How to Weave Silk
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A practical guide to handweaving fine silk (about 50 or more ends per inch) on standard looms. It covers winding bobbins from skeins, warping, beaming, loom and heddle preparation, reed choice, tying in, adjusting the tie-up, and dealing with warp ends that stick together because of the silk gum. It ends with advice on twill versus tabby, broken ends, and boiling off the gum. A short section from the series 'Problems in Teaching' (8th lesson, drafting) begins on the last page and introduces units of threading and Summer-and-Winter notation.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- May 1955
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 6
- Weaving drafts
- on 1 page: 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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