Two Harness Method
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An article from Master Weaver explaining the two-harness method, in which a ground harness and a hand-operated pattern harness are threaded together so multiblock patterns can be woven without a dobby or jacquard. It covers the advantages and drawbacks, the loom construction, the three heddle positions (raised, sunk, neutral), and how the tie-up works, using twill examples. It also shows how to make draw-downs for this method, including a spot-weave example. The scan ends with a short 'From the Classics' excerpt on taste from John Murphy's Treatise on the Art of Weaving.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- January 1954
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
- Weaving drafts
- on 2 pages: 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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