A Collection of Old Weaving Patterns
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A three-volume compilation by Ralph Griswold of over 12,000 (the text also says 13,000 and 15,000) weave patterns drawn from old, copyright-free weaving and textile design books. The patterns are shown as black-and-white drawdown grids, grouped by number of ends (4 to 96) and then by number of picks, and roughly ordered by structural complexity. The front matter explains how the patterns were reduced to unit motifs, rotated, and de-duplicated, lists the source books, and gives appendices on structural complexity, how the collection was built, and copyright of patterns. Volume 1 covers 4 to 12 ends, Volume 2 covers 13 to 16 ends, and Volume 3 covers 17 to 96 ends.
- Type
- Web Doc
- Date
- June 29, 2002
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 541
- Weaving drafts
- on 513 pages: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 501 more
- Archive notes
- Last revised August 1, 2004. Free WIFs of most the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net
(A free account is all you need)
From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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