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Looming Arts, Vol. 11, No. 5
Looming Arts, Vol. 11, No. 5
Looming Arts, c. 1982
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of Mary Pendleton's newsletter The Looming Arts (Sedona, Arizona) with weaving projects and instruction. It includes a twill-threaded stole sample combining Dante novelty yarn with smooth yarn woven as tabby, a woven candle motif for handwoven Christmas cards on linen, and a striped diamond-pattern design on multiple harnesses with its design steps. The ongoing "Learning How to Weave" series continues with Step 22, sleying the reed, covering reed specifications, cutting reeds, and sleying with a reed hook, illustrated with photos. Also has editor's notes on a sale of Craft Horizons magazines, yarn sources, weaving tips, corrections to the previous issue, subscription information, and advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 12, No. 1
Looming Arts, Vol. 12, No. 1
Looming Arts, c. 1982
Periodical · 7 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of Mary Pendleton's newsletter The Looming Arts (Vol. 12, No. 1, 1982) from Sedona, Arizona. It includes a column on what to wear while weaving, a tip for freeing novelty-yarn nubs caught in heddle eyes, a reversible mat/rug threading with drafts, instructions for triangular weaving, and steps 23-24 of a beginner weaving series on fastening lockhooks and tying warp ends to the apron stick. It closes with a shadow weave sample using unusual yarns, with draft and Powell-style threading, plus ads for Pendleton Shop books, looms, and the fabric craft school.
Looming Arts, Vol. 13, No. 1 (January-February 1984)
Looming Arts, Vol. 13, No. 1 (January-February 1984)
Looming Arts, January-February 1984
Periodical · 7 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of The Looming Arts, a handweaving newsletter edited by Mary Pendleton of Sedona, Arizona. It includes an editorial on visualizing uses for yarn, a tip on correcting skips by splicing, a four-harness lightweight clothing fabric in Swedish rosepath with Merino wool, and installments 36 and 37 of the 'Learning How to Weave' series on unweaving and correcting errors. It also has a scarf-knitting article, and a guest article by Inga Krook with a draft for an eight-harness Swedish dräll (Åseda drall) plaid, plus yarn and book notices and advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 13, No. 5 (1986)
Looming Arts, Vol. 13, No. 5 (1986)
Periodical · 7 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of The Looming Arts, a handweaving newsletter by Mary Pendleton of The Pendleton Shop in Sedona, Arizona. It includes an editorial column, a tip on tying extra heddles on harness frames, a reversible stole fabric with tie-up and threading draft, a 'Learning How to Weave' step on equipment worth buying, a Fiesta apron in four-harness plain weave with striped warp, and a 10-shaft baby blanket woven with knitting yarn weft. The issue also carries shop advertisements, including Pendleton's book on Navajo and Hopi weaving techniques, and subscription information.
Looming Arts, Vol. 14, No. 1
Looming Arts, Vol. 14, No. 1
Looming Arts, c. 1986
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of The Looming Arts, Mary Pendleton's handweaving newsletter from Sedona, Arizona. It includes an editorial on teaching Navajo weaving, an article on uneven sleying of the reed for place mats, drafts and directions for a tabby casement curtain fabric and a huck lace cafe curtain fabric, and the final installment of the 'Learning How To Weave' series (loom care, warping additions, left-handed paddle warping). It also covers using a stretcher (temple) to control draw-in, with photos, plus book recommendations on craft business and rigid heddle weaving and shop advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 15, No. 1 (c. 1985)
Looming Arts, Vol. 15, No. 1 (c. 1985)
Looming Arts, c. 1985
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of The Looming Arts, a newsletter edited by Mary Pendleton of Sedona, Arizona. It includes an overshot-threading lace weave project (Rose Valley, with 1000 Flowers to follow), tips on touch treadling, a faster way to correct uneven Navajo heddles, and instructions for sewing handwoven pot holders and hot pads. It also gives two cut-weft bath mat projects, one on 4 shafts and one on 8 shafts with drafts, plus shop ads for books, Navajo weaving supplies and workshops.
Looming Arts, Vol. 15, No. 3 (1990)
Looming Arts, Vol. 15, No. 3 (1990)
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of The Looming Arts, Mary Pendleton's handweaving newsletter, with a column on staying devoted to weaving and a series of short practical tips: spacing out the tie-up, dusting the loom, using shoestrings for ties, and rewinding surplus warp ends. The 4-harness project, 'Rope Images', is a twill stripe fabric in whites and off-whites with threading, jack-type tie-up and weaving directions. The multi-harness project is a Bergman variation of Summer and Winter on 8 shafts, with threading, tie-up and treadling directions. The issue also has notes on combining woven and knitted garments, the author's initialed dress, and ads for yarns, books, Navajo weaving supplies and classes.
Looming Arts, Vol. 16, No. 3 (c. 1995)
Looming Arts, Vol. 16, No. 3 (c. 1995)
Looming Arts, c. 1995
Periodical · 10 pages · weaving drafts
The final subscription issue of Mary Pendleton's weaving newsletter The Looming Arts (Vol. 16, No. 3), which includes a closing letter to subscribers dated January 1995. It contains an editorial on dating yarns, tips on checking threading and sleying, a warp-faced twill suit or coat fabric with tripled warps and novelty yarn (draft, tie-ups, treadling), and a method for weaving an 8-harness blanket fabric on a loom with too few treadles by lifting harnesses with cord loops. Also included are a hint on splicing weft, a yarn selection note, book and back-issue notices, a price list of weaving tools and equipment, and the editor's letter announcing the end of regular publication.
