Bergdala Spinnhus

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Over the years I have written some articles. You can read some of them here. You are welcome to share them with others, even in printed-out form. Note that I retain the copyright, and that I want you to mention my name.

I have written a booklet on how to weave V-shaped shawls. It is available in both English and Swedish. See Laura Fry's web site for details about the English version, or accessoarer (in Swedish) for the Swedish version.


About weaving:
(in Swedish, except when noted)
Om jämtlandsdräll
Medlemsbladet för Riksföreningen för Handvävning 1/2002

Om trasvävar
Solvögat 3/2002 (med Ingrid Elin Franzén)

Om vadmal
Solvögat 1/2004 (med Ingrid K Hanssen)

Om färgeffekt
kursmaterial från 1995, med några tillägg

About fabric analysis (in English)
workshop material 2003

Om hur man konstruerar sin egen bindning (eller analyserar ett tyg)
Kurskväll för Vi KronobergsVävare 2005

About construction of double layers (in English)
About weaving double width, part 1 (in English)
Weaving double width, part 2 (in English)

About profile patterns and how to interpret them (in English)
More about profile patterns and how to combine different structures (in English)

Om hur man väver med tagel, tricks och knep.

Observations on differential shrinkage (in English)

Enfärgat?, ursprungligen ett blogginlägg på Kravallslöjd, (13/2 2009) utbyggt med många fler bilder.


Other textile texts:
About old wooden reeds

About reading old literature

About Hulda Peters vävbok, a Swedish weaving book from 1925.

About threading notations, part 1 (books and software)

About threading notations, part 2 (older and foreign literature)

About horsehair

About mangling

Ett tageltyg från Smålands museum  
Jubileumsskrift för Riksföreningen för Handvävning, 2001 (in Swedish)

Ideas about displaying


Opinions:
(in Swedish)
Om tyst kunskap
för Kronobergs läns hemslöjd

Om Textilsommar , en utställning på Virserums Konsthall 2003
Solvögat 4/2003

Nog nu!, reflexioner över antologin "Den feminina textilen"
Solvögat 1/2006


For Complex Weavers:
Serial weaving
Serial weaving, .pdf-version

Proportional areas , .pdf-version only

"TWILL"   (a couple of photos added)
Twill, .pdf-version

Block substitution (mostly on crackle)
Block substitution, .pdf version


For Guild of Canadian Weavers:
Vadmal   (with Ingrid K Hanssen)
Vadmal, .pdf   version


Bergdala Spinnhus
Bergdala 27
360 51 Hovmantorp
Sweden
kerstin@bergdalaspinnhus.com

www.bergdalaspinnhus.com