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Lily Weaving Suggestions, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1976)
Lily Weaving Suggestions, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1976)
Periodical · 8 pages
First issue (Fourth Quarter 1976) of a quarterly published by Belding Lily Company, featuring weaving projects by editor Persis Grayson using Lily yarns. It gives instructions for a Sheepscoat hat and shoulder bag woven in tabby on a twill threading, a handspun cotton shirt (Mexican-style huipil) with layout and assembly diagrams, a Sheepscoat pillow on the Lilette frame loom, and a polyester place mat. Projects list yarn article numbers, sett, and dimensions; there are no full weaving drafts.
Lily Weaving Suggestions, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1977)
Lily Weaving Suggestions, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1977)
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
First-quarter 1977 issue of Lily Weaving Suggestions, a Belding Lily Company publication, with two projects. Martha Matthews describes a Ripsmatta (Swedish warp-faced rep) wall hanging in Lily Pearl Cotton and Rug Filler on four harnesses, with color blocks, warp calculations, threading, treadling and yarn quantities. Faithe Nunneley gives directions for a weft-faced rug on a four-harness Summer and Winter threading, with materials, threading, tie-ups, color sequences, weaving notes on floating selvages, and finishing.
Lily Weaving Suggestions, Vol. 2, No. 2 (1977)
Lily Weaving Suggestions, Vol. 2, No. 2 (1977)
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of Lily Weaving Suggestions (Belding Lily Company) devoted to handwoven pillows, with four projects by different weavers. They are a diagonal-fold pillow woven as a single strip on carpet warp, a textured floor pillow built up with mixed yarns, soumak and rya, a three-layer floor pillow in pearl cotton and jute, and a Monk's Belt pillow with color-coordinated warp stripes. Each gives yarn article numbers, sett, warp and weft directions, and sewing and finishing instructions; the Monk's Belt project includes a four-shaft tie-up and treadling for sinking and rising sheds.
Lily Weaving Suggestions, Vol. 2, No. 3 (1977)
Lily Weaving Suggestions, Vol. 2, No. 3 (1977)
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of a Lily (Belding Lily Company) weaving bulletin devoted to woven floor pillows, with project instructions by weavers of the Contemporary Handweavers of Houston. It gives materials lists, threadings, tie-ups, treadlings and finishing directions for a child's floor pillow and a playroom pillow in bound weave on opposites, a two-layer double-section pillow with picked-up Greek-style loops and soumak, and a chenille floor pillow in tabby with skulato loops.
Lily Weaving Suggestions, Vol. 2, No. 4 (1977)
Lily Weaving Suggestions, Vol. 2, No. 4 (1977)
Periodical · 8 pages
Fall 1977 issue of Lily Weaving Suggestions, a Belding Lily Company bulletin devoted to coiled basketry with fiber. It describes figure-of-eight coiling, recommended cords and yarns, and tools, then gives projects: a soft jewelry neckpiece and a circular convex coiled wall hanging by Joan Michaels Paque, and a knot-stitch soft pot (basket) by Ellen Jones using larks head and half-hitch knots over a Fiber Flex core. Includes diagrams of the stitches and pull-out skeins, a short bibliography of basketry books, and a photograph of coiled vessels.
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