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Handwoven Christmas Greetings
Handwoven Christmas Greetings
Virginia Cole · Weaver, July 1942
Article · 2 pages · weaving drafts
A short article by Virginia Cole, a weaving instructor at Perkins Institution, describing how to weave small Christmas trees on a four-shaft twill and basket weave threading and use them on handmade greeting cards. It gives the warp (20/2 cotton, 15-dent reed), treadling for the hems, twill blocks and basket weave stripes, and the reversing twill treadling in nubbly green yarn that makes tree shapes. It also covers cutting and gluing the trees and making the envelope and card from deckle-edged paper. Drafts, a drawdown and layout diagrams are included.
Make the Most of Weaving at Camp
Make the Most of Weaving at Camp
Virginia Cole · Weaver, July-August 1941
Article · 2 pages
Virginia Cole of the Lowell, Mass. Y.W.C.A. gives practical advice for running a weaving program at a summer camp. She covers keeping looms in good working order, having looms warped and threaded before camp opens, using steel beams and ready-wound warp spools, beaming warps well, and winding bobbins for boat shuttles. She suggests projects (plaid scarves, towels and luncheon sets, rugs, bathmats) with yarn types and sett, and proposes a progress checklist chart for campers.

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