Popular Rug Techniques
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A self-published folio booklet by Elmer Wallace Hickman describing twelve handwoven rug techniques, with a companion technique sheet and sample-sheet specifications for each. Techniques covered include Double Krokbragd, Double Face Weave, Rollakan and Aklae, a modern cotton/rayon rug, Soumak, Imitation Tapestry (clasped weft), False Flossa, Flossa, Rya, Rya with Korndrall ground, Stuffer weave and Indian Saddle Blanket weave. It gives warp and weft yarns and suppliers, sett, treadling, tie-ups, knot-tying and selvage methods, and loom modifications such as an added Stuffer warp beam.
- Type
- Monograph
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 19
- Weaving drafts
- on 6 pages: 3, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19
- Archive notes
- Published without copyright notice
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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