Code in Overshot
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An article from Master Weaver describing a method of weaving coded messages in overshot. A code table assigns each letter of the alphabet to a float length (3-7) and a number of weft picks per block (2-7), with floats of 2 used as word spacers. The article works through the name A.M.Purcell, showing how to derive the threading and treadling and how to decode a woven piece. It also suggests placing short messages such as 'Merry Xmas' in borders, and says a second method for any overshot draft will follow in the next issue. A short editor's note on the out-of-print Encyclopedia of Handweaving and back issues follows.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- July 1954
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
- Weaving drafts
- on 2 pages: 1, 2
- Archive notes
- PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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