WEAVING Bress 3000 VARIATIONS Drafts Overshot Twill ++ Start Price USD 495.00 Current Price USD 495.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, September 03, 2008 End Time Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Location ONTARIO/MICHIGAN BORDER See more about 'WEAVING Bress 3000 VARIATIONS Drafts Overshot Twill ++' Description SCARCE COPY OF THIS BOOK Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page - "Here's to joyous weaving! Best regards - Helene Bress" Nearly 3,000 Variations of Plain Weave, Twill, Overshot, Monk's Belt, and Huck Weaves This beautifully illustrated volume explores thousands of variations of five of the basic weaves-plain weave, twill, overshot, monk's belt, and huck. With a concentration on four-harness weaving, each of the basic weaves is first shown in its simplest forms and then in both lesser-known and new variations, providing nearly 3,000 patterns in detailed photos, drafts, and treadling orders. The plain-weave chapter includes a substantial section on warp- and weft-faced effects and log cabin and color effects, as well as basketweave, spaced warps, and the use of texture. Twill variations include the usual straight, point, and broken treadlings, plus such treadlings as sunburst, honeycomb, huck, lace, and treadlings for much boundweave patterning pictorial and abstract. Beautiful examples and extended instructions are included for undulating twills, the Indian saddle blanket weave, and Krokbragd. There is a step-by-step guide to understanding twill in its multiple-harness form. Overshot early American coverlet motifs and some of their variations are clearly charted, and how the motifs may be used in traditional and contemporary ways is shown. How to enlarge and miniaturize patterns, design drafts, and weave patterns in the standard as-drawn-in way-as Spetsvav, as boundweave, in lace ways, in echo fashion -and more are also shown. Fascinating multiharness versions of overshot are discussed. Monk's belt is shown in four distinct ways that permit greater designing freedom. The theme-and-variations approach follows monk's belt through boundweave, petit point, a large variety of honeycomb ways, lacy ways, mathematical progressions, and more. Huck, a lovely but often neglected weave, is shown in its standard and not-quite-standard spot and lace forms, its monk's belt-like forms, as swivel, and in a multitude of other ways. Completely unique and valuable are the directions for extending huck to its luxuriously beautiful multiple-harness form. No other volume on weaving contains as vast an assortment of weaving patterns TITLE:   THE WEAVING BOOK Patterns and Ideas AUTHOR:  Helene Bress PUBLISHER:   Scribners, New York, 1981 - fifth printing DESCRIPTION:   Hardcover with dustjacket. 548 pages. Approx 10.5" x 9.5" CONDITION:   VG+ in VG+ Overall minimal signs of wear - binding is tight, interior pages are clean. Bottom corner bumped. Small stain at top edge of front board. CLICK HERE to see more weaving books in my ebay store SHIPPING & PAYMENT INFORMATION BOOKELPH BOOKS is located in Canada near the US border. We ship via USPS mail, once a week, from Michigan, to US addresses and most international addresses. For Canadian buyers, shipping will usually be via Canada Post. For more information, please see our SHIPPING INFORMATION PAGE S/H to US address is $5.00 by USPS MEDIA MAIL --insurance is included in s/h cost for items over $50.00 --insurance is optional for items under $50.00 For CANADIAN and other INTERNATIONAL buyers - Please email for shipping cost Canadian buyers will be charged GST/HST METHODS OF PAYMENT ACCEPTED: PAYPAL, CHECK, MONEY ORDER *** BOOKELPH BOOKS offers a varied and interesting selection of books *** SAVE ON SHIPPING COST If you are purchasing additional books, we can ship your purchases together to save on shipping Bookelph Books Book Condition Grading AS NEW or MINT (M) : in the same immaculate condition in which it was published FINE (F) : No defects, but not as crisp as new. NEAR FINE (NF) : close to FINE but with a couple of very minor defects or faults VERY GOOD (VG) : shows some signs of wear on either binding or paper. GOOD (G) : describes the average used and worn book FAIR : worn and soiled, pages dirty and/or torn, but no text pages missing POOR : book is sufficiently worn that its only merit is as a Reading Copy - has complete text. bookelphweaving 4-12/2.150 sh2 Powered by eBay Turbo Lister Place a Bid!