Article · 6 pages
Article by Edith Huntington Snow on small-loom tapestry weaving and the "laid in" embroidery weave, written as a follow-up to her June article on embroidery weaves. It explains how to weave a beginner's sampler, covering warp tension, handling the sheds, interlocking weft at vertical color joins versus leaving slits, building up shapes in pyramids, and pulling down pairs of warp threads for a Coptic-style rib. It compares tapestry with laid-in weaving, where pattern threads lie over a continuous background weft, and describes a swan design, a tapestry bag, and a modern abstract silk wall hanging woven on small four-harness looms with linen or silk warps. The last page carries advertisements and the start of an unrelated excerpt from Walter Crane on the bases of design.