Handweaving News (July 1942): Designing Four Block Patterns Based on "Twills and Squares"
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A three-page handweaving pattern leaflet on designing four-block overshot-style coverlet patterns from a key draft the author calls "Twills and Squares," taken from an old coverlet woven in green and henna handspun with a light yellow plain-weave ground. Page 1 analyzes the key draft and threading draft, explaining how twill sections and overlapping alternating blocks form odd-numbered three-thread blocks. Pages 2 and 3 give two variant key drafts, with threading and tie-up drafts and drawdowns, by Mrs. Helen Hill and Mrs. Mary E. Pearson, with suggestions on yarns, uses (drapes, upholstery, table covers, coverlets) and weaving a coverlet in two strips.
- Type
- Periodical
- Date
- July 1942
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
- Weaving drafts
- on 3 pages: 1, 2, 3
- Archive notes
- Scanned from xerographic copy
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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