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Gauze Weaving without Harnesses
Gauze Weaving without Harnesses
Josephine Marie Ryan · Weaver, October-November 1939
Article · 2 pages
A short article by Josephine Marie Ryan explaining how to weave gauze (leno) on a simple non-harness table loom, using a rigid heddle or screen for spacing and a shed stick with fingers or a crochet hook to twist warp pairs. It gives directions for a rainbow-striped scarf (A), a wider-spaced scarf (B) and a sampler (C) combining tabby and leno sections with Snowflake and Boucle yarns. It also mentions alternating stripes of tabby and leno. Two pages of photographs show the loom setup and the finished pieces.
Table Mats for Busy Housewives
Table Mats for Busy Housewives
Josephine Marie Ryan · Weaver, October-November 1940
Article · 2 pages
An article by Josephine Marie Ryan giving instructions for three quickly woven linen table mats suited to a two-harness loom or a rigid heddle. Mat 1 uses a warp-stripe threading with Bernat linen floss and linen special, Mat 2 is a plain tabby mat in spring colors on fine white linen warp, and Mat 3 is a leno open-work mat using the same warp as Mat 1. The text gives warp counts, reed size, colors, weft sequences, finishing, and a pick-up-stick method (with a heddle-loop alternative) for making leno twists. Three photographs show the finished mats.

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