Lot of 12 Weaving Spinning Nature Dye & Fibre Books
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Lot of 12 Weaving Spinning Nature Dye & Fibre Books
This auction is for a large (very heavy) lot of 12 vintage books on Spinning, Weaving, Nature Dyes and Fibre. Included are: " The Art of Weaving " - Else Regensteiner copyright 1970 Soft Cover 184 pages. Contents: The Weaver's Equipment, Yarns, The Warp, Exploring the Weaves, Pattern Weaves, Double Weaves, Design, Tapestry, Rugs, Wall Hangings. " Fiber Structures " - Published in Cooperation with the Handweavers Guild of America and the Weavers' Guild of Pittsburgh Copyright 1976 Soft Cover 101 pages. Contents: Introduction by Irene Emery, FIBER STRUCTURES: The Cultural Genesis. FIBER STRUCTURES: The Aesthetic Continuum, Acknowledgements. " Off-Loom Weaving " - Elfleda Russell copyright 1975 Soft Cover 180 pages. Contents: An Off-Loom Working Process: A Suggested Introductory Exercise, Off-Loom Techniques, Off-Loom Shaping Principles, Card Weaving: An Expanded Off-Loom Technique, Ideas and Inspiration. " The Wool Book " ( A guide to spinning, dyeing and knitting) - Margaret Dixon copyright 1979 Hard Cover 140 pages. Contents: What is Handspinning?, First Steps in Spinning, Spinning on the Great Wheel, Spinning on the Flyer Wheel, Preparing the Yarn, Dyeing, Types of Wool, The Patterns, List of Suppliers. " Natural Dyes and Home Dyeing " - Rita J. Adrosko copyright 1971 Soft Cover 154 pages. Contents: Part 1: Dyestuff used in America during the 18th & 19th centuries, Historical background, Blue dyes, Red dyes, Yellow dyes, Brown dyes, Purple dyes, Black dyes, Neutral dyes. Part 2: Home dyeing with natural dyes (revised), Working with color, Planning a home dyeing project, Dye recipes, Top-dying. Bibliography, Appendixes: a. Common names of some chemicals used in dyeing, b. Dyestuffs occasionally mentioned in American dye manuals, c. South Carolina dye materials listed by Ramsay in 1809, d. Dye materials listed by D'Ambourney and reprinted in Coopers's 1815 dye manual, e. Recipes for dyeing woolens taken from Molony's 1833 dye manual. " Weaving as an Art Form " a personal statement - Theo Moorman copyright 1975 Hard Cover 104 pages. Contents: Personal Background, The Moorman Technique, Variations and Uses of the Technique, Sources of Inspiration for Designs, Further Points on Design, Beginning and Ending Processes, Commissioned Works, Problems and Opportunities, Some Other Techniques for Woven Hangings, Gallery of Works by the Author. " A Basic Textile Book " Fibres-yarns-spinning-weaving-dyeing-printing - Margaret Seagroatt copyright 1975 Hard Cover 96 pages. Contents: Fibres, Investigating Materials, Spinning, Weaving, Dyeing, Designing in Dye, The educational value of textiles. " The Joy of Spinning " Marilyn Kluger copyright 1971 187 pages Hard Cover Contents: Spinning Wheels and Goldenrods, Finding a Spinning Wheel - with Serendipity, Four Housewives Learn to Spin, Woolgathering, Preparing Wool Fleece for Spinning, Spinning Yarn on a Wool Wheel, Spinning Wool on a Treadle Wheel, Spinning with a Hand Spindle, Spinning Flax and other Fibers, Plyting and Skeining, The Delights of Vegetable Dyeing, Creating with Handspun, Following the Golden Thread. " Natural Plant Dyeing " a handbook copyright 1976 soft cover 64 pages Contents: Dye Plants, Collecting & Storing, Dyeing Prujects for Home & Classroom, Recipes from Around the World, Dye Plant Books, Where-to-buy Directory, Chemistry of Dyeing. " Weaving Bands " Liv Trotzig, Astrid Axelsson copyright 1974 88 pages. Soft Cover. Contents: History, Tools, Looms, Techniques, Patterns, Ideas for Bands, List of Suppliers. " Free Weaving " on frame and Loom Elisabeth Hoppe, Estine Ostlund, Lisa Melen , Copyright 1974 90 pages. Soft Cover Contents: Weaving Looms and Weaving frames, Pattern making, Colour, Weaving techniques with variations, Ideas for patterns, Techniques, Glossary of weaves, List of suppliers. " The Pile Weaves " - Jean Wilson copyright 1974 94 pages. Soft Cover. Contents: Ghiordes Knot and variations, Slip Loop, Sehna (Persian) Rug Knot, Single-Warp Spanish Knot, Ancient cut Pile, Icelandic Cut Pile and double face Pile, Egyptian Cut Pile, Granitos, Highland Guatemalan Cut Pile, Czech Cut Pile, Picked up Loops, Tibetan Rug knot, Eigg Cut Pile, Chivas, Boutonne, Oriental Soumak, Greek Soumak, jChaining, Weft Twining as base for Pile Weft, Loom-controlled Pile Weaves, Needle-made Pile, Natural Pile Weaves, Edges, Ends and a Joining. This is a very heavy lot of vintage fibre arts books. Canada does NOT have media post. Please email for exact shipping costs giving your state or postal code. Please e-mail me with any questions you might have. Buyer to pay actual shipping. I accept PayPal. Payment to be received within 10 days of end of auction. Thanks for dropping by and good luck. | ||||||||||||
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