Downloads for Purchase

'One Warp, Many Structures: An Exploration of Extended Parallel Threading' for 8-shaft looms

"Fun House" pattern woven by Eve Conner

"Fun House" pattern woven by Virginia Lee

$20 (includes tax)

This download provides an at-home workshop (the equivalent of the 3-day workshop I taught at Convergence in Reno, NV, in July 2018) for you to complete on your own time. You will receive a ZIP file (63 MB in size) that includes the following:

• An 11-page full-color handout with instructions for weaving 5 different structures on the same 400-end Echo Weave threading (Echo Weave, Turned Taquete, Shadow Weave, Rep Weave, and Double Weave), definitions of each structure you will be weaving, and a comprehensive bibliography for reference and further reading
• 5 separate handouts (one for each structure) with instructions as well as tieups, treadings, liftplans, and skeleton tieups
• WIF files for each of the 5 different structures

To purchase the "One Warp, Many Structures" workshop:

1) Click on the "Buy Now" button.

2) Complete your payment of $20 (via credit card, through a secure network operated by PayPal).

3) Once I have received your payment, I will email you a link to download the ZIP file. (Note: If you have any questions, my email address is dkovn[at]hotmail.com.) Please allow up to 24 hours for me to send you the file.

Weaving Handbook: 'Deflected Double Weave as a Collapse Weave'

$15 (includes tax)

This download provides an in-depth look at the principles of Deflected Double Weave and the techniques for creating Collapse Weave fabric, based on the one-day workshop I taught at Convergence 2018 in Reno, NV. You will receive:

• A 30-page PDF with full-color photos, diagrams, finishing techniques, exercises, drawdowns, tieups, resources, bibliography, and recommended yarns and where to purchase them. 
• Two WIF files and weaving instructions for the structures pictured above. 

To purchase the handbook:

1) Click on the "Buy Now" button.

2) Complete your payment of $15 (via credit card, through a secure network operated by PayPal).

3) Once I have received your payment, I will email you a link to download your files. (Note: If you have any questions, my email address is dkovn[at]hotmail.com.) Please allow up to 24 hours for me to send you the file.

Paint Two, Beam One: Dyeing Two Warps and Beaming Them Together as One

$12 (includes tax)

My technique for maximizing color in your weaving: Instructions on how to dye two warps in two distinct but complementary color palettes and then beam them together on your loom. This technique works especially well for warp-emphasis designs such as Echo Weave and Turned Taquete as well as Turned Twills, Double Weave, Deflected Double Weave, turned drafts (such as Turned Overshot) and simple Plain Weave. This is the handout I use for my 2 1/2-day workshop that I've taught at conferences and guilds in the United States.

To purchase the handout:

1) Click on the "Buy Now" button.

2) Complete your payment of $12 (via credit card, through a secure network operated by PayPal).

3) Once I have received your payment, I will email you a link to download your file. (Note: If you have any questions, my email address is dkovn[at]hotmail.com.) Please allow up to 24 hours for me to send you the file.