Swatch Page - Warp Pattern System
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A Minnesota Weaver swatch page by Joy Rosner explaining the warp pattern system, in which extra supplementary warp threads form patterns over a tabby foundation on looms with three or more harnesses. It covers threading (two 4-shaft alternatives), sleying, tie-up and treadling, and ways to manage tension between the two warps, including double beams and hanging weights on warp chains. It ends with a bibliography, a postscript on the M's and O's name reversal from a Handweaver and Craftsman article, and an erratum for a Waffle Weave swatch page.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- April 1976
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
- Weaving drafts
- on 1 page: 1
- Archive notes
- By permission. PDF provided by Judith Combs.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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