Designing with thread : from fibre to fabric

Book

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

Designing with thread : from fibre to fabric

Entry/Object ID

TT699.W34

Collection

Carol Westfall Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

textile crafts, textile design

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

Irene Waller

Publisher

Viking Press

Place Published

City

New York, NY

Date Published

1973

Call No.

TT699.W34

Notes

Length: 183

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

Design sources, media and methods -- Techniques and their interrelation -- The workroom and equipment -- Raw materials, yarn production and dyeing -- Simple beginnings, winding and wrapping -- Knotted fabrics: netting, macramé and tatting -- Looped fabrics: knotless netting -- Looped fabrics: hand knitting -- Looped fabrics: knitting with domestic and semi-industrial machines -- Looped fabrics: industrial weft knits, warp knits and stitch bonding -- Looped fabrics: crochet -- Interlaced fabrics: weaving without a loom -- Interlaced fabrics: preparation for weaving on looms -- Interlaced fabrics: two shaft weaves -- Interlaced fabrics: four to sixteen shaft weaves -- Interlaced fabrics: Jacquard weaves -- Twisted fabrics: sprang and twining -- Twisted fabrics: hand and machine lace -- Finishing and presentation.