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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September 11, 2018

Waiting for Florence

Here in South Carolina we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Florence. In the upstate, where I live, it appears that we are at risk for lots of rain, but the hazards for coastal zones are much greater. So we wait.

Let me wish you all a happy New Year. L'shana Tova.

Apples&honey

You might like to see what I've devised for my rigid heddle loom, after I realized that five yards of cloth exceed the capacity of the cloth beam:

Apples&honey

By adding a small rod to the breast beam and wrapping just as backstop weavers do, I can route the accumulated yardage to an extra beam suspended from the back of the loom.

Auxbeam2925

After the fabric was cut off and washed, it turned delightfully cushy and drapey. Cotton, linen, hemp.  Plain weave.

Washedyardage2930

Posted at 07:34 PM in Rigid Heddle, Weaving |

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