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Issue # 93, June 2010

For the color pictures in this issue, see CW Journal # 93 Color Pictures and WIFs

In this Journal

June 2010 Newsletter Centerfold
Complex Weavers Journal
Complex Weavers Book Reviews	Marty Benson	1
Complex Weavers Study Groups
Fine Thread Study Group		2
Fun With Advancing Twills	Eva Stossel	2
Space Invaders Cloth	Syne Mitchell	4
Huck Lace - Huck Wave	Lillian Whipple	6
Possible Scarf Patterns	Nancy Rose	8
The 120/2 Silk Venture	Alice van Duijnen	9
Double-Stitched Cloth	Pat Foster	10
What If?	Cynthia Broughton	12
Old Fashioned Study Group		16
Linen Towels	Pat Donald	16
Diamonds in My Kitchen	Esperanza Banting	17
Broken Twill Towel	Brenda Coffey	18
Drawdown Using Fiberworks PCW	Lyn Day	19
Two for the Price of One Blended Drafts	Ann Maxvill 20
The Sampling Rationale	Judy Dumke	22
Advancing Twill Threading with Non-repeating Treadling Sequence	Joyce Robards	24
Canvas Weave	Cyndi Bolt	26
Feature Articles
The Power of Words as Inspiration for Weaving - and the Value of a Study Group to Aid the Designing Process	Doramay Keasbey	27
"1851 April 2 to weaving 24 ½ yards of toen linen at 8 cents per yard and 2 pounds of fat at 7 cents per pound $ 2.10"	Marjie Thompson	30
A Bundled Fringe	Jayne H. Flanagan	32
Pleats, All We Need Is Pleats: An Introduction	Augusta Uhlenbeck	34
A Small Mystery in Transylvania	Collyer Ekholm	36

Issue # 92, February 2010

For the color pictures in this issue, see CW Journal # 92 Color Pictures and WIFs and CW 2009 Awards

In this Journal

February 2010 Newsletter (centerfold)
Complex Weavers Journal
Book Reviews	Marty Benson	1
Complex Weavers Awards 2009	Wendy Morris	2
Complex Weavers Study Groups
Tied Weaves Study Group Su Butler, Study Group Leader		12
Summer and Winter	Bruce McLaughlin	13
Color Interactions	Leigh Tate	13
Tied Lithuanian	Nan Sexton	14
Boulevard Weaves	Sondra Rose	14
Diversified Plain Weave	Linda Madden	15
Four-tie and Samitum	Terry Edwards	16
Summer and Winter	Pamela Arquette	17
Original Ties	Mary Miller	17
Sampler Scarf	Jill Lynch	18
Summer and Winter	Kathe Ashley	19
Summer and Winter	Diane Carpentier	20
Three-tie	Diane Ayers	21
Multiple Ties and Plaited Twills	Cynthia Broughton	22
Multiple Ties and Plaited Twills	Ann Maxvill	23
Four Color Doubleweave	Su Butler	24
Collapse, Pleat & Bump Study Group Leaders: Marcia Kosmerchock, Wendy Morris		26
Summer Scarves with Habu Crepe Yarn	Jean Korus	26
Pleats Hold a Fascination	Agnes Hauptli	27
Designing Neck Warmers	Yoriko Oki	27
Collapse, Pleat & Bump Sampling	Stacey Harvey-Brown	28
Ruffs, Samples, What next?	Lesley Willcock	29
Pleats-at Last	Janet Stollnitz	30
Gathered Fabric on the Loom	Louise Yale	31
Heat Set Pleats in Polyester	Sue Mansfeld	32
Work in Progress - Research into Wires and Metallics	Wendy Morris	34
Feature Articles
Keeping Cool!	Meg Wilson	25
One Draft, Many Choices	Tien Chiu	38
Sampler Scarf	Susan Langell	40
Working With Symmetry Shop	Penny Peters	41
Very Beginning Weaving: Yarn Counts	Sylvia Glenister	42

Issue # 91, October 2009

For the color pictures in this issue, see CW Journal # 91 Color Pictures and WIFs

