sister diane gilleland (of craftypod) is the official master of ebooks, in my book – first she released making a great blog a few months ago, and now this gorgeous 59 page weaving un-loomed project book!
with amazing detail in each of the project step-by-step how-tos, as well as tons of intro-to-weaving info, and tips/tricks/troubleshooting, this is a fantastic place to start learning to weave for anyone interested. no need for a big, expensive loom when you can make such a variety of projects (5, each with lots of variations, plus a 6th free project) with no loom! this is the project i’m most excited to try out myself:
weaving directly into fabric! how cool is that?! i’m thinking about adding woven polka dots to a bag or something, not sure yet… then there’s this beautiful bag:
i love the colors! check out diane’s post to see all 5 projects (including weaving with twill tape, with magazine pages, and on a carboard loom), and to grab that extra free one!
in case you fall in love with just one of the projects, diane really took advantage of the ebook format and is offering each project as a separate pdf file. oh and another way she rocked the ebook is by creating a text-only instruction page for each project, so that’s all you need to print and minimum printer ink is needed.
this book is such a fantastic example of self-publishing, and so inspiring! everything looks totally published book quality, but diane did it all independently and is able to sell it herself instead of having to deal with a publisher/sellers/etc. i know everyone loves to hold a book in their hands, especially a pretty craft book, but this is really the way of the future and puts the power in the artist’s/author’s hands, yeah! rock on, diane!
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