The Osage Braid
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Mary M. Atwater describes the loomless Osage braid (also called "Swedish weaving"), a finger-plaiting technique used for belts and girdles with chevron and diamond patterns. She gives instructions for a three-inch girdle in five colors of Bernat's Peasant yarn: warping, the twining tie, the spreader, picking up the shed and drawing threads through, and finishing with braided fringes, including a four-strand Indian braid. She also covers variations such as arrowhead and lightning figures made by looping the weft threads. Diagrams and photographs of finished girdles, including pieces made at Bacone Indian College, illustrate the article.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- April 1939
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 5
- Archive notes
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