Weaving Within Reach: Beautiful Woven Projects by Hand or by Loom

by Anne Weil

Modern weaving projects like you've never seen—within easy reach of anyone.

Weaving is a satisfying hobby for making home or clothing accessories that look plucked from your favorite stores. Here are Pinterest-worthy projects for creating earrings, clutches, pillows, wall hangings, and more, all organized by skill level. From complete beginner to intermediate, Weaving Within Reach allows you to craft at your comfort level, even if you don’t yet know the difference between the warp and the weft.

Lacking a loom? Most of the materials can be woven on found objects—such as an embroidery hoop or cardboard box—or achieved with a simple over-under pattern using no loom at all. As you progress, there are plenty of exciting designs for a frame loom to keep you inspired. With a detailed introduction, stunning lifestyle and step-by-step photographs, and a helpful resource section, Weaving Within Reach unravels the possibilities of the beautiful things you can make with your hands.

Genres: Crafts, Nonfiction, Art, Knitting

192 pages, Paperback

Published August 21, 2018

About the author

Clean and simple design thrills me. I make things for home, for play, for gifts or for fun. More than that, I love showing others how to make them, too! I find peace and happiness in making, but understand the challenges of finding the time as a busy mother of three. Wanting happy-making in my life inspired me to start writing this blog and then, to leave my life in investment banking behind. Stay a while and let me bring a little of my happy handmade life to you!

Reviews

[Tessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is very pretty but I think that The Weaving Explorer: Ingenious Techniques, Accessible Tools & Creative Projects with Yarn, Paper, Wire & More covered the information better. Still, this is beautiful and I enjoyed looking through it.

2022 reread after finding a loom at a thrift store: I found the techniques section very helpful!

[Jennifer Koonz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some really nice projects in this book.

[Sally · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good weaving resource. If you're looking for a weaving resource before you buy a loom, take a look at this one. Anne Weil creates some lovely items with a made cardboard loom.
Includes non-loom, made-loom, and frame-loom.
I borrowed the e-book, but want to take a look at the print book, for me, it'll be easier to follow directions.

Projects I want to look at closer are:
Keepsake Stones, Twill tape Bento Bag, twined rope bowl.

Hints for 'bubbling the weft'
Soumak knots
linen coasters with basket weave, plain weave, twill weave, herringbone weave
- hemstitching
About the town tote

Good chapter on the Weaving process and basic techniques including - reducing draw -in
and keeping tension consistent.

Warping - secure warp threads with a clove hitch

knots to end the weaving
overcasting; hem stitching;

[Sarah Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

It does have lots of great color pictures but I wish it had a few more for certain steps and why I marked it down a star. Overall the writing and instructions were clear and easy to understand. It starts with various projects then at the end has information about materials and tools including looms. I found a few of the projects that won't need any special tools to make and will enjoy trying those later and have it on my use again later list in case I ever have the time and money for more supplies and tools to play more.

[julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got this for Christmas and immediately marked all the pages of projects I'd like to try. Since I'm embarking on a year of creativity - doing something creative every single day of 2020, I know it's going to come in handy. It's beautifully photographed, the instructions are clear and I feel like I can make the projects my own, by choosing my own color palette.

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of a handful of new textile craft books I’ve come across recently. So refreshing to see people out there putting craft back into the lime light.
This one is has a vibe of earthy simplicity with beautiful projects to get you started or to refresh old skills.

[Reena · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has given me an idea to make some deco in my home. Can’t wait to create one of the projects. Excited mood begin!

[lk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book on intro to weaving; great pictures and good layout.

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some good ideas, and some things that I as an experienced weaver was reluctant to try because I thought they would take more time that I wanted to spend. A book worth having in many fiber libraries!

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book for inspiration - great images!

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful book! Made all of the projects look simple and elegant.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lovely project ideas with instructions and step-by-step photos.

[Jill]

I'm weaving!

[Beth Kakuma-Depew · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've done more than a bit of weaving, but I still found this book helpful and inspiring!

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leather Lanyard and Twined Rope Bowl good for programs

[Jodell Larimer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good weaving instruction non or basic looms.

[Peta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely projects!

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful book, and it makes me want to start weaving. But there are a number of projects that don't look like they'd stand up to much wear IRL.

[Melanie Godecki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful modern projects and great instructions, I am inspired and will reread this multiple times.