Embroidering with the Loom: Creative Combinations of Weaving and Stitchery

by Penelope B Drooker

The close relationship between weaving and needlework encourages more and more fiber workers to combine these two techniques. 'Embroidering with the Loom' integrates many weaving and needlework... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0442221754
• ISBN13: 9780442221751
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
• Length: 103 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.

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embroidering with the loom creative combinations of weaving & stitchery by penelope b drooker this book integrates many weaving and needlework techniques into 3 categories embroidery over empty warp or weft threads embroidery over specially woven background fabrics embroidery stitches partially produced by means of the loom. the last category makes use of the mechanical action of the loom to speed up some of the repetitive aspects of counted-thread embroidery. although the techniques are quite simple, the interaction of weaving & embroidery can produce seemingly complex results. this is a classic book by a legendary fiber artist