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HI Tied Weavers! Someone who saw my recent Color Blocks photo in the Gallery asked for a photo of the completed item....so here it is...it is also posted in the Tied Weave Study Group gallery. This piece is all silk, hand dyed warp and wefts. This pic shows the front of the cloth at the bottom and the...
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HI toomany....since Bergmann is a tied weave, you don't have to do anything special to the selvedges....the pattern threads may not engage the selvedge with every pick but the tabby shots will, so you do not need (nor should you) double the selvedge threads. Just thread with the same sett and density...
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Hi Su I recently finished a series of summer and winter weaves. I started with a baby blanket with a sheep motif (photo in gallery), from the Handweavers e-book of dishcloths. Because it was a complex tie up, especially on my countermarch loom (11 treadles, 8 shafts), I wanted to make the most of it...
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Hey All - I have had the pleasure of spending the last few days pouring over the new Best of WEAVERS Summer and Winter Plus book, edited by Madelyn van der Hoogt. This book is an excellent resource for anyone wanting to learn about Tied Weaves and some of the variants. It is like a workshop in a book...
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OMG these beautiful towels were woven using the directions from Best of Handwoven - Top 10 Towels on 4 Shafts. MAYBE I can try this. BTW, I found this image in the Gallery - woven by Ladyv. (I downloaded this resource a while ago and have woven the lovely "Keep it Simple" towels. Even though...
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You bet Robyn!! Great resource for really understanding Tied Weaves!
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Thanks Madelyn! I would like to add a few other resources: Kelly, Jacquie. "An Introduction to Tied Unit Weaves", Prairie Wool Companion, IV:#4 issue 14, (1987), pp. 40-48.[Glossary included] Strickler, Carol, editor. A Weaver's Book of 8 Shaft Patterns: From the Friends of Handwoven. Boulder...
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This study group includes all weave structures that have regularly spaced warp threads that tie a pattern-weft float to a ground cloth (summer and winter and other tied unit weaves, such as Bergman, half satin, "tied beiderwand," and more). To start, consult the following sources: Harriet Tidball...