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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January 04, 2023

Seeing Red

These pictures are all the same red. Funny how the ambient light conditions make such a difference.

Well, here we are at the end of the red warp. It's been on the loom for many months, but I just got around to weaving off the last few inches. It is four different yarns: three red-family cottons of various grists, and one tencel. They were warped together four strands at a time but threaded in random order. The threading is rosepath:1,2,3,4,3,2,1,4. The tie-up a straight 2/2 twill order. The treadling is point twill: 2,1,2,3,4,3. The weft is pink slub cotton.

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I cut it off New Year's Eve morning. 

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I washed & dried it New Year's Day. The front & reverse are very different. I prefer the side with the little cats' paws. Click to enlarge. There's about 2 1/2 yards, enough for a short summer pullover blouse. When I get around to it.
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In the Department of Books:

I just finished reading  Dennis Duncan's Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age. Fascinating. Bibliophiles will love it.

Also read: Alan Furst's Kingdom of Shadows. I don't know how to categorize this book. Spy novel? Historical Fiction? Crime Noir? Or maybe just a damn good read.

Posted at 02:52 PM in Books, Weaving |

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