The Weaver's Companion

I am new to weaving, and live in an area with no opportunity to take weaving classes. Although I do anticipate joining a local guild, I'm one of those that thinks I can learn most anything from a good book. Along with other well written "how to" books on weaving, "The Weaver's Companion" is an invaluable resource for all of those little questions that don't seem to have a clear answer in other articles or books. I have gone to it over and over. It is clearly written, well illustrated, and contains the correct amount of information, without getting too technical. Highly recommended and very glad I purchased it. Now sits proudly on my "go to" reference shelf.

It is very good for help with weaving.

Hard to get book. good information.

I use this all the time! If your a weavers this is a must have!!! Lays flat. Great info!

I can't say enough good things about this little book! This book won't teach you how to weave, but it is a fantastic reference for all the bits of information you will look up again and again. Things like the Reed Chart, telling you how to sley a 12-dent, or 5, or 24-dent, for a 30 epi sett, or how to calculate warp yardage, or repair a weft skip, or finish your fabric. If you're a beginning weaver, you'll need one or more books teaching you weaving from the ground up, but with this little "companion," you'll have quick access to the facts that make weaving easier, quicker, and fun!

would buy this again. It contains all those things I am looking up all the time, reed/sett suggestions, good hemstitch instructions with pictures for beginning and end of warp, F2B & B2F warping checklists, all the different draft conventions of the most common pattern publishers, simple things but really time-saving.

I'm a new weaver, and bought this as one of my first weaving books. I have the Knitter's Companion and love it, so getting the Weaver's Companion was an easy choice. It's got a lot of really useful information, and the small size is great. I have a rigid heddle loom, and this focuses more on 4 and 8 shaft looms (rigid heddle isn't even in the "Types of Looms" section). However, it still has lots of information I can use, and was worth getting.

I like the fact that its easy to find a piece of information quickly and the size is right for inclusion ln my weaving tool bag for easy reference This is a great accompaniment to a new loom for both a weaving beginner or for one with more experience. The format is easy to use, and ithe booklays flat during use, so you don't lose your place.

This little ring bound book is a treasure for the beginner. It is packed with usefull brief explanations of 'how to'. As a beginner in weaving this book offers clear concise examples of the terms used in weaving and also the instructions of 'how to'. The illustrations are easy to understand and the tips are very useful. The easy layout, small compact book with ring binding is worth every penny.

un piccolo libro da tenere sempre sotto mano di facile consultazione ma di grande utilità per i dubbi dell'ultimo minuto

Lots of great information in a smaller, portable format.

Reminders of all the little tips and tricks and a few new ones.

I had seen this lovely little book at a weaving class and decided that I wanted to buy it. It is ideal for weavers of all levels, very handy to keep in a bag if buying supplies or, reading in those quiet moments.