Quarterly Journal of the Guilds of Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers, No. 1 (March 1952)
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First issue (March 1952) of the Quarterly Journal of the Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, launched by thirteen British regional guilds. It contains an editorial, messages of good wishes from figures such as Ernest Goodale, Wingfield Digby, Dorothy Wilkinson and Bernard Leach, and articles by Ethel Mairet on the past and future of handweaving, John Tovey on traditional tweed weaves (twill, hopsack, herringbone, waved twill, dogtooth, with small drawdowns), Hilda Breed on warps and warp making, and Dorothy Wilkinson on spinning. The rest comprises reports from regional guilds, book reviews (including Navajo weaving and carpet knotting), a weaver's crossword, small ads and advertisements for looms and yarns.
- Type
- Periodical
- Date
- March 1952
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 28
- Weaving drafts
- on 1 page: 10
- Archive notes
- Copyright expired
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