This is an excellent learning tool to find out about profile blocks, how to create them and how to change the block design into many weave structures. Comes with a great pdf file with exercises to help you learn the subject. ( )

When you understand block weaves, you hold the key to a world of exciting weaving possibilities. In this video, former Handwoven editor and owner of The Weavers School, Madelyn van der Hoogt shows how block patterns work, how to read and weave block drafts, and how you can use blocks to create an infinite number of designs by combining color, pattern, and weave structure. You'll learn to plan a block design to work with your loom, how to weave block designs in summer and winter, turned twill, warp rep, lace, and many other block weaves, and tips to ensure that your patterns will come out perfectly. The projects on this dvd will help you to understand the theory of block weaves and to satisfy your weaver's soul by creating spectacular fabric.
2 discs. Disc 1, 65 minutes. Disc 2, 37 minutes.