Practical Weaving Suggestions, Vol. XXIV (1953): The Arithmetic of Weaving
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A reprinted 1953 issue of Lily Mills' Practical Weaving Suggestions (Vol. XXIV, first published 1940). It explains yarn count systems for cotton, wool, linen, silk and rayon, with a worked example of figuring warp and weft yardage and cost for place mats and napkins, plus a table of yarn counts. It also has short helpful hints (pin cushion, paper bobbins, mending broken warp threads, weaving with doubled threads), an article on lace weave (Bronson type) with drafts, tie-ups and treadling, and Lily's weaving chart listing thread sizes, yardage, colors, tabby setting and uses, ending with a Lily yarn advertisement.
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