Handweaving News (September 1940): How to Sign Handweaving
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A short 1940 article by Nellie S. Johnson on how to weave a signature, such as initials, a monogram, or a name and date, into handwoven cloth. It explains planning and reversing a design on cross-section paper, then gives instructions for combining plain weave with laid-in brocading, simple brocading, embroidery weave (dukagang), and Spanish weave. Figures include an alphabet chart and grid plans for initials.
- Type
- Periodical
- Date
- September 1940
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
- Weaving drafts
- on 2 pages: 2, 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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