WARPING YOUR LOOM AND TYING ON NEW WARPS: Peggy Osterkamps' New Guide to Weaving #2 - Revised Edition, Peggy Osterkamp.
Here's a book that answers a beginner's every question about warping and at the same time acts as a timeless resource for experienced weavers.  Osterkamp teaches the European method of working from back to front to put on a warp that is smoothly beamed and perfectly tensioned.  She explains the "why" of warping and sells you on her techniques.  Sidebars show handy tips and tools to make the job of warping easier and more fun - freeing the weaver for weaving.  She takes special care to adapt all methods to each type of loom.  The profuse diagrams are clear and easy to follow.  ISBN: 0963779354. 188 pages, Spiralbound softcover, $39.95  #139184

A WEAVER'S BOOK OF 8-SHAFT PATTERNS:  From The Friends of Handwoven, Carol Strickler.
Are you an 8-shaft weaver pressed for time? Or a 4-shaft weaver with more shafts on your loom gathering dust? Whether you want to get a project off to a fast start or to experiment with confidence, let A Weaver's Book of 8-Shaft Patterns be your guide. It's a recipe book containing almost 1000 weaving patterns on more than 25 different weave structures. 8 1/2 x 11, paperbound, 240 pages, hundreds of b&w photos throughout. ISBN 0-934026-67-X. $39.95  #139073

WEAVER'S COMPANION, Presented by Handwoven Magazine.
The third book in the best-selling "Companion Series," this book offers all of the basics of weaving in a user-friendly, spiral-bound format that stays open while you work.  5 x 7, spiral-bound, 112 pages, line drawings and charts.  $19.95  #239096

THE WEAVERS DRAFT BOOK, John Hargrove.
A facsimile of the earliest recorded pattern book for weavers, with introductory and evaluation notes. Contains 52 drafts. 40 pages Softcover. $19.00  #169208

WEAVER'S SUPER INDEX 2000
XRX Books, Madelyn van der Hoogt (Editor)
From Weaver's Magazine   ISBN-10: 1893762068.  Softcover.  $9.95  #139432

WEAVING & DRAFTING YOUR OWN CLOTH: Number 3 - New Guide to Weaving, Peggy Osterkamp.
Book # 3 in New Guide to Weaving series. ISBN-10: 0963779397.  Spiral Bound Softcover.  135 pages.  $44.95  #139382

WEAVING IN THE PERUVIAN HIGHLANDS: Dreaming Patterns, Weaving Memories, Nilda Callanaupa Alvarez.
A richly illustrated look at Andean weaving, which embodies the living history and culture of the Peruvian highlands, this guide extensively catalogs many of the intricate patterns found in traditional Peruvian textiles. Exploring the personal histories of the Quechua people who sustain this tradition, it examines how they weave extraordinary amounts of cloth on simple backstrap looms—just as their forebears have done for thousands of years—to make clothing, rugs, bedcovers, potato sacks, hunting slings, and sacrificial fabrics for both their villages and for interested tourists. How pattern names such as Meandering River or Lake With Flowers relate to the geography and history of the region is also discussed, as is how the traditional natural materials and colors enhance the value of the work.  ISBN-10: 1596680555.  $19.95  #239188

THE WEAVING, SPINNING AND DYEING BOOK, Rachel Brown.  This is a very good book. The author covers a great deal and does it well.  You are shown "how-to", then given more than fifty weaving projects for such things as belts, sashes, stoles, handbags, wall hangings, pillow covers, tapestries.  The step-by-step directions are crystal clear and thoroughly illustrated with drawings showing everything that must be seen to be understood.  ISBN: 0394715950. 366pgs, 9" x 11¼" softcover, $45.00  #139077

WEAVING WITHOUT A LOOM: Simple Projects For All The Family, Veronica Burningham.
This small well-illustrated book will surprise you with the thoroughness of its presentation and the diversity of simple techniques with very delightful results. Weaving on card, weaving on sticks, weaving three dimensional objects like berets on flat card, and even weaving tapestry on second-hand store picture frames and embroidery hoops will satisfy the teacher, the beginner, and the textile artist wanting simple, portable project ideas. 130 color photographs, clear directions.  ISBN-10: 0855328185.  64 pages, softcover.  $16.95  #139015

WEAVING WITHOUT A LOOM: Second Edition, Sarita R. Rainey.
In Weaving Without a Loom, both basic and advanced techniques are demonstrated using pencils, wire frames, and even tree branches to create beautiful woven textiles. Color photographs show how to weave unconventional materials such as reeds, paper, wood, burlap, plastic, and metal.  ISBN-10: 0871927853.  8.5'' X 11'' softcover.  144 pages.  $27.95  #139673

WINDING A WARP & USING A PADDLE: Peggy Osterkamps' New Guide to Weaving Number 1 - Revised, Peggy Osterkamp.
What a satisfying revision this book is!  All weavers know what a tedious, but important part of the weaving process winding on a well- prepared warp is.  The abundance of information for doing this task in the techniques laid down by our forebears will make this book a classic in weaving literature.  Learn how to use several styles of paddle to design and wind warp as you go.  Follow the detailed advice and sidebars throughout - if not on this warp, the next.  This book is just too rich with information for few words.  Fully illustrated.  Many yarn charts and sett tables.  ISBN: 0963779346  134 pages, 7" x 10" spiralbound softcover.  $39.95  #139186

WOMEN'S WORK: The First 20,000 Years - Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times, Elizabeth Wayland Barber.
The author uses the data gleaned from her research on prehistoric textiles to recreate the daily lives of women from 20,000 B.C. to 500 B.C.  Since few textiles survived from so long ago, she draws her evidence from weaving and spinning tools, paintings on pottery and furniture, figurines, linguistic history, mythology and written accounts, and through correlations drawn between ancient techniques and those still practiced.  You'll be fascinated by reconstructions of how women might have lived and worked.  Black & white line drawings and photos of artifacts.  ISBN-10: 0393313484.  5½'' x 8¼'' softcover.  $17.95  #169207

WOVEN SHIBORI, Catherine Ellis.
Covering history and technique, this introduction to the breakthrough technique of woven shibori embraces new approaches to the art of weaving and dyeing. With this guide, weavers of all skill levels, using any type of loom, can explore woven shibori. Unlike traditional shibori, which uses stitches placed by needle on commercial cloth in the dying process, the "stitches" used in this new process are woven directly into the cloth, thus becoming part of the cloth's construction. After sections on the history of shibori and its many cultural variants, the chapters move on to thorough instructions in a range of weaving applications, from plain weave and twills to laces. Examples, tips, and safety guides for the dyeing process are included, demystifying the process and opening up a world of creative possibilities for weavers and textile and fiber artists.  ISBN-10: 1931499675.  8 ½'' X 9'' softcover.  144 pages.  $24.95  #139426

YOU CAN WEAVE! Projects For Young Weavers, K. Monahahan & H. Joyner.
Yes, kids still find making things fun.  Much more than a looper potholder project book, this reference shows historical examples and then a projects for many facets of weaving (cardboard looms, frame looms, back strap looms, loom beading, kumihimo braiding, and basketry).  Although all the looms are simple, the historic examples and projects are wonderfully wide ranging.  Parents, teachers, and interested youth will find this book to be a most valued resource in the quest for interesting projects to fill this youthful need to create with interlacing. Illustrated with photos and full patterns for the various looms and braiding boards presented.  ISBN:0871924935.  104 pages.  Hardcover, $21.95  #139017