The Handweaver's Pattern Directory

As a novice weaver who has just purchased an 8 shaft loom, this has been an invaluable guide. It was recommended by a fellow weaver and is held in high regard by many in the weaving fraternity. It is packed full of diagrams and photos depicting the many permutations of pattern that can be produced by varying the warp and weft threads. A great tool for all serious weavers

This book is great if you need ideas or just want to follow a simple pattern using 4 shafts. I now have an 8 shaft loom but still use the book regularly if I want to weave using 4. It's very clear with good photographs and there is a section on how to do various things such as finish the piece which I find really useful. Great for beginners!

I teach in the local Tech and I was looking for a book with clear instructions that I could use with the students. This book is the one I used at college and it is great - clear instructions on how to achieve the different weaves as well as information about weaving equipment.

Excellent book which naturally follows on from the 1950's Marguerite Porter Davison's 'A Handweaver's Pattern Book.' It is very informative and the layout makes it very easy to follow. Best of all it is in full COLOUR! This book is a 'must have' for anyone with a four shaft weaving loom.

As an owner of a small Lervad four shaft/ six threadles loom, this book with lots of very good photos and explanations is very useful. The book it self has a great design, spiral bound, practical for such a hand book.

Great selection of patterns, well laid out in a very well designed and bound book. Don't expect it to tell you how to weave, or set up a loom, it's just what it says, a pattern book.

Very good reference book a book you will go back to again and again.

Great book full of patterns for beginners and experience weavers.

I satisfied with it very much ! It is wonerful. Thank you.

Excellent book, easy to read, and loads of patterns. Price is expensive, but I have no regrets.

Well written.

Das Buch ist zwar in Englisch, hilft allerdings durchaus weiter. Meine Frau zumindest ist begeistert.

I seldom buy books new, full priced. I'm far too cheap for that (and besides, I'd rather spend my money on yarn or fiber!). But I am SO very glad I splurged on this one and pre-ordered it so I'd get it as soon as it came out. It is an incredible resource for weavers. Each of the patterns is accompanied by a sharp photo of the sample, with "close up" views of many. The directions are clear and in keeping with standard Interweave publications (as in Handwoven). There are short but valuable chapters on general weaving, supplies, yarns, etc., although the emphasis -- and the value -- is on the patterns. I've been a weaver for about 20 years and I own a fairly substantial library of weaving books and have owned, at one time or another, nearly every issue of Handwoven and Weaver's Journal magazines. Yet there were still many patterns in this book I do not think I've ever seen. The patterns are categorized by types, from simple tabby and twills to complex distorted weft , bronson and even hand manipulated weaves. All are threaded for a four-shaft loom. See "customer images" under the photo above for a scan of a sample page. The physical layout and design of the book is excellent as well. With the heavy duty spiral binding, it lays flat for easy reference and there is even a pull out "flap" in the back with the "legend" for the patterns, so you don't have to flip back and forth to figure out the drafts (although they're very intuitive and standard). This book should serve me well for my next 20 years of weaving, which means it will cost me slightly more than a buck a year! That's an investment well worth making.