Handwoven Laces
Muller, Donna

Softcover, 7" x 9.25", $21.95
Interweave Press, 1991.
152 pages.

Back Cover" While true laces are labriously made with needles or bobbins, the handweaver can use a loom to quickly produce lovely lacy fabrics. The loom-controlled textures depend upon groups of threads that work together, and this effect isn't apparent until the cloth comes off the loom and is washed. Beginning with the most basic interlacements, Donna Muller shows how unrelated structures can be developed in a beautifully logical way - a way which gives you the power to design with confidence. Suitable for self-study or class use, this book offers both new and experienced weavers a sense of mastery as well as a wealth of new ideas.

Handwoven Laces is the only book devoted to a kind of fabric loved by handweavers and textitle collectors alike. Lace weaves have been used traditionally for fine linens of all kinds, and have found their way into the world af art weaving as well. Handwoven Laces has beautiful and explicit illustrations for identifying and understanding the various lace structures, and in-depth chapters for using traditional patterns or creating original ones.

Wherever Donna Muller travels from her home in Flagstaff, Arizona, renewed enthusiasm for weaving rises effervescently. Her knowledge and experience cover the full range of textile crafts, but several areas have earned her special interest and devotion: the loom-controlled laces fall into this group. Because she has a special talent intricate ideas in easy-to-understand terms, she is a popular teacher and guide for other weavers."