The Weavers Pocket-book, or, Weaving Spiritualized
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A late seventeenth-century devotional work by the English Presbyterian minister John Collinges, written for weavers. It draws spiritual meditations from each stage of the weaver's work: materials (wool, silk, hair, hemp, flax, cotton), dyeing, warp and woof, the loom, the shuttle and treddles, and the finished web. Each chapter ends with a poem. A closing section gives moral and spiritual observations on trade in general, covering thrift, laziness, trusting, credit, and the causes of trade's decay. The book is dedicated to two Norwich aldermen who were weavers. It contains no weaving drafts or technical weaving instruction.
- Type
- Book
- Date
- 1695
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 177
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