Turned Twills - The ""D"" Class: Dimity, Diaper, Dornick, Damask
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Article from Master Weaver No. 45 (May 1959) on turned twills, the "D" class: dimity, diaper, dornick and damask. It defines turned twills (blocks of vertical and horizontal floats, 1:N twills on six or more shafts), classifies them into biased, broken/satin and diamond groups, and explains the rule that no float may cross the line between blocks. Drafts show a 6-shaft example, faulty tie-ups, and a 12-treadle block-combination draft with a compound tie-up; tie-up design is deferred to the next issue. The last page begins a short "Odd Weaves" piece on unsymmetrical huckaback lace and texture weaves made from overshot, crackle and summer-and-winter.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- May 1959
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
- Weaving drafts
- on 3 pages: 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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