A photographic handbook by Ida Grae on direct beaming, a method of warping a loom in which the warp goes straight from the warping reel to the warp beam. It covers warp calculations, making the warp on a reel, spreading in a reed or raddle, changing the cross, beaming, heddling, sleying, tying on to the front apron, and tying new warp to old. Numbered plates (photographs) accompany the step-by-step instructions, with worked arithmetic examples for spreading plans.