October 1979 issue of Warp & Weft, a monthly bulletin from Robin & Russ Handweavers of McMinnville, Oregon. Editor Russell Groff reports on a business trip to Thailand and Japan, describing silk reeling, ikat weaving, Jacquard-woven obis and the "fingernail weavers" of Kyoto, and announces a planned 1980 handweaving tour. The issue also has a 4-shaft, 6-treadle drapery fabric project ("Swedish Delight") in linen and ramie with threading, tie-up, treadling, yarn list and costs, a review of Penelope Drooker's Embroidering with the Loom, and classified ads for yarns and books.