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The A B C of the Coverlet
The A B C of the Coverlet
Roger Millen · Handicrafter, April-May 1929
Article · 4 pages
A 1929 Handicrafter article in which Roger Millen sorts American coverlets into five classes (four-harness overshot, double-woven, reverse twill, summer and winter, and Jacquard) based on examples from New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. He describes the materials, colors, and structural features that distinguish each type, with illustrations of each, and comments on the history of coverlet weaving and on machine-made imitations. The article closes with a short note on the magazine Mountain Life and Work.
Adventures with Fabricspun
Adventures with Fabricspun
Roger Millen · Handicrafter, April 1933
Article · 2 pages
Roger Millen describes his experience weaving suiting fabric from Fabricspun, a domestic wool yarn, building on an earlier article by Howard C. Ford. He explains why he changed from a 30-ends-per-inch warp threaded double in a 15-dent reed to 22 ends per inch threaded single in a 22-dent reed, which gave a balanced basket weave and easier shed changes. He also covers warp knots, warping methods, weaving in the oil versus scoured, laundering and pressing, shrinkage, and weaving twill or herringbone on the same warp.

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