Product Description

Through the projects and features, children (and many adults as well) learn the delights of making woven projects and at the same time develop a connection with weavers throughout the world and through the millennia - not only is weaving an utterly contemporary activity around the world, but its origins have been traced, through story, myth and archaeological evidence, to the Bronze age and before. Among the enticing projects in Kids Weaving are Map People (exuberant paper figures with clothing woven out of old maps); Friendship Bracelets (woven using an early Native American technique); Fairy Garden (a small moss garden surrounded by a woven stick fence); Rag Doll Warrior (made on a cardboard loom); as well as a fashionable Chenille Scarf and funky Handwoven Shoelaces (both made on a loom constructed from simple, inexpensive plumbing parts sold at general hardware stores).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #228025 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

From School Library Journal
Grade 3-7-Swett introduces this craft with a simple weaving of a checkerboard note card-a task requiring two pieces of paper and a pair of scissors. After mastering the technique with several different small projects, she explains how to weave a hideout out of sticks and vines in the yard. She demonstrates techniques on a cardboard loom and progresses to skills for weaving on a pipe loom. These projects show the whimsical and the practical, the useful and the decorative aspects of the art. Hartlove's excellent-quality, full-color photos depict children enjoying the craft in many different settings-inside on rainy days or out in the sunshine by a lake and in a canoe. In addition, the helpful step-by-step drawings clearly depict the processes and techniques. As the book continues, the types of weaving and projects get progressively more difficult but are explained so well that novices could accomplish the most difficult tasks with ease. The author includes the history and folklore that surrounds the art and talks about different types of weaving done around the world. Sources for supplies and a list of recommended reading are appended.-Cynde Suite, Bartow County Library System, Adairsville, GA
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About the Author
Sarah Swett's weavings have been featured in solo and group juried and invitational shows throughout the country, including Fiber Arts International and the American Tapestry Alliance Biannual. Her weavings and knitwear have also appeared in American Craft, SpinOff, Interweave Knits, Mary Jane's Farm magazines and the books Knitting in America and Fiberarts Design Books Six and Seven. She has written for Interweave Knits, SpinOff, Turkey Red Journal (a natural dye publication), and many exhibition catalogues. Visit www sarah-swett.com

Customer Reviews

Not for young children
This book on weaving for kids is an attractive hardcover with glossy, colourful pages. It includes many interesting weaving projects as well as a bit of background information on weaving traditions around the world.

However I would caution potential buyers that when they say weaving, they mean weaving. Painstakingly creating blankets, belts, and other things on a homemade or store bought loom. There are a few easy projects in the beginning to get kids used to the idea of weaving, but most of the projects are difficult and time consuming.

I just wanted to mention this because I took this book out from the library with my 10 year old daughter in mind, but I returned it a few days later because the projects were beyond what she would be capable of. I think perhaps teenagers might be more interested in this book--although they might also be turned off by the 'kids' in the title.