Article by Edith Huntington Snow on small-loom tapestry weaving and the "laid in" embroidery weave, written as a follow-up to her June article on embroidery weaves. It explains how to weave a beginner's sampler, covering warp tension, handling the sheds, interlocking weft at vertical color joins versus leaving slits, building up shapes in pyramids, and pulling down pairs of warp threads for a Coptic-style rib. It compares tapestry with laid-in weaving, where pattern threads lie over a continuous background weft, and describes a swan design, a tapestry bag, and a modern abstract silk wall hanging woven on small four-harness looms with linen or silk warps. The last page carries advertisements and the start of an unrelated excerpt from Walter Crane on the bases of design.

Type

Article

Date

August-September 1929

Language

English

Pages

6