Looming Arts, Vol. 2, No. 2 (March-April 1967)
Looming Arts, Vol. 2, No. 2 (March-April 1967)
Looming Arts, March-April 1967
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of a small handweaving magazine published by Mary Pendleton in Sedona, Arizona. It gives a draft and directions for a honeycomb coat fabric using Nordic Homespun wool and mohair loop, and a sleeveless wool jacket with side fringe woven on eight treadles. Other items include an editor's reply explaining direct tie-ups for four-harness looms, a piece on figuring yards per pound for cotton, linen, worsted and novelty yarns, a humorous account of weaving in a household with pets, studio news, yarn offerings and equipment advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 2, No. 2 (May-June 1967)
Looming Arts, Vol. 2, No. 2 (May-June 1967)
Looming Arts, May-June 1967
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of a small handweaving newsletter published in Sedona, Arizona by Mary Pendleton. The main project is a lace-weave linen place mat woven on four harnesses with Knox Mercerized Linen 20/2, with threading, tie-up, warp color order, treadling and beating directions, plus a knitted lace linen place mat pattern using the same yarn. Other items include a 'Sticky Problem' column on instructing a helper when warping, a tip on weaving with linen, a calendar of weaving events, book recommendations on Navajo and Southwestern Indian arts, yarn and loom listings, a poem, a recipe, and local news.
Looming Arts, Vol. 2, No. 4 (July-August 1967)
Looming Arts, Vol. 2, No. 4 (July-August 1967)
Looming Arts, July-August 1967
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of The Looming Arts, a small bimonthly handweaving newsletter published by Mary Pendleton of The Pendleton Shop in Sedona, Arizona. It includes a drapery fabric project in rayon on a Monk's Belt-type four-shaft threading with threading draft, tie-up, and three alternate weft treadlings. Other items cover a straight-line handwoven dress and stole with crocheted yoke and edging instructions, a reader letter from South Africa describing a warping method with weights, tips on winding bobbins and flat stick shuttles, notes on spinning and natural dyeing, an essay on creativity in crafts by Maud R. Hardman, yarn offerings, summer class plans, and local advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 2, No. 6 (November-December 1967)
Looming Arts, Vol. 2, No. 6 (November-December 1967)
Looming Arts, November-December 1967
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of a bi-monthly handweaving newsletter published by Mary Pendleton of The Pendleton Shop in Sedona, Arizona. It gives a four-harness draft and weaving directions for a suiting or coat fabric with pink mohair loop weft, follow-up notes on shrinkage of the previous issue's blanket sample, and a handwoven dress with a handknit collar, with full knitting directions. Other items include a reed-cleaning tip, a school yarn-collage project by a third-grade teacher, a spinning and fleece-washing letter, book reviews, yarn offerings and shop advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 3, No. 1 (January-February 1968)
Looming Arts, Vol. 3, No. 1 (January-February 1968)
Looming Arts, January-February 1968
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of a small American handweaving magazine published by Mary Pendleton from her studio in Sedona, Arizona. It includes an editorial, reader letters, a place mat project in heavy linen with threading, sleying and treadling directions, and features on weaving students and teachers at Dixie College in St. George, Utah. Shorter items cover handling two different finished widths from one warp, spinning and natural dye notes from readers, a book note on Step-by-Step Weaving, and studio news. The last page carries advertisements for yarns, weaving supplies and a summer craft school.
Looming Arts, Vol. 3, No. 2 (March-April 1968)
Looming Arts, Vol. 3, No. 2 (March-April 1968)
Looming Arts, March-April 1968
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of a small handweaving newsletter published by Mary Pendleton in Sedona, Arizona. It includes an editorial on the value of weaving conferences, a report on the Southern California Handweavers' Conference, a waffle weave sample with threading, tie-up and treadling variations, and a netting and shadow weave linen dress project by Michael Concannon. Other items cover loom care, a guild workshop in Sun City, a wall hanging woven with mementos, vegetal dye fastness, and instructors for the Pendleton Fabric Craft School. Advertisements for yarns, record sheets and local businesses fill the last page.
Looming Arts, Vol. 3, No. 3 (May-June 1968)
Looming Arts, Vol. 3, No. 3 (May-June 1968)
Looming Arts, May-June 1968
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of The Looming Arts, a bimonthly handweaving newsletter published by Mary Pendleton in Sedona, Arizona. It gives two weaving projects with drafts: a four-harness party coat fabric with metallic and decorative weft on a rayon and Willamette wool warp, and a six-harness (eight-shaft draft) coat fabric of warp and weft floats woven with wool boucle. Other items include a knitted popcorn boot pattern, an article on bobbin lace by Clista Wuerthner, a piece on finishing handwoven fabrics, a book notice on Tadek Beutlich's woven tapestry handbook, yarn offerings, studio news and advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 3, No. 4 (July-August 1968)
Looming Arts, Vol. 3, No. 4 (July-August 1968)
Looming Arts, July-August 1968
Periodical · 10 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of The Looming Arts, a bimonthly handweaving magazine published by Mary Pendleton in Sedona, Arizona. It includes a 4-harness ribbon and wool fabric project with threading draft and tie-up, an 8-harness rigid weft project weaving a turtle design with matchstick, tips on using leftover quill yarns for a Rosepath skirt and stole, and advice on setting warp with a ruler and choosing reeds. Other features are Richard Landis's essay on weaving and finishing linen, a report on the 1968 Fabric Craft School, notes on natural dyeing and spinning, a poem, and advertisements for yarns and looms.
Looming Arts, Vol. 3, No. 5 (September-October 1968)
Looming Arts, Vol. 3, No. 5 (September-October 1968)
Looming Arts, September-October 1968
Periodical · 11