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Kentucky Weaver, Vol. 1 (1948)
Kentucky Weaver, Vol. 1 (1948)
Periodical · 150 pages · weaving drafts
Volume 1 (January-December 1948) of the Kentucky Weaver, a mimeographed monthly issued by the Little Loomhouse for the Kentucky Weavers Guild, which was organized in November 1947. It combines Guild news (meeting announcements and minutes, by-laws, the Fort Knox hobby shop talk, the state fair workshop) with many weaving drafts and instruction pages. The drafts cover overshot patterns (Snowball, Maple Leaf, Whig Rose, Chariot Wheel, Honeysuckle, Eastern Wheels), crackle weave, summer and winter, rosepath and other twills, leno and other laces, oneharness tapestry, and warp-faced bags. Other items include research on early Kentucky coverlets, community and recreational weaving, weaving for schools and Bible schools, dolls, lampshades, and a shoulder bag from India.
Kentucky Weaver, Vol. 2 (1950)
Kentucky Weaver, Vol. 2 (1950)
Periodical · 144 pages · weaving drafts
A bound set of the monthly Kentucky Weaver magazine from the Little Loomhouse (Louisville, Kentucky), covering the 1950 issues (January to December, Volume III, No. 1-12). The issues center on four-harness overshot draftwriting (diamond, double diamond, honeysuckle, snowball, Christmas tree, chariot wheels), with blended drafts for eight harnesses, opposites, dukagang and one-harness tapestry designs, and twills for suitings and tweeds. They also cover leno lace blouses, upholstery and drapery fabrics, tartans, bag patterns, coverlets in opposites and members' news. Many pages are drafts, drawdowns and photographs of woven samples, and the final issue includes an index.
Kentucky Weaver, Vol. 4, No. 1 (1951)
Kentucky Weaver, Vol. 4, No. 1 (1951)
Periodical · 8 pages
January 1951 issue of the Kentucky Weaver, published by Little Loomhouse in Louisville. It gives stepwise instruction in spider lace, including the 6-thread unit, weaving on the same or alternate sheds, and sample warps in linen with metallic wefts. It then shows how one jonquil cartoon by Opal Brinson can be transposed into spider lace, basic lace, leno lace, oneharness, laidin, Dukagang and embroidery tapestry techniques, ending with an all-around border for place mats. The editorial discusses the "woven term paper" for college weaving classes.
Kentucky Weaver, Vol. 4, No. 2 (1951)
Kentucky Weaver, Vol. 4, No. 2 (1951)
Periodical · 16 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of the Kentucky Weaver (February 1951, Vol. IV, No. 2) devoted to Scottish tartans woven on a 4-shaft even twill. It opens with an introduction on tartan history and current uses, with book recommendations, then gives threading drafts and sett notes for the Barclay, Clergy, Elliot, Leslie, Logan/MacLennan, MacAlpine, MacLeod, MacMillan, Macpherson (dress and grey hunting), MacQueen and Wallace tartans. Each page gives basic, typical and scaled-down thread counts, color blocks, sett and yarn suggestions (nylon, wool, mercerized cotton, linen), and notes on afghans, shirting, upholstery, scarves and bags made at the Little Loomhouse. The issue also includes clan history, tips for new young weavers, and a swatch page.
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