Leaves from a Weaver's Notebook
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A 1939 article from The Weaver in which Florence B. Fowle draws on her weaving notebooks to advise beginners. She explains the cycle of loom motions (throwing the shuttle, closing the shed, beating, changing the shed, returning the beater) and how each affects selvages and cloth surface. She then works through a yarn-calculation example for a linen luncheon set, covering warp length, shrinkage allowance, warp yardage and filler estimation. A reference table of yarns lists suggested uses, ends per inch and yards per pound.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- April 1939
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
- Archive notes
- 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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