In this Journal

CW Newsletter
President's Message		1
Area Representatives		2
Conference Contacts		3
Board Happenings		4
Librarian's Corner		5
CW Seminars 2010		7
Study Groups		8
In Memorium - Verda Irene Elliott		11
A guided tour of the new, revised CW Website		12
Request for Proposal - Graphic Designer		15
CW Journal

Book Reviews	Marty Benson	1
Complex Weavers Study Groups
Beyond Plain Weave Garments Study Group		3
Twisted Ribbon Pattern Vest	Jo Anne Ryeburn	3
Hot Tamale Top	Mimi Anderson	4
Jewel Vest	Sue Mansfeld	5
Cashmere Doubleweave Hat	Eve Alexander	6
Double-Happiness Wedding	Tien Chiu	7
Taquete Jacket	Nancy Peck	8
Bamboo Twill Jacket	Sherry Rogers	9
Silver Reunion Dress	Darlene Fitzpatrick	10
My Accidental Jacket	Lesley Willcock 11
Double Harness Study Group
My Drawloom Story	Janice Griffths	12
Library Curtains with Simple Double Harness Weaving	Kati Reeder Meek	14
The Lute Players	Carolyn Gritzmaker	16
Drawloom Explorations	Bettes Silver-Shack	18
Shibori on the Drawloom	Charlotte Lindsay Allison	19
Damask on the Drawloom, Turned Twill on the Dobby - an Elegant Set of Table Linens	Sara von Tresckow	20
Small Treasures: Kumihimo on the Takadai Study Group
Collyer Ekholm	24

Feature Articles
So You Say You Want a Weavolution	Claudia Segal	22
It Began With Music:The Origin of the Punch Card	Leslie Terzian Markoff	26
European Travels - Seeking Linen and Weavers	Sara von Tresckow	32

Issue # 90, June 2009

For the color pictures in this issue, see CW Journal # 90 Color Pictures and WIFs

In this Journal:

President's Message		1
Area Representatives		2
Board Happenings		4
Librarian's Corner		7
Treadlings		7
Book Reviews		8
Study Groups		12
Conference Contacts		55
Classifed Ads		56
Eleanor Best and the Beginning of Complex Weavers	Eleanor Best	10

Complex Weavers Study Groups		32
Early American Coverlet Study Group
Appalachia Coverlet Sample Project	Gay McGeary	16
Mountain Cucumber Coverlet Sample	Lois Foerster	18
Catalpa Flower	Kathy Rug	20
Orange Peel and Flourishing Wave	Diane de Souza	22
Gambill Coverlet	Marjie Thompson	24
A Tribute to Allie Josephine Mast 1861-1936	Gay McGeary	26
Sunrise with Cross Center and Window Sash Table	Dona Walzer	29
Queen's Delight	Linda E. Hardison	30
Snow Trail Coverlet	Judy Allen	32
Sample Exhange the Old Fashioned Way
Sample Exchange the Old Fashioned Way	Judy Dumke	34
Ten Shaft Twill	Ann Maxvill	35
Gebrochene Twill	Esperanza J. Banting	36
Dimity	Pat Donald	37
Multiple Treadlings on an Eight Shaft Draw	Cyndi Bolt	37
Turned Rosepath	Joyce Robards	38
My Birthday Sudoku	Judy Dumke	39
Weavers' Challenge: Weave a Sudoku	Judy Dumke	40
Bobbin Lace Study Group:
A Love Affair with Bobbin Lace	Deborah Holcomb	41
Using Warp Ends for a Bobbin Lace Finish	Georgean Curran	42
C T C = Weaving	Nadine Purcell	43
Making Lace in the Netherlands	Annie Ham	44

Feature Articles		47
Doubleweave Huck	Francie Alcorn	46
Nemesis	Barbara Walker	48
Life in the Loom Room	Richard Jeryan	50
Request for Proposal - Graphic Designer		54

Issue # 89, February 2009

For the color pictures in this issue, see CW Journal # 89 Color Pictures and WIFs. For color pictures of the awards in this issue, see Complex Weavers 2008 CW Awards

In this Journal:

