44(2)
Good Tapestry Yarn
46(6)
How Much Yarn?
52(1)
Other Yarn Considerations
53(4)
4 Only the Warped Can Weave
57(28)
Why Warp Size Matters
58(3)
How Weft Size Influences Your Textile
61(3)
Sett Affects Image
64(1)
Tips for Warping Success
65(1)
Warp Length
66(1)
Warping Procedures
67(16)
Warping a Pegged or Slotted Loom
69(6)
Continuous Warping
75(4)
Figure-8 Warping
79(4)
Warping Beamed Looms
83(2)
5 Learning to See Color
85(22)
You're Not "Bad" at Color
86(1)
Hue and the Color Wheel
87(6)
Additive versus Subtractive Color Systems
93(1)
Color Harmonies
94(4)
Creating Color for Tapestry Weaving
98(5)
Creating Your Own Color Palette
103(4)
PART 2 MAKING
107(2)
6 Let the Weaving Begin
109(36)
Parts of a Tapestry
109(2)
Using Shedding Devices
111(9)
Making Sheds
112(3)
Butterflies and Bobbins
115(5)
Headers
120(10)
Making a Hemmed Header
122(5)
Making a Double Half-Hitch Header
127(3)
Weaving the Tapestry Body
130(15)
Getting Started
130(10)
Managing Tails
140(5)
7 Heading Off Trouble
145(16)
Bubbling's Effect on Weft Tension
145(2)
How the Loom and Beating Affect Your Selvages
147(4)
Fixing Weft Tension Problems
148(3)
Troubleshooting
151(10)
Fixing the Problem
151(10)
8 Color Blending Magic
161(16)
Creating Color Illusions with Irregular Hatching
163(4)
Irregular Hatching Practice
164(3)
Creating Forms with Stripes
167(2)
Regular Hatching Practice
168(1)
Regular Hatching for Transparency
169(5)
Regular Hatching for Transparency Practice
170(3)
Floating Bars
173(1)
Hachures: Formalized Hatching
174(3)
9 Closing Up the Holes
177(16)
Sewing Slits
178(4)
How to Sew Slits
179(3)
Weft Interlocks
182(5)
Meet-and-Separate Weft Interlock
184(2)
Weft Interlock with Wefts Traveling in the Same Direction
186(1)
Warp Interlocks
187(3)
Practicing Warp Interlocks
188(2)
Using Hatching for joins
190(3)
10 Angling
193(12)
Determining the Steepness
193(3)
Basic Angle Practice
194(2)
Straight Angles, Hills, and Valleys
196(4)
Practicing Shallower Angles
198(2)
Using an Uneven Number of Sequences in Each Step
200(2)
Breaking Up Large Color Areas
202(3)
11 Vertical Growth
205(14)
Pick and Pick
205(7)
Pick-and-Pick Practice
208(4)
Invisible Weft Sequence Join for Vertical Warp Wraps
212(2)
Invisible Weft Sequence join Practice
213(1)
Cutting Off the Corners
214(2)
Cutting Off the Corners Practice
215(1)
Other Ways to Make Vertical Lines
216(3)
12 Designing
219(16)
Design versus Cartoon
219(1)
Design Concepts
220(6)
Ways to Design for Tapestry
226(3)
Making a Cartoon
229(1)
Attaching the Cartoon
229(6)
13 Curve Appeal
235(16)
Weaving One Shape at a Time
235(1)
Bottom to Top: Shape Order
236(7)
Making and Using a Cartoon to Weave Curves
238(5)
Smoothing Out the Steps
243(2)
Weaving a Shallow Curve with Hill and Valley Threads
243(2)
Making Curved Vertical Shapes
245(2)
Weaving a Vertical Curve
246(1)
Circles
247(4)
Weaving a Circle
248(3)
14 Outlining
251(12)
Weaving Eccentrically
251(2)
Eccentric Outlines
253(5)
Outlining a Shallow Curve
254(2)
Shifting the Shed with an Eccentric Weft
256(2)
Split Weft
258(5)
Making an Outline Using Split Weft
259(4)
15 Finishing Up
263(16)
Final Cleanup
263(14)
Finishing Tapestries with Hemmed Headers
266(4)
Finishing Non-Hemmed Tapestries
270(2)
Preparing a Tapestry for Display
272(5)
Labeling Your Tapestry
277(1)
Conservation Considerations
278(1)
Appendices 279(1)
Knots 279(5)
Leashes 284(5)
Making a Pipe Loom 289(6)
Acknowledgments 295(1)
Metric Conversions 296(1)
Index 297
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.