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Weaving Block Patterns on the Daga and Kircher Looms
Weaving Block Patterns on the Daga and Kircher Looms
Agnes K. Nielsen · Handicrafter, May-June 1932
Article · 6 pages
A 1932 Handicrafter article by Agnes K. Nielsen explaining how to weave two-block patterns on two small frame looms, the Daga (slotted metal rack) and the Kircher (wooden reed with pegged warp boards). It gives written warping and weaving instructions for patterns including Lasting Beauty, Four O'Clock, Pattern No. 1 and No. 2, Queen's Patch, Sugar Loaf (Window Sash) and Monk's Belt, using two shuttles in a dark and light alternation. Photographs show the finished squares and runners, which were woven at King's Park State Hospital, and the materials used are noted (carpet warp, perle cotton, novelty yarn, rayon).
Weaving Four-Harness Patterns on a Two-Harness Loom
Weaving Four-Harness Patterns on a Two-Harness Loom
Agnes K. Nielsen · Handicrafter, January-February 1932
Article · 5 pages · weaving drafts
An article by Agnes K. Nielsen explaining how to imitate two-block four-harness patterns on a two-harness loom, using two colored shuttles and alternating blocks instead of tabby. It gives threading and treadling directions for five patterns: Lasting Beauty, Four O'Clock, Queen's Patch, Sugar Loaf or Window Sash, and Monk's Belt. It also covers warp setts, special sleying for Monk's Belt, an inlaid-center Monk's Belt variation, a rug layout based on Lasting Beauty, and suggestions for draperies and furnishings. Photographs of woven samples made at King's Park State Hospital illustrate the patterns.

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