President's Message		1
Area Representatives		2
Board Happenings		4
Treasurer's Report		7
Librarian's Corner		12
Treadlings		13
Book Reviews		14
Study Groups		29
Conference Contacts		60
Classifed Ads		64
Complex Weavers Annual General Meeting		6
Complex Weavers Elections 2009		8
Membership Report	Francie Alcorn	10
CW Seminars 2010	Meg Wilson	11
Sigrid Piroch, CW President 1988-1990	Sigrid Piroch	13
Complex Weavers Awards	Wendy Morris	18
Complex Weavers '08 Award Ribbons	Meg Wilson	14

Complex Weavers Study Groups		32
Beads and Interlacements Study Group
Weaving with Beads- Some Experiements	Marilyn Harrington	32
Beaded Purse	Arlene Klotz	34
Jacquard Study Group	Pat Williams	36
Designing with SymmetryWorks	Alice Schlein	36
A-Maze-Ing Images on the TC-1	Sigrid Piroch	38
New Technology Meets Old World Weaving in Cairo	Sheila O'Hara	41
Hummertime	Stacey Harvey-Brown	44
Structure Study Group	Judie Eatough	46

Feature Articles		47
Living with Beauty: Handwoven Textiles for the Home	Susan Bowman and Bevery Weaver	48
Kente Weaving on a Four-Shaft Loom	Dr. Frank Critchfeld	52
Refections on Shaft Switching	Susan Kallstenius	55
Damask AND Opphämta from the Same Warp	Sara von Tresckow	58
Proposal Information Complex Weavers - 2010 Seminars		62

Issue # 88, October 2008

For the Paean to Peter, the Story of Making the Video Interview with Peter, and the Articles, see CW Journal # 88 Color Pictures

For the Fashion Show, see CW Seminars Fashion Show Color Pictures

For the CW Exhibit, "Weaving in the Computer Age", see CW Exhibit Color Pictures

In This Journal:

Presidents Message		1
Area Representatives		2
Board Happenings		4
Complex Weavers Annual General Meeting		7
Librarian's Corner		8
Book Reviews		10
In the Eye of the Heddle: Seminar 2008		11
In the Eye of the Heddle: A Participant's Perspective	Marjie Thompson	12
CW Silent Auction 2008		13
The Tejas Connection Rides Again!		13
The Paean to Peter Collingwood		14
Filming the Hot Shot Weaver with the Big Bang Loom	Wendy Morris and Stacey Harvey-Brown	15
Seminar 2008 Fashion Show	Pirkko Karvonen	18
Weaving in the Computer Age		22
Study Groups		28
Conference Contacts		62
Classifed Ads		64

Complex Weavers Study Groups		32
Crackle Weave Study Group	Mimi Smith	31
Crackle Stripes	Sondra Rose	31
Parallel Shadow Weave on a Crackle Threading	Debbie Todhunter	32
Crackle Weave--Through the Back Door	Roxanne Zahller	33
Using Painted Warps with Crackle	Peg Carpenter	35
The Seasons in Crackle	Ann Maxvill	37
Crackle in Gangs	Mimi Smith	39
Color-and-Weave Effects on Crackle	Susan Wilson	40
Lace Weaves Study Group	Kathleen French	41
"Plaid" Canvas Weave	Virginia Coolidge	41
Leno	Georgia Hadley	42
Exploring Lace Possibilities	Chris Hammel	43
Swedish Lace	Helen Heriford	44
Sixteen Shaft Huck	Jenny Sennott	45
Atwater-Bronson Lace	Margie Thompson	46

Feature Articles		47
My Beetle Collection	Nicki Bair	47
Primary Sources	Marjie Thompson	49
John Murphy's Spot Weaves and Paisley Shawls	Patricia Hilts	51

Issue # 87, June 2008

Color Pictures and WIFs are available at CW Journal # 87 Color Pictures

In This Journal:

Presidents Message		1
Area Representatives		2
Board Happenings		4
Librarian's Corner		8
Treadlings		6
Book Reviews		10
Study Groups		11
Weavers Challenge Page		48
Conference Contacts		50
Classifed Ads		52
Madelyn van der Hoogt, CW President 1986-1988		14
Collingwood DVD Available after Seminars		16
Keep Your Journal Coming!		16

