I'm Alice Schlein, a weaver in South Carolina. A few times a week I write about my weaving, Network Drafting, Amalgamation, bread baking, my morning walks, and whatever else strikes my fancy. Thanks for stopping by! Comments are welcome.

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  • 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.

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May 27, 2010

New Aspect Ratio Sample

I started a new weaving today, for an invitational coming up in September. Step one is to weave a small sample to determine aspect ratio. This one measures in at exactly 120 picks per inch in double twill. Warp sett is 63.4 epi. Dividing ppi by epi, we get 1.89 for the aspect ratio, so I will multiply the total picks in the file by 1.89 to get the new file size. 

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Lynette asked about granite weave. I'm embarrassed to say that I can't remember where I first encountered it; I only know that it was in an OLD weaving book. Bhakti and I did include information on how to draft granite weaves on pages 103-106 of The Woven Pixel; check it out if you have the book (and if you don't have it, look in the sidebar for a link). 

And about that black glove—it is creepy. I walked the same route today, and the glove is still there, but it has moved about 10 feet further west. Hm-m-m.

Posted at 06:00 AM in Books, Photography, Pixels, Weaving |

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