Handweaving News (September 1938): Greek Soumak Knot Stitch
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A three-page instruction sheet from Handweaving News (September 1938) on the Greek Soumak knot stitch, a free weaving technique worked on a simple frame. It covers design planning on cross-section paper, materials (cotton cord warp, Germantown or tapestry wool weft), making a continuous warp with pegs and dowel rods, weaving a plain-weave heading, and working the knots row by row, including interlocking colors at short verticals. Diagrams illustrate the frame, warping board, bobbin winding and knot steps, and a graph-paper design for a small wall hanging is included.
- Type
- Periodical
- Date
- September 1938
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
- Archive notes
- Scanned from xerographic copy
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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