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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  • 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. Available from LoftyFiber.
  • 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. From LoftyFiber.
  • 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. From LoftyFiber.
  • 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 current weaving applications. View on a computer, or print out one copy for your own use. USD$21. Available from LoftyFiber.

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June 16, 2024

Moiré, Accidentally

Look what just appeared on the 8-shaft loom, without plan or warning!

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The moiré lines change as you move around the loom.

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And on a different loom, the joys of plain weave. With a little bit of Monk's Belt this morning.

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What fun! And here's a rescue from the dishtowel drawer (the weaving, not the model, who obligingly put on his favorite hat for this photo shoot).

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How this sample of pickup reverse twill (yes, all done with a pickup stick from a cross-stitch chart generated from a photo, about 45 years ago) ever wound up in the kitchen dishtowel drawer, I will never know. But I'm happy to see the weaving and the model reunited. 

Posted at 02:50 PM in Design, Photography, Pixels, Weaving |

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