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Baby Blankets
Baby Blankets
Veva N. Carr · Weaver, January 1937
Article · 3 pages · weaving drafts
Veva N. Carr describes her experiments weaving baby blankets, a carriage robe and a lap pad in wool, mainly on the Bronson weave and a basket-weave draft from Mary M. Atwater's Shuttle-Craft Book. She gives threadings, tie-ups, treadling sequences, color borders, sett (30 and 15 threads per inch), yarns (Saxony, Miro, Bernat Laurel) and finishing methods such as crochet shell edges and ribbon binding. The scan also includes continuation fragments of other articles in the same issue: a Rosengang treadling and pieces on Loja Saarinen and Scandinavian art weaving.
Bedroom in Right and Left Crackle Weave
Bedroom in Right and Left Crackle Weave
Article · 3 pages · weaving drafts
Veva N. Carr describes weaving a coordinated set of bedroom furnishings in the "Right and Left" crackle weave, based on Mary M. Atwater's 1931 article "The New Crackle Weave." She gives threading counts, sett, yarns and treadling sequences for twin bed spreads, rugs in two color schemes, window curtains, a dresser scarf and towels. Two threading drafts with a tie-up and four illustrations of borders and finished pieces accompany the text.
Chairs 'N Things
Chairs 'N Things
Veva N. Carr · Weaver, January 1938
Article · 2 pages · weaving drafts
A short article from The Weaver in which Vera N. Carr describes furnishing a converted garage studio in Florida with handwoven items. She gives the warp setup (15 ends per inch, 568 threads in black, tangerine, yellow and jute) for draperies woven in a Monk's Belt block draft with four-thread twill stripes, woven as tabby with hand-laid-in figures. She also describes a jute cushion for a wicker chair and a padded box stool. The scan includes a multilingual glossary of weaving terms (English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, German, Dutch) and Monk's Belt tie-up and threading drafts.
Chaise Longue Coverlet
Chaise Longue Coverlet
Veva N. Carr · Weaver, April 1937
Article · 2 pages · weaving drafts
An article from The Weaver (April 1937) by Veva N. Carr of Tavares, Florida, describing a chaise longue coverlet woven as a gift. It uses a small diamond threading in six-thread blocks on a white rayon warp set at 30 ends per inch, with Bernat's Laurel wools in pink, blue, lavender, green and yellow. The text gives the warp count for a 45-inch loom, a full treadling and color sequence for the border, directions for the center blocks, and hem and finishing advice for rayon warps. A photograph of the coverlet and a full-page draft accompany it.
Drifting Shadows
Drifting Shadows
Veva N. Carr · Weaver, July 1937
Article · 5 pages · weaving drafts
Article from The Weaver in which Veva (Vera) N. Carr describes household pieces woven on a long warp using Mrs. Atwater's "Drifting Shadows" draft. A 20/2 cotton warp in greens, lavender and yellow was threaded hit-and-miss at 30 epi. It gives treadling and color instructions for striped door curtains, jute curtains, portieres, a table runner, a couch blanket, sofa pillows, and bags with carved wooden handles. The final page has the tie-up and threading draft.
The Effectiveness of Handwoven Wall Hangings
The Effectiveness of Handwoven Wall Hangings
Veva N. Carr · Weaver, January 1939
Article · 2 pages · weaving drafts
A short article in which Veva N. Carr describes handwoven wall hangings she made, mostly following Mary Meigs Atwater's designs, and argues they make distinctive decor and gifts. She gives warp and weft materials for each piece, with drafts for an eight-harness Summer and Winter 'Botanical Garden', a second Summer and Winter piece, and a Shuttle Craft Recipe for church weaving with a treadling sequence. She also discusses a Finn Weave wall hanging and the use of samplers as wall decoration.
Spring Means New Rugs
Spring Means New Rugs
Veva N. Carr · Weaver, January-February 1941
Article · 2 pages · weaving drafts
A 1941 Weaver article by Veva N. Carr on weaving new floor coverings in spring. It describes a solid-color cotton chenille carpet woven in a herringbone threading on a Perle cotton warp, and a two-block summer and winter rug adapted from a Mary M. Atwater design in yellow-green wool. It gives sett, materials with Bernat yarn colors, treadling, finishing advice, and a threading draft with unit counts for a rug about 40 inches wide.
A Studio Chair
A Studio Chair
Veva N. Carr · Weaver, July 1936
Article · 3 pages · weaving drafts
A short 1936 article in The Weaver in which Veva N. Carr describes upholstery fabric woven for a studio chair, using Mary M. Atwater's crackle-weave Draft No. 112. She gives the warp and weft materials, the threading counts, and the X and Y treadling sequences, and also describes a second version on a fine tussah silk warp. A second section gives stripe-by-stripe weft instructions for a plain-weave knee blanket with occasional pattern-shot stripes, along with finishing notes. Two photographic illustrations and a small draft are included.
Variety on a Long Linen Warp
Variety on a Long Linen Warp
Veva N. Carr · Weaver, October-November 1939
Article · 4 pages · weaving drafts
A 1939 article by Veva N. Carr describing how weaver Elizabeth Burleigh produces varied linen pieces from one long warp. She warps 40/2 linen at 36 ends per inch, about 13½ inches wide, and can resley it into a 30-dent reed for wider pieces with a heavier weft. The article gives drafts for summer and winter and a miniature wheel draft for overshot-type weaving, and mentions crackle weave and colored linen floss ties. Photographs show luncheon sets, towels and a tray set, and hand hemstitching is also discussed.
Why Not Change the Color?
Why Not Change the Color?
Veva N. Carr · Weaver, April 1937
Article · 1 page · weaving drafts
A short 1937 article by Veva N. Carr arguing that traditional Colonial coverlet patterns can be adapted for modern, especially Southern, homes through color changes and scaling. She describes a table cover woven from a miniature Maltese Cross draft, using a multicolored warp of odds and ends, Perle cotton pattern weft and linen tabby. It gives the threading with selvage and border counts, treadling sequences, set (15 ends per inch), length and tied fringe finish.
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