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Betty Briand’s interest in textiles has its roots in her rural childhood — weaving, spinning, natural dyeing, knitting, rope-making... Nurtured by the passion passed down from her grandparents and strengthened by solid training with Anglo-Saxon teachers, she became a full-time weaving instructor. Today, she teaches numerous students—some coming from far away—at her ARTissage workshop-school in Chinon, Touraine, while continuing her research on the subject.

Contents

Part 1 – Equipment and Loom Preparation: materials, tools, yarns, fabric design (structure, density, sampling), understanding threading, treadling, and tie-up drafts, warping the loom, correcting potential mistakes, and finally weaving.

Part 2 – Weaving Structures: the fundamental weaves (plain, twill, and satin), weft-faced and warp-faced reps, compound weaves, openwork structures, deflected weaves, and double weaving.

Part 3 – Going Further: block and profile draft study, fabric analysis, developing a structure, adding a supplementary warp, finding inspiration, and creating.

A unique, comprehensive, scholarly, clear, practical, and technical book on the art of weaving.

In this book, designed for weavers of all levels, the author—deeply passionate about weaving—shares the results of many years of teaching, research, and exploration to offer a progressive and captivating learning method.

Author: Betty Briand

French only