Iridescent fabric shimmers and glows, changing colors depending on how the light hits it. Different colors appear in the folds and pleats, adding surprising layers of color to fabric. To the uninformed it appears magical and difficult, but the truth is that weaving iridescent fabric is accessible to any handweaver who knows the tricks.
Bobbie Irwin has been teaching the techniques for weaving iridescence in person and through articles for more than ten years. In this book, she delivers her most comprehensive course yet, covering the details from how to evaluate and choose yarn to achieve your desired effect to the ways weave structure affects iridescence to the best uses for your iridescent fabric. Hands-on project instructions will have you exploring what you've learned right away.
If you have been looking to add some shimmer to your weaving, this is the only book you will ever need!
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Publisher
Stackpole BookseBook ISBN
9780811765800
Year
2017Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 What Is Iridescence?
- CHAPTER 2 Understanding Optics and Color
- CHAPTER 3 Exploring Common Beliefs about Iridescence
- CHAPTER 4 Additional Color Considerations
- CHAPTER 5 Choosing Yarns
- CHAPTER 6 The Influence of Weave Structure
- CHAPTER 7 Specialty Fabrics
- CHAPTER 8 Focus on Fashion
- CHAPTER 9 Options for Spinners, Dyers, and Knitters
- CHAPTER 10 What Isn’t Iridescent?
- CHAPTER 11 Projects
- A Note on Photography
- Recommended Resources