Magical Materials to Weave: Blending Traditional & Innovative Yarns

This book is for weavers who want to learn innovative techniques that blend traditional and high-tech yarns on multi-shaft looms into unique material. Highly respected weaver Lotte Dalgaard worked for over ten years developing inventive hand-loomed fabric with attractive pleats, folds, frills, and crinkles. She worked closely with fashion designer Ann Schmidt, who took Dalgaard's pioneering fabrics and shaped them into garments—without cutting. The results are fascinating and set a whole new style of hand-woven fashion. Loom-formed textiles are exciting because the cloth becomes the protagonist, not simply a backdrop for the pattern-cutting design skills. Dalgaard now shares her secrets in this straightforward guidebook so all weavers can share in the pleasure and play with magical materials.