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Books

The Woven Pixel: Designing for Jacquard and Dobby Looms Using Photoshop®
Co-authored by Alice Schlein and Bhakti Ziek. 362 pages, many illustrations. Now available for free download on handweaving.net. The accompanying CD with 1400 pattern presets is not included with the free download, but may be purchased separately. Email me at aschlein[at]att[dot]net for more information.
The Liftplan Connection: Designing for Dobby Looms With Photoshop® and Photoshop Elements®
By Alice Schlein. Build your own weave library. Design liftplans for your dobby loom. 157 pages, spiral bound, many illustrations. Now available as print-on-demand from www.lulu.com.
Network Drafting: An Introduction
By Alice Schlein. Break away from the block. Curves for your dobby loom. Originally published in 1994, now available as print-on-demand from www.lulu.com.

Monographs

Amalgamation: Double Your Dobby
24-pages of text, diagrams, and color photographs, in pdf format for download. Create drafts for 8 or more shafts in half-drop or brick arrangements which would normally require twice the number of shafts. Related to network drafting, this is a technique for intermediate or advanced weavers with dobby looms or multi-shaft table looms. Includes guidelines for amalgamation with three current weaving applications. View on a computer, or print out one copy for your own use. USD$21. via PayPal. Email aschlein[at]att[dot]net and indicate your preferred email address for PayPal.
Lampas for Shaft Looms
Class notes from Complex Weavers Seminars 2016, newly revised and formatted, in pdf form for download. A review of methods for designing your own lampas fabrics for treadle looms, table looms, and dobbies, eight shafts and above. Over 90 color photos of actual fabrics with drafts. Includes info on pickup lampas and a lampas bibliography. View on a computer, or print out one copy for your own use. USD$21. via PayPal. Email aschlein[at]att[dot]net for ordering info.
A Crepe Is Not Just a Pancake
52 pages of text, b&w and color diagrams, and drafts for multishaft tradle & dobby looms. Many color photos of actual cloth. Methods for drafting your own crepe weaves. Annotated bibliography. Pdf available for immediate download. $21. USD. Payment by PayPal. Email me at aschlein[at]att[dot]net for payment instructions.
Echo Weave
Based on the 1996 article in Weaver's, Issue 32. With brand new diagrams and high resolution scans of original fabrics. Pdf available for immediate download. $7. USD. Payment by PayPal. Email me at aschlein[at]att[dot]net for payment instructions.

November 27, 2021

Snapshots

In odd moments between food preparation and general merrymaking, I did get a little bit of weaving in this week. It's amazing what you can accomplish in stolen moments.

The current crop of amalgamation samples is off the loom, hemmed, & washed. A couple of quick snapshots:

The same draft for all, but the weft colors varied widely. This one in aubergine is my favorite.

Just finished reading The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King. Not my usual read, but I did enjoy it. A special surprise: Rogers's early music mentor at Dartmouth was Kunrad Kvam, later my beloved choir director for the Voorhees Chapel Choir at Douglas College in the late 1950's.

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November 24, 2021

Color Me Crazy

Since we last spoke, I wove two more samples on the amalgamated warp. This time I went for weft in what I thought were really unharmonious colors—at least unharmonious on this particular warp. First green and gold:

It turned out to be well balanced, and I quite like it.

Next was purple and gold, and I expected an especially jarring result. Kinda like football team colors. Much to my surprise, this is the best one of the lot. Of course the jury is not in for real until these are washed & dried.

Now that the end of the warp is near, I'm collecting the usual crop of warping paper.

This next picture courtesy of Bruce, who had a front row seat at my presentation "My Weaving Life So Far" last Thursday at The Woodlands. The talk got good reviews, and my friends and neighbors asked some good questions at the Q&A afterwards. Now I'm officially credentialed as "that weaving lady."

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November 23, 2021

Plaid and a Small Spiral

Just a few more peeks at the striped amalgamation warp, before the holiday craziness begins. Here I'm experimenting with weft colors. I'm going for shocking, not mellow.