Collapse Weave by Anne Field, softback published by A&C Black, price £19.99. ISBN 978-1-4081-0628-0 available from www.acblack.com
This landscape-format book has just 160 pages. It is illustrated with 150 colour photos. The topic is rather a specialist one, that of creating three-dimensional cloth.
The book has a comprehensive introduction, which discusses yarn and structure. It then goes on to explore the different methods of creating three-dimensional effects in weaving. Effects include texture and ruching. It also looks at looms and weave in detail. Projects include scarves, wraps, tops, pants and skirts. Anne Field has thoroughly researched this area of weaving. Collapse weaving combines weave structures and uses contrasting yarns to produce unusual effects with ridges and hollows instead of flat, consistent fabrics.
This is not a book for the beginner, I got a little lost in the jargon. It shows you how to create fabric using collapse weave and how to then use the fabric to create the projects. Photographs and instructions are clear.