Information Service - Overshot Drafts on 8 Frames
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A one-page Information Service piece from Master Weaver (1952) on writing overshot drafts for 8 frames. It explains overshot on opposites, where each block uses two frames, so four blocks need eight frames, and why the long back floats need stitching ties in addition to the pattern ties. Three figures show a 4-block diagonal draft, the same draft written in twill-style notation, and an 8-block diagonal. The author argues that 8-frame overshot gave weavers little design freedom, since blocks cannot be combined, and compares it unfavorably with 6-frame summer and winter.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- August 1952
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
- Weaving drafts
- on 1 page: 1
- 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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