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Krokbragd: How to Design & Weave Paperback – 2 March 2019
Debby Greenlaw (Author) Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author |
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- Print length128 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date2 March 2019
- Dimensions21.59 x 0.79 x 27.94 cm
- ISBN-101796655465
- ISBN-13978-1796655469
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- Publisher : Independently published (2 March 2019)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 128 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1796655465
- ISBN-13 : 978-1796655469
- Dimensions : 21.59 x 0.79 x 27.94 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 10,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 3 in Weaving (Books)
- 14 in Crafts & Hobbies Reference
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About the author

*Endeavoring to live a simpler and more creative life while sharing what I learn along the way.*
Debby Greenlaw traded her suburban home for a farmhouse in the country; replaced her skirts and lab coat with T-shirt dresses and comfortable work shoes; and happily shovels goat poop at the crack of dawn rather than sitting in rush hour traffic.
Along with her best friend and husband Pete, Debby bought and subsequently restored a 14 1/2 acre farm in South Carolina. They share Green Pastures Farm with a cadre of dairy goats, chickens, a mini donkey, a barn cat, and a playful pup.
Over the past decade, Debby has taught herself skills that were once common to her ancestors, from delivering baby animals to spinning fiber and weaving fabric. Debby shares the skills learned, adventures experienced, and insights gleaned through teaching, writing, and her blog Flora & Fiber.
To learn more about Debby, visit her website at www.florafiber.live
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The book is well illustrated with historical and modern examples, along with their drafts, where appropriate, and there are also instructions for how to weave Krokbragd on a rigid heddle loom, which is not scary at all if you haven't tried it before. In fact, the RH loom is ideal as its so much easier to warp up! That should not put off those who own a 4 harness or more loom as while the basics are simple enough to grasp, its, of course, never just as simple as that!
This is an in depth look at the subject written in a language we can all understand. It is not obscure or full of terms we cannot understand without a dictionary, so this is suitable for those with little as well as a lot of weaving experience. The history and basic designs take up about one third of the book, then projects and samplers follow, before the author gets down to the nitty-gritty of designing our own patterns, and what a choice of styles there are! Double point, warp-faced or turned, 4 shaft, double-faced, there is plenty to choose from, all accompanied by excellent clear photos, and well executed diagrams to show us exactly how the yarns go through the warp so that we can understand what it is we are doing and what will work when we decide to fly solo. Samples of work include many modern designs, definitely not limited to carpets and rugs, and include some pieces that look as if they have come from the Americas rather than Norway.
If you are interested in Krokbragd and intrigued by the possibilities offered by this distinctive style of weaving, and want to learn more, this is a good book to feed your curiosity. This may be enough for most of us as there is so much to try out. However I know that there will be a few weavers who will want to find out just how far this style of weaving can be pushed, and this will set them up for that too. And if your looms are already tied up, its a good excuse to go out and get another!
Top reviews from other countries

One problem is that she explains the rigid heddle method by reference to floor looms (in terms of shafts and treadling). She says she’s presupposing basic knowledge of weaving, but that’s not the problem. A lot of rigid heddle weavers, who understand their own looms perfectly well, simply don’t know anything about floor or table looms. Another problem is that while she provides apparently clear instructions for warping, she doesn’t describe what the thread pattern will look like in front of the heddle in each of the three steps, so you have no idea if you made a warping error. I found I could not get clear sheds, and since I didn’t understand what threads were supposed to be raised in each of the three steps of the sequence, I had no idea where to put my shuttle. When I cranked up the tension to get clear sheds, I ended up with plain weave. I’ve read the book over and over and I still have no idea where I was going wrong.
So it’s back to Patrick and a heddle rod. Greenlaw’s book was, unfortunately, a complete waste of money.

I should have paid more attentions to the reviews but I thought, I’ve woven quite a bit on my rigid heddle loom, used pick up sticks, heddle rods etc so I’m sure I’ll work it all out. Hubris!
The section for rigid heddle users isn’t great. It does need a diagram for warping and threading. I managed to work it out and Got it to work. However, the issue is with the heddle sequence. If you follow the book it doesn’t work for other patterns using pick up stick and string heddle. I puzzled over it and then by trial and error found that it’s in the wrong order! To translate over to Patrick and other’s patterns it should start with front heddle neutral, back heddle lowered, then both heddles up and finally front heddle lowered, back heddle in neutral. I think the book’s sequence works with the one rigid heddle pattern in the book.
Nice book if you have a shaft loom and some interesting stuff on history but overall not useful for me.

For anyone wishing to learn to weave and design krokbragd this is the book I would recommend. Much clearer than Hoskins in my humble opinion.
Would have preferred a print version but was unwilling to wait,a great addition to any weaver's library.

