Drafts for 8 Frames
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An article from Master Weaver arguing that handweavers with eight-shaft looms should transcribe four- and five-frame drafts onto eight frames. Spreading the warp over more frames reduces friction and broken ends, especially with high setts, and gives more variation through changes of tie-up. It shows conversions of Bronson lace, summer and winter, and two-block rep, plus eight-frame versions of five-frame diamond twills and waffle weave. The last page gives 22 basic tie-ups (A-W) for plain-sequence threading on 8 frames, covering tabby, basket weaves, many twill ratios, and others.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- July 1955
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
- Weaving drafts
- on 4 pages: 1, 2, 3, 4
- 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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