The book is a very good guide on how to wave. I am a beginner, and only got my first loom a few months ago, so I needed all the help I could get. The book is full of advice and step by step instructions on how to work and create fabric. It is very helpful, I think I will buy a paper copy to keep it next to my loom

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The art of Weaving is an excellent reference book for both beginners and seasoned weavers. It has excellent well presented information and is very educational. I really enjoyed it.

I don't know that I needed the whole theater metaphor but overall this books covers a lot of material. I has some elements that many of the other getting started weaving books don't. It is maybe a little more technical but that is really what you need when getting started with weaving.

I am a weaver and I think this book was great! I felt like it had a lot of info for both new weavers and established weavers who want better techniques and to be inspired. I look forward to using at a guide in the years to come.

The Art of Weaving is a tutorial and instruction guide to weaving by Betty Briand. Originally published in French in 2021, this English language translation is due out 1st Aug 2023 from Rowman & Littlefield on their Stackpole Books imprint. It's 284 pages and will be available in hardcover and ebook formats.

This is a thorough, accessible, and very well annotated reference work on weaving. It covers the tools, materials, utilization, and theory behind planning, designing, and executing a woven structure in plain and (relatively) easy to understand everyday language.

The author is clearly very knowledgeable and experienced and readers will not have trouble following the instruction as written.The lessons are arranged logically and follow on from one another. She begins with tools and supplies, building on the introduction with a survey of fibres and threads for different specific purposes. The book then proceeds through weave structure (with very good explanations of the characteristics), through drafts, tie-ups, dressing the loom, and weaving.

Each lesson follows on from the ones before; step-by-careful-step. This is written as a reference and will be invaluable for the weaver's studio, maker's groups, home studio, and library acquisition. It will undoubtedly also find a place in more formal art classroom instruction. There are numerous useful schematics and blank charts and worksheets included for customization and design.

It is well illustrated throughout with clear diagrams and color photos.

Five stars. Very well written. It's not for beginners, but a determined intermediate student through expert level will find valuable info here, if mostly as a reference.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.