Janet Phillips

Natural Time Out Publications DESIGNING WOVEN FABRICS a new book by JANET PHILLIPS £31.95 (plus post and packaging) Published March 2008 Click here for Order form for cheque payments Click the buttons below for PayPal account holders, credit or debit card payments:- UK Europe USA/Australia

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Designing Woven Fabrics describes and illustrates Janet's method of designing functional woven fabrics based on the 2/2 Twill weave structure. It addresses the questions that students most commonly ask of her:

• How do you design fabrics?
• Where do you get your ideas from?
• How do you choose colour combinations?
• What can I do with the yarn in my store cupboard?

The book, generously illustrated with over 200 colour photographs and over 100 weave diagrams is divided into three distinct parts.

Part 1 covers the construction and weaving of a Multiple-sectioned Sample Blanket developing the 2/2 Twill weave structure.

Part 2 describes the principal design criteria available, such as colour, yarn and sett, to enable a weave structure to be developed into an attractive cloth.

Part 3 details 50 original designs using weaves from the Multiple-sectioned Sample Blanket and applying the design criteria to them.

'Designing Woven Fabrics' is aimed at weavers who are already comfortable about making warps, dressing looms and weaving in general, but who now want to design and weave original fabrics.