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Loomcraft
Periodical · 10 pages · weaving drafts
Five Loomcraft pattern pamphlets (Nos. 1-4 and 6) from the Cathedral Weaving Centre in Canterbury, England. Each gives a four-shaft pattern with sett, yarns, threading draft and lift sequences with pedal numbers and repeat counts. The patterns are the Windsor Braid, Golden Cross and St Andrews Braid (narrow braids for ecclesiastical work and book markers), a block-design cushion cover and Petals linen guest towels.
Loomcraft Chart
Loomcraft Chart
Periodical · 1 page
A one-page grid chart tracking which issues of the periodical Loomcraft have been completed, probably as part of the archive's scanning or indexing work. Rows run by year from 1956 to 1998 and columns by month, with cells giving volume/issue numbers (volumes 1 through 9). Cyan marks completed issues and black marks completed volumes, and the rows from 1978 on are empty. A legend is dated 7 June 2006.
Loomcraft, Vol. 1 (1956-1958)
Loomcraft, Vol. 1 (1956-1958)
Loomcraft, 1956-1958
Periodical · 161 pages · weaving drafts
Volume 1 (April 1956 to February 1959) of Loom Craft (later Loomcraft), a quarterly British handweaving magazine published by the Cathedral Weaving Centre in Canterbury and edited by Margaret A. Norris and later Margaret Harris. Issues mix practical projects (towels, stoles, bath mats, curtains, rush mats, tweeds, Swedish lace, texture weaves) with threading drafts and heddle-lifting sequences for four-shaft pedal looms. They also carry a beginners' series on rigid-heddle weaving, yarn count explanations, advice on selling woven goods, book reviews, reader letters, summer school notices, and classified ads and yarn price lists.
Loomcraft, Vol. 2 (1959-1961)
Loomcraft, Vol. 2 (1959-1961)
Loomcraft, 1959-1961
Periodical · 161 pages · weaving drafts
Volume 2 of Loomcraft, a quarterly British handweaving magazine published by Margaret and Ulric Norris at the Cathedral Weaving Centre, Canterbury, running from May 1959 to January 1962 (Numbers 1-12). Each issue has an editorial, projects with four-shaft pedal-loom threading and treadling instructions (overshot patterns such as Rhapsody, Periwinkle, Orange Peel and Squares and Diamonds, plus honeycomb, Swedish lace, Rosepath, M's and O's and Dukagang laid-in weaving), articles on rugs, chenille, mats, curtains, stoles and upholstery fabrics, yarn special offers, equipment news, reader letters, summer school notices, and Sales and Wants listings. It also reports on the first Loomcraft Competition and includes advertising for the Palace and Chiltern looms.
Loomcraft, Vol. 3 (1962-1965)
Loomcraft, Vol. 3 (1962-1965)
Loomcraft, 1962-1965
Periodical · 161 pages · weaving drafts
Bound volume of Loomcraft, a British handweaving quarterly published in Canterbury, Kent, covering Volume 3 from April 1962 to Winter 1965 (Numbers 1-12). Each issue has an editorial, project instructions with threading drafts, weaving lifts and pedal tie-ups for 2- and 4-shaft looms, and sample-bearing tweed articles. Projects include place mats, aprons, tray cloths, bath mats, cushion covers, scarves, head squares, evening bags and dresses, in crackle, overshot, huck, summer and winter, rosepath, bound weave and plain weave. Issues also carry yarn special offers, tuition notices, book notes, reader letters, and Sales and Wants listings.
Loomcraft, Vol. 4 (1965-1968)
Loomcraft, Vol. 4 (1965-1968)
Loomcraft, 1965-1968
Periodical · 128 pages · weaving drafts
Volume 4 of Loomcraft, a quarterly handweaving magazine produced by Margaret Norris at Sutton Valence, Kent, covering issues from 1965 to early 1968 (numbers 1-7 and 12 of the volume). Each issue has an editor's letter, project articles with threading drafts, weaving lifts, yarn quantities and settings, plus equipment and yarn price news. Projects include tweeds, table mats, cushion covers, rugs with Ghiordes knots, scarves and stoles, towels, aprons, bags, an altar frontal and bookmarkers. Weave structures covered include overshot, rosepath, shadow weave, crackle, huck, lace weave, monk's belt, Brooks' bouquet and canvas weave. The magazine also has notes on looms and shuttles, a book review for Christmas, and a note on the Woodstock Weavers guild in New Brunswick.
