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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  • Lecture: "My Weaving Life So Far"
    Weavers Guild of Boston, Wed., Sept. 15, Virtual lecture, open to the public. Register online, registration closes Sept. 12. Go to weaversguildofboston.org, Meetings, Register for a Zoom Meeting, September 15 Meeting, Register Now, RSVP.

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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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December 17, 2021

Processing

A few process pictures of the current warp. You may spot a picture of Peter Collingwood on the wall behind my warping reel. That's for good luck.

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Tied and ready to be chained.
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Skipping ahead a few steps. The warp chains have been beamed and I'm threading heddles. This is a shared living space. The other occupant watches football while I thread heddles.
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The following day, after breakfast. The reed is sleyed.

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And here's a start. The draft is an odd experiment. Is it possible to amalgamate a four-shaft draft? Apparently it is.
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But the result is a surprise. It's something of a cross between M's & O's and crepe weave. 
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Never mind, I'll take it.

In the library dept., I just finished reading "The Paper Palace" by Miranda Cowley Heller. Did you know she's the granddaughter of Malcolm Cowley? Fact. She was also senior VP at HBO and head of drama series such as The Sopranos. 

Posted at 06:49 PM in Amalgamation, Television, Weaving |

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