This morning I went shopping for T.P. and this is what I saw. I think that means it will be a good year.
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.
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.
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Other Stuff
- Errata for Amalgamation Monograph 6.30.20
Click here to download errata file. - Errata for Amalgamation Monograph 6.29.20
Click here to download errata file. - Errata for Crepe Monograph
Click here to download errata file. - Alice's Basic Bread Recipe
- Errata for The Liftplan Connection
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December 2013 posts
December 31, 2013
December 30, 2013
Reality Check
Yesterday, after days of rain—both hot and cold variety—the sun broke forth. I left the mounds of paperwork on my desk and went out to greet it. Here comes the sun! Yes!
This is my favorite puddle. I've showed it to you before, but with the light sparkling on everything the alter-world down there appears hyper-real.
Then at sundown, aboveground, there was this:
Which one is more real? Things to ponder as I go through the slow and very unphotogenic process of putting on a mixed, multi-chained warp.
December 28, 2013
More Pages
Little by little. Pick by pick.
Yes, I know they look wobbly. They're supposed to look wobbly!
December 26, 2013
Turning Pages
I posted it here as a dobby design, but with some tweaking it was enlarged, pushed, & pulled, and became a jacquard draft. I'm weaving it as samitum with three wefts.
At the bottom of the screen you can see the little aspect ratio sample. I was way off--I had to elongate the file 100%. Hooray Photoshop! I didn't have to redo the pattern structures.
December 25, 2013
Seven Chains
Over the past few weeks, in between other tasks, I've been gathering odds & ends for a mixed warp to tie on to the existing warp on the 8-shaft loom. Every couple of days I wind another chain; now there are seven and I am finished winding. They will be distributed randomly across the web.
Those little red scraps are the choke ties. Don't you just love weaving terminology? I'm thinking choke ties, beater, sley, tieing on, slashing, and lashes, just for starters. We weavers are a violent lot.
December 24, 2013
A Large Pattern Repeat
Wishing everyone joy of the season, and may you have good weaving in 2014.
Click to enlarge. This is 880 pixels wide ;-)
December 23, 2013
Slogging
Slogging through December. The looms recede farther and farther away, it seems. But I can dream, can't I?
December 20, 2013
Practice Makes Perfect
Well, almost perfect. Last night I had the pleasure of attending a middle school band concert.
I am astounded at what a group of sixth graders can accomplish in four short months. The seventh and eighth graders were even more amazing. A year has made a notable difference in the quality of their music. The students were supported by a huge crowd of parents, grandparents, siblings, and friends. Organized chaos. Beautiful evening.
This sign on the auditorium wall made me think. Good advice. I hope it made others think, too.
December 18, 2013
The Real and the Hyper-Real
Which of these is not like the other? Five hundred words or less. Best essay gets an automatic A, and you do not have to take the final exam.
December 17, 2013
New Class: Photoshop Elements® 12 for Weavers
Ever since I upgraded my Elements program to version 12, I've been experimenting with it to learn what the changes are in this version, and how they might impact my weaving design. The changes are mostly cosmetic, and thankfully the core functions useful to weavers remain the same, and "unimproved." I've recorded a 90-minute class on Weavolution, and it is now available for you.
The class, entitled Photoshop Elements 12 for Weavers, can be found at Weavolution. If you're already a Weavolution member, just click on classes, scroll down, and you will see the class description and registratioin information. If you're not already a member, registration is easy.
Photoshop Elements 12 for Weavers is a brief introduction to designing with PSE in conjunction with your favorite weave program, and is suitable for weavers with dobby (mechanical or computer-assisted) or table looms of 8 shafts or more (the more the merrier!). Class handouts with bibliography and a small collection of Pattern Presets are provided to all who sign up for the class. The class fee of $42 USD entitles participants to watch the class as many times as they wish for three months from date of signup. Pause and resume functions are available for watching the recording at one's own pace.
Participants should already be familiar with weave drawdown diagrams, and should be computer literate. Suitable for Mac or Windows, and any weaving program. Join us!