Some Variations of Spanish Weave
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Article by Nellie Sargent Johnson on Spanish weave, a lacy weft-grouping technique worked on a plain weave ground in which weft passes through groups of warp threads to form slanting stitches. She describes how she encountered the technique, gives step-by-step instructions for the basic stitch, and presents variations: pyramid and small figures, tightly pulled borders with open warp spaces, large groups on a picture frame loom, and an overlay stitch. Illustrated with photographs of samplers, towels and runners and with line drawings of weft courses; one page contains a diagram-style draft.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- April 1939
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
- 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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