Loomcraft, Vol. 5 (1968-1971)
Loomcraft, Vol. 5 (1968-1971)
Loomcraft, 1968-1971
Periodical · 160 pages · weaving drafts
Volume 5 of Loomcraft, a quarterly handweaving magazine compiled by Olive M. Scarfe in Guernsey, bound here as twelve issues from Spring 1968 to Winter 1971. Each issue gives project instructions for four-shaft looms using mercerised cotton, wool and gimp yarns, with threading drafts, shaft and pedal lift tables, yardage and amounts, and making-up directions. Projects include cravats, toilet bags, aprons, place mats, napkins, towels, ponchos, skirts, stoles, cushion covers and bookmarkers. Weave structures include overshot, Rosepath, Huck, Log Cabin, Monk's Belt, double weave and Linen Weave. The issues also carry editorial letters, yarn and reed news with prices, reader contributions and hints such as home-made spools.
Loomcraft, Vol. 6 (1971-1974)
Loomcraft, Vol. 6 (1971-1974)
Loomcraft, 1971-1974
Periodical · 128 pages · weaving drafts
Eight issues of Loomcraft, a quarterly handweaving newsletter compiled by Olive M. Scarfe in Guernsey, covering Volume 6 from about April 1971 to Winter 1974. Each issue has an editorial letter, projects with threading drafts and shaft-lift/pedal tables, woven fabric samples, and notes on yarn supplies, prices and postage. Projects include Mexican lace open-weave bags, overshot and summer and winter patterns, huck weave, double weave place mats, tablet weaving, tweeds, guest towels with laid-in work, and small items such as bags, cushion covers, ties and a trakeep. The last issue has an article on the Worstead Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers.
Loomcraft, Vol. 7 (1974-1975)
Loomcraft, Vol. 7 (1974-1975)
Loomcraft, 1974-1975
Periodical · 112 pages · weaving drafts
Volume 7 of Loomcraft, a quarterly handweaving magazine compiled in Guernsey, bound here as seven issues from 1974 to autumn 1975. Each issue opens with the editor's chatty letter, then gives small project instructions with threading drafts, shaft-lift (pedal) tables and analyses of threads, followed by comments, yarn news and price lists. Projects include guest towels, aprons, a Shetland scarf, a chenille skirt, napkin rings, a Colonial overshot panel, tweed, cushion covers, chair back covers, a poncho, a bath mat, pincushions and knee rugs. There are also double weave tubes, lace weave (trully) cloths, a yarn sett formula, and hints from readers. Most projects are four-shaft and use cotton, with some wool, rayon and gimp.
Loomcraft, Vol. 8 (1976)
Loomcraft, Vol. 8 (1976)
Loomcraft, 1976
Periodical · 30 pages · weaving drafts
Three quarterly issues (January, April and July) of Loomcraft, a British handweaving magazine, from Volume 8 (1976), the first produced by Campden Weavers of Chipping Campden after Miss Scarfe gave up editing it. Each issue has an editorial, project articles by Evelyn Green with threading drafts, lifts and yarn quantities (scarf, tweed jacket and skirt lengths, saddlebags, cushion cover, summer skirt, mohair wrap, dishcloths, upholstery fabric, table runner, shoulder bags), plus face towels by Olive Scarfe. Also included are yarn and equipment lists, book notes, a band-weaving feature, readers' letters, and classified ads.
Loomcraft, Vol. 9 (1977)
Loomcraft, Vol. 9 (1977)
Loomcraft, 1977
Periodical · 36 pages · weaving drafts
Issues 1-3 (January, April, July 1977) of Loomcraft, the quarterly newsletter of Campden Weavers in Chipping Campden, England. It contains small weaving projects with threadings and shaft lifts (a canvas weave scarf, striped bedspread and curtain fabrics, an evening skirt, a stole, boucle and hopsack sample pieces), plus articles on spinning wheel maintenance, pricing handweaving, choosing a loom, the history of the lucet, selvedges and borders, book reviews, readers' letters, guild news and yarn and stock lists. Lervad loom Nos. 13, 9 and 7 are described, including their tie-up systems.
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