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The Domestic Manufacturer's Assistant and Family Directory in the Arts of Weaving and Dyeing
The Domestic Manufacturer's Assistant and Family Directory in the Arts of Weaving and Dyeing
Book · 217 pages · weaving drafts
A 1949 Charles T. Branford Co. reprint of the 1817 Utica handbook by J. & R. Bronson on domestic weaving and dyeing of cotton and woollen goods. It covers looms and utensils, yarn tables and calculations for plaids, checks and shirting, and the preparation of yarn (sizing, warping, beaming, drawing in), followed by about 30+ numbered weaving drafts with cording and treading directions for ticking, bird's eye, diaper, dimity, coverlets, carpet and broad cloth. The second half gives numbered dye recipes for cotton, linen and wool (blue, green, yellow, black, drab, crimson and others), notes on dyestuffs, and miscellaneous household receipts.
The Technique of Teneriffe Lace
The Technique of Teneriffe Lace
Book · 149 pages
A 1980 instruction book on Teneriffe lace, a needle-made lace of radiating web threads stretched over a wheel of pins and embroidered into medallions. It traces the history from drawn thread work to Paraguayan ñanduti and Mexican and Tenerife examples, then covers tools, a first simple medallion, stitches, edgings, plans, new shapes and webs, modern developments (daisy winder, multi-needle, flower loom), applications, and alternative wheels. Many diagrams and photographs, wheel plans in an appendix, a supplier list and bibliography are included.

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