Shawls
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An article by Elmer Wallace Hickman on weaving large, openwork shawls from heavy woolen yarns as a source of income. It explains the openwork "windows" pattern borrowed from a Danish curtain draft, with advice on yarn and color choice, light beating, shuttles, selvages and joining weft ends. It closes with a draft explanation and warp, weft and reed details for three sample shawls, plus finishing notes.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- January 1939
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
- Weaving drafts
- on 1 page: 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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