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Handweaver's Instruction Manual
Handweaver's Instruction Manual
Monograph · 45 pages · weaving drafts
An instruction manual for handweavers by Harriet C. Douglas of the Shuttle-Craft Guild, copyrighted 1949. It covers looms and equipment, yarn sizes and warp settings, estimating yardage, reading drafts and tie-ups, dressing the loom (chain and sectional warping), correcting errors, and weaving technique. It then teaches tabby, three-harness weaves, twills, overshot, crackle, summer and winter, Bronson and simple linen weaves, followed by instruction in developing drafts on paper, an index of drafts, a section of drafts, and technique analyses. Many pages carry line drawings and drafts.
Scotch Tartan Sets
Scotch Tartan Sets
Monograph · 16 pages
A 1949 Shuttle-Craft Guild pamphlet by Harriet C. Douglas giving thread-count color setts for 132 traditional Scottish tartans. The introduction covers the history and standardization of tartans, threading and weaving as a balanced 2-2 twill, yarn choices (Bernat Fabri wool, Lily Mills cottons), warp setting for various articles, books on tartans, and estimating yarn. The bulk is an alphabetical listing (Anderson to Wemyss) of setts, each with pattern units A, B, C, D, the number of threads per color stripe, and total ends.
Shuttle-Craft Bulletin (1946)
Shuttle-Craft Bulletin (1946)
Periodical · 50 pages · weaving drafts
A bound volume of twelve monthly Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletins for 1946, written mainly by Mary Meigs Atwater with contributions by Harriet C. Douglas. It covers summer and winter coverlets, color patterns in twills, checks, plaids and tartan setts, weaving linens, inlay and leno curtains, two-warp rugs, double weave, and Guatemalan weaves. It also covers weaving in plastic, design and proportion, luncheon mats, metallic cellophane, shawls and dickies, and weaving in Quebec and the Gran Chaco. Many pages carry drafts, tie-ups and sketches, and the bulletins include news of Guild services, suppliers and exhibits.
Shuttle-Craft Bulletin (1947)
Shuttle-Craft Bulletin (1947)
Periodical · 50 pages · weaving drafts
A bound volume of the Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin for 1947 (Volume XXIV, numbers 1-11 and possibly 12), published at Basin, Montana. Issues cover a Colonial overshot coverlet and tufted bed spread, color and stripe arrangements in twills, upholstery fabrics and reps, crackle-weave drapery, nylon parachute cord and 2-harness Log Cabin technique, a Philippine-style bag, Bronson lace, basic two-harness weaves, color and pattern in design, Christmas gifts (neckties and leno scarves), and a pick-up technique on summer-and-winter. Many pages carry drafts, drawdowns, and tie-ups, with source addresses for materials.
Shuttle-Craft Bulletin (1948)
Shuttle-Craft Bulletin (1948)
Periodical · 54 pages · weaving drafts
A bound volume of the Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin (Volume XXV, Basin, Montana) covering monthly issues from January to December 1948. Topics include colonial coverlet weaving as-drawn-in, Scotch tartans with thread-count setts, texture in design, damask table linens, two-harness open-work weaves, leno (cross weaves), overshot techniques, sectional chain warping, metallic wefts, an Angora ascot scarf, and four-harness damask and other pick-up weaves. Many issues include drafts, tie-ups, fabric diagrams, warp-setting tables, Guild forum letters, and a list of available back-issue bulletins.
Shuttle-Craft Bulletin (1949)
Shuttle-Craft Bulletin (1949)
Periodical · 53 pages · weaving drafts
Bound issues of the Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin for 1949 (Volume XXVI), published from Basin, Montana. Topics include colonial all-wool and double-width blankets, a multi-issue treatment of crackle weave theory and table mats, a Peruvian pick-up weave, padded baby blanket and double-woven baby bonnet, Mexican warp-pattern weaves, Summer and Winter aprons, Scottish district checks, and dress fabrics. The issues also carry a directory of Guild members and local weaving guilds, book reviews, a Guild message and price notices, and evaluations of looms and equipment with sources, with many weaving drafts throughout.
Shuttle-Craft Bulletin (1950)
Shuttle-Craft Bulletin (1950)
Periodical · 56 pages · weaving drafts
A bound volume of the 1950 Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin (Vol. XXVII, issues 1-11 and part of 12), published in Virginia City, Montana. Topics include linen weaving with Chromatic Textures on extended twills, Bronson's Domestic Manufacturer's Assistant and its eight-harness drafts, bound weaving, angora yarn, point twill texture weaves, mesh weaves for table linens, weavers' guild organization, pricing and marketing, handwoven Christmas cards, and long-warp projects in Summer and Winter. It also includes reader tips (Threadbender), many drafts and treadling sequences, and notes on good weaving technique.
Twills, Tweeds and All-Wool Fabrics
Twills, Tweeds and All-Wool Fabrics
Monograph · 24 pages · weaving drafts
A 1949 Shuttle-Craft Guild guide by Harriet C. Douglas to weaving woolen and worsted yardages, especially tweeds and twills for clothing. It covers the history of wool and tweed, yarn types and sizes, a glossary of wool textile terms (Glen plaid, Dornik, Shepherd's check, tartans), warp calculation, setting, beaming, weaving, selvages, broken warps and finishing. Six pages of numbered drafts and drawdowns (four- to eight-shaft twills, herringbones, dornicks, modified twills, and multiple-color twills) are followed by a reference list of Shuttle-Craft Bulletins and other sources.
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