S

hadow weave was introduced to weavers by Mary Meigs Atwater in 1942.

It seems amazing that she invented this incredibly versatile method of creating woven pattern. Shadow weave had perhaps occurred somewhere, sometime before, but never had it been identified in a way that allows its application
to be so vast. Shadow weave is a subset of the category color-and-weave. This
is the name given to fabrics in which the same alternating colors or groups of
colors are used in both the warp and the weft. When you look at these fabrics, your
eyes do not distinguish the difference between warp threads and weft threads (as they
do with weaves such as twill, for example). Instead, you notice the difference between
both warp and weft threads of one color vs warp and weft threads of the other color.
Generally speaking, shadow weave is the term reserved for fabrics in which the color
alternation is one-and-one. When other orders are used (two-and-one, two-and-two,
etc., the effects are called color-and-weave. Use this eBook to learn how to design
your own patterns in both color-and-weave and shadow weave as well as to weave
these innovative and incredibly beautiful fabrics.

CONTENTS
Dr af tin g Co lor - an d- We a ve Ef fe ct s
Sh aron Ald er m an .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ . .......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Sha do w Wea ve: An Ove r v ie w
Ka t hr y n We rte nbe r ge r ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Sha do w- Wea ve Ga m p on Four Sha ft s
J ea n K oru s ...... ............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... .......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Sub tle Ch oic es f or a Sha d ow- Weav e P ur se
J an i c e Jon es . ......... . . . ................ . . . . . . . . . ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Strip - Woven Kent e C lo th in Sha d ow We a ve
Bre n Ah e arn ... ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................ .......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
C h e nille Sc ar f i n Sha d ow Wea v e
J ea n K oru s ...... ............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... .......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fa ll ing - L eaves S h ad ow -We a ve Swe a t er
A lison Ir w in and Je an Sco rgie . . . . . . . . . . . .................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Shell Top in S had ow We a ve
Te rr y Ne wh ous e Fl y nn . . . . . ................ . . . . . . . . .......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
C o lo r- an d- Wea ve an d Rosep at h
M ar g ar e t B . W in de kne cht ............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
C o lo r- an d- Wea ve Sca r v e s
M ar g ar e t B . W in de kne cht ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Star To wel s in Co lo r- a nd -Wea ve
Brit t-Mar ie La m b ................. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
T he Thic k and Thin o f S had ow Weav e
J an e E va ns .. ........ .. . . ................ . . . . . . . . . . ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Hu c k- L ac e B lo us e a nd Sha d ow- We a ve Ja cket
J ea n S c org ie ....... ............ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Ti ps fo r P la nni ng, He m st it ching , a nd Fri ngi ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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