Practical Weaving Suggestions, Vol. 3-69 (1969): Butternut with Border
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A Lily Mills leaflet from the Practical Weaving Suggestions series giving instructions for an overshot table mat called Butternut with Border, woven with emphasis on tabby. It includes the threading draft, warp setting (32 per inch), mercerized pearl cotton warp and six-strand floss pattern weft, thread counts and yarn quantities for eight mats. Three treadling patterns with different hems and colors are given, along with advice on choosing tabby shots between pattern shots and a section on treadling the draft in Rose Fashion versus as drawn in (Star Fashion).
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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