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The Ashford Book of Weaving Patterns from Four to Eight Shafts by Elsa Krogh, a Danish weaver and spinner, brings you beautiful weaving patterns using four, six, and eight-shaft looms.
Using a variety of weaving techniques, Krogh has made beautiful woven garments, such as scarves and shawls, as well as woven accessories for the home, like towels, cushions, placemats, table runners, and many more.
Plenty of the patterns you can find in this book have been sourced from archival material from local museums!
Chapters
Introduction
About the instructions
Towels with black warp stripes
Towels with coloured warp stripes
Placemats and towels in mock damask
Towels in Molly’s rib block weave
The mixed green warp
Off-white and black cushion in honeycomb
Black and off-white placemats in overshot
Scarves in pointed twill variation
Scarves in turned Ms and Os on a mixed warp
Placemats with "roses" in summer-&-winter and matching napkins in plain weave
The white warp
Shawl in Swiss Ms and Os
Jacket and suit material in backed weaves, samples only