Complex Weavers Study Groups		32
Fine Threads Study Group	Lillian Whipple	16
Deceptively Simple Twill	Maryann Ariizumi	17
Multiple Circles	Janet Stollnitz	18
Shadow Weave and Log Cabin	Eva Stossel	20
Intervals, Initials, and Not Four Color Double Weave	Wendy Morris	22
Shadow Weave	Barbara Nelson	25
Lines and Curves	Cynthia Broughton	26
Tips on Weaving with Fine Threads	Christina Hammel	28
Biltmore Rep Weave	Lynn Smetko	30
Weaving with a Supplementary Warp	Antoinette Roy	32
A Twill that Thrills	Audrey Ford	35

Feature Articles		43
Studio Space	Steve Walker	36
Highlights of Gros de Toers	Augusta Uhlenbeck	38
Experiments with Deflected Double Weave	Alice van Duijnen	42
Cross Country Weavers	Marjie Thompson	46
Weaver's Challenge Page		48
Conference Contacts		50
Classifeds		52

Issue # 86, February 2008

Color Pictures and WIFs are available at CW Journal # 86 Color Pictures

In This Journal:

Presidents Message		1
Area Representatives		2
Board Happenings		4
Librarian's Corner		8
Book Reviews		10
Treadlings		14
Study Groups		15
Weavers Challenge Page		65
Conference Contacts		66
Classified Ads		68
CW Adopted 2008 Budget		5
Complex Weavers Elections		6
Complex Weavers Annual Meeting		6
News from CW '08 Seminars!		7
Mary Elizabeth Laughlin by Linda Davis		12

Complex Weavers Study Groups		32
The Twenty Fours, More or Less	Dottie Smith	18
Paisley Samples	Sue Farley	19
A Menu of Stripes	Heather Hubbard	20
Star and Flower Hearts in Two-tied Weave	Ivy DeHart	22
A Trip Down Memory Lane	Lorelei Caracausa	24
Use It Up; Wear It Out; Make Do	Laurie Autio	26

Complex Weavers Exhibit Awards 2007		32
Ken Allen		32
Pam Crow & Agnes Hauptli		33
Judith Krone & Jean Korus		34
Karna Petuskey & Susan Rockwell		35
Catherine Wilson & Margaret Hluch		36
Related Articles:
Meanderings	Rossanna White	37
Kait's Commencement	Kathi Spangler	38
Mosaic Scarf	Marguerite Gingras	39
Other Winners		42

Feature Articles		43
Some Ideas for Textile Imagery	Jane Evans	43
The Loom, the Warp, and the Weaver	Fred Lamb	47
International Conference on Kumihimo	Shirley Berlin, Carol Goodwin and Sandy Jessett	50
Buddhist Pilgrim Coats (Hakui)	Rod Byatt	53
John Murphey's "Diaper" Harness	Patricia Hilts	55
Inspiration from October 2006 Holiday Challenge	Dottie Smith	62

Issue # 85, October 2007

Over 40 color pictures are available at CW Journal # 85 Color Pictures

In This Journal:

Presidents Message		1
Area Representatives		2
Board Happenings		4
Treadlings		8
Librarian's Corner		12
Book Reviews		17
Study Groups		19
Weavers Challenge Page		61
Classified Ads		68
Complex Weavers Treasurer's Report 2006-2007		5
Budget June 2007 to December 2007		6
Complex Weavers Annual Meeting		6
In the Eye of the Heddle		7
Nominating Committee Appointed		7
Barbara Baggeroer, First CW President 1982-84		10
Weaving Legend Verda Elliott		11
Introducing. . .LibraryThing!		14
The Complex Weavers Survey		18

Complex Weavers Study Groups		23
The Early Weaving Books and Manuscripts Study Group	Marjie Thompson	23
Twelve Shaft Broken Twill	Charles Hersh	23
Twill Blocks on Seven Shafts Instead of Twelve	Jean Hosford	24
Float Work	Debra Whitehead	26
Window Into The Past	Gay McGeary	28
The Acadian Cloth	Charlotte Lindsay Allison	30
Tied Weaves Study Group: Why Tie??	Su Butler	33
Computer Strategies	Judie Eatough	40

Feature Articles		43
American Textile History Museum Weaves the Art, Science, and History of Textiles into Exciting New Story	Peggy Church	43
2007 Award Streamers	Lynn Smetko	46
Weaving Cards: Four Weavers and Four Styles		47
Creating Your Own Holiday Cards	Sigrid Piroch	48
20 Years and 2000 Cards	Barbara Walker	52
Lillian Whipple - Fiber Arts Renaissance Woman or How She Came To Create Note Cards	Lillian and Grey Whipple	54
Cardmaking	Joan Cameron	56
Handwoven Card Gallery		58
Patterns with a Point	Robyn Spady	62
Garment Pattern Drafting -- Part III: Pants	Francie Alcorn	65

Issue # 84, June 2007

Ssome color pictures are available at
CW Journal # 84 Color Pictures

In this Journal

Presidents Message		1
Area Representatives		2
Board Happenings		4
Treadlings		8
Librarian's Corner		10
Book Reviews		12
Study Groups		13
Weavers Challenge Page		38
Classified Ads		52
Election Results		5
Seminar 2008		6
Call for Entries -- CW Show at Convergence '08		9

Complex Weavers Study Groups		16
The Sixteens Study Group	Philis Alvic	16
Turned Tacqueté	Philis Alvic	17
Turned Tacqueté	Ruth Dabritz	18
Turned Tacqueté	Judith T. Yamamoto	19
Turned Tacqueté	Barbara Nelson	20
Turned Tacqueté	Brucie Connell	21
Collapse Pleat and Bump Study Group		22
Metallic 3D	Wendy Morris	24
My Journey on a Bumpy Road	Yoriko Oki	26
Collapse/Dévoré	Anne Field	28
Setting a Good exSample-Waffle Setts	Belinda Rose	29

Feature Articles		43
Rant	Bhakti Ziek	30
Blue Ridge Handweaving Show	Betty Carlson	34
Silk and Silk Weaving in China	Jan and Laura Diepenbroek	39
Designing Star & Diamond Coverlets in the Pennsylvania German Tradition	Gay McGeary	42
Playing with Weave Design on Handweaving.net		43
Cruzaden and Quadriljes - An Eighteenth Century Dutch Woven Poem	Augusta Uhlenbeck	44
Images and Ties	Ingrid Boesel	48

Issue # 83, February 2007

Some color pictures are available at
Complex Weavers Journal # 83 Color Pictures

In This Journal

Presidents Message		1
Area Representatives		2
Board Happenings		4
Treadlings		7
Librarian's Corner		14
Book Reviews		19
Study Groups		22
Classified Ads		56
Yes, Even You Can Write an Article for the Journal	Linda Davis	6
Complex Weavers Elections		8
Complex Weavers Award Winners 2006		10
Satin Counters	Ralph Griswold	17

Complex Weavers Study Groups		32
Sample Exchange the Old Fashioned Way	Judith Doty Dumke	25
Huck and Huck Lace	Brenda Coffey	25
Citronen on Opphamta	Anita Heist	26
"Almost, Not Quite Upholstery"	Judith Doty Dumke	27
Modiied Diamond Overshot	Pat Donald	28
Ecclesiastical Study Group	Kathleen French	29
A Celtic Knot Mug Rug	Josephine Earl	30
Mountain View Paraments	Pam Howard	31
Gothic Cross in Shadow Weave	Ann Johnson	32

Feature Articles		43
Wif Weave for J-Comp Looms	Marie Kulchinski and Dick Wiersma	33
Weavers Challenge Page		34
Black and White and Seeing Red: The Story of the Skunks	Dottie Smith	36
The Old Drafts Don't Come with Recipes	Marjie Thompson	36
Yoga Mat Project	Lillian Whipple	40
Stitched Double Twill	Sue Farley	42
Autumn Leaves	Marguerite Gingras	45
Double Weave on a Divided Parallel Threading	Bonnie Inouye	47
Garment Pattern Drafting -- Part II	Francie Alcorn	52

These are just a few of the interesting topics you will find in every issue.

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