Skill in Handweaving
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An article on achieving efficiency and skill in handweaving, defining skill as minimum effort for a given quality and speed. It follows the weaving process step by step: planning long warps, choosing yarns, warping with a frame, reel or mill, beaming, threading and sleying with a paper-tape check, tying-in, loom selection and features, and the mechanics of throwing the shuttle, beating, changing the shed and coordination. It also stresses the importance of a heavy, well-built production loom and gives practical speed benchmarks.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- November 1953
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 7
- 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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