Spot Weaves - 1 (Swivel)
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An instructional article from Master Weaver, December 1951, introducing the spot weave family and focusing on swivel, the earliest and simplest spot weave. It explains how swivel differs from overshot, with pattern floats hidden or cut off. It gives threading, tie-up and treadling drafts for five and six shafts, tie-ups with one treadle per block, short draft notation, and notes on setting the warp, weft weight, cutting floats and uses. The last page begins an unrelated essay, "Why Do We Weave?", on the motives for taking up handcrafts.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- December 1951
- 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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