Combined June-July 1959 Portfolio Edition of the Shuttle Craft Bulletin, published by the Shuttle Craft Guild in Bedford, Nova Scotia. It includes Bessie Murray's notes on choosing and using color, an article on warp pattern weaving with drafts (point twill tie-ups, pick-up adaptation), a piece on twist dyeing, and Mary Black's article on natural dyeing with recipes for onion skin, beech bark, coreopsis and lambkill. Joyce Chown concludes her French Gobelin tapestry series with bobbin handling, building up and filling in areas, sewing slits, finishing and two-color shading, followed by Boris Veren's book reviews and advertisements. The portfolio edition included woven samples of vegetable-dyed yarns, color combinations and Nova Scotia Tartan.

Type

Periodical

Date

June-July 1959

Language

English

Pages

39

Weaving drafts

on 4 pages: 7, 9, 10, 11

Archive notes

Portfolio Edition