A collection of sixteen-harness point twill patterns compiled by Irene K. Wood from the weaving notebooks of Fred A. Pennington of Des Moines, Iowa. It opens with a short history of these damask-like twills and a biographical sketch of Pennington, then explains the common threading and treadling, with differences in design coming entirely from the tie-up. Most of the book consists of photographs of woven swatches (20/2 mercerized cotton, 36 epi) paired with drawdown and tie-up grids. A comparison section adapts selected patterns to twenty, twelve and eight harnesses, and a closing section shows step by step how to design your own diamond, star, circle and square point twills.

A one-page Swatch Page from Minnesota Weaver in which Irene Wood introduces sixteen-harness point twills, also called damask, pattern, or fancy twills. She briefly links their popularity to handweavers turning to complex weaves after the Industrial Revolution and notes their spread across Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland, Scotland, and the American Colonies. It includes a threading draft with border, a tie-up, and a photograph of the woven swatch.