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A Handweaver’s Pattern Book

9780764373770
Coming Soon
By Marguerite Porter Davison, Edited by Caroline Cooley Browne, and Compiled by Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network

Available on Jun 28, 2027
The beloved classic weaving book, now available to today’s modern weavers.

This 75th anniversary edition enables today’s weavers and future generations to enjoy and expand their weaving skills and design creativity. The classic by Marguerite Porter Davison offers weaving guidance, 377 drafts for four-harness loom weaving, and her timeless emphasis on weavers sharing their knowledge as a community.

The new edition replicates her original, hand-typeset 1951 book—which today’s weavers fondly term the “Green Book”—keeping the original’s nostalgic charm. Its valuable content is accompanied by updates, clarifications, and corrections, plus 1,249 all-new color photos of some of the many weaving patterns that can be produced from these drafts.

  • A new foreword helps weavers understand Davison’s far-reaching weaving impact. “About the Big Weave” explains the nationwide project by American weaving guilds and groups to reweave the 1,249 original patterns, as part of the community’s dedication to this new edition. Throughout, updated instructional notes are added to assist today’s weavers. Davison’s granddaughter, Caroline Cooley Browne, offers a new biography and family photos of Davison to reveal the person behind the classic. 
  • New rising-shed format for all 377 patterns’ tie-up diagrams, making them ready to use seamlessly with today’s most commonly used jack looms.
  • New color photos of all 1,249 newly woven patterns feature navy and natural to distinctly show details.


Size: 8.5in x 11.0in  |  Pages: 264  |  1,626 color & b/w photos and diagrams
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 9780764373770
PRICE:  $70.00
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Author Bio
Marguerite Porter Davison (1887–1953) was foundational to the American handweaving revival of the twentieth century through her weaving, teaching, research, and scholarship. She self-published A Handweaver’s Pattern Book in 1944.

Caroline Cooley Browne is Marguerite Porter Davison’s granddaughter. Caroline was a founding board member of Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN) and a founder of its fiber arts studio. The team at BARN collaborated with weavers and weaving guilds across the USA to create this revised edition, preserving Davison’s style and voice.​

Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network celebrates and facilitates creativity. BARN’s 25,000-square-foot facility in Bainbridge Island, WA, includes eleven studios and offers classes in weaving and fiber arts, as well as many other disciplines.

www.bainbridgeBARN.org 


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