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Every week the world of weaving brings us new books and products to enjoy. Check out these reviews and product announcements about new weaving goodness.


Shuttle in Her Hand: A Swedish Immigrant Weaver in America

by Marion Tuttle Marzolf
250 pages, Swedish-American Historical Society, 2010
 
I love historical fiction. I love living through a different time and
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Weaving for Beginners

by Peggy Osterkamp
406 pages, Lease Sticks Press, 2010 Read more >>

Weaving a Life: The Story of Mary Meigs Atwater

by Mary Jo Reiter and Veronica Patterson
Interweave Press, 1992, 208 pages Read more >>

Andean Pebble Weave

by Laverne Waddington
63 pages, copyright 2010, available from WeaveZine

What weaver has not been intrigued by the beautiful and complex designs of Andean pebble weave? 

Yet it has been difficult to find instructional information to learn how to weave it.   In her new monograph, Laverne Waddington opens up this wonderful weave to contemporary weavers.  Her enthusiasm for pebble weave is apparent from the first page.  Not only is this her favorite weave, she says, it is also the easiest and fastest of the Andean weaves because sheds for every second weft pass can be loom controlled.  The variety of patterns she has charted in the book are amazing.  Read more >>

The Woven Bag: 30+ Projects from Small Looms

by Noreen Crone-Findlay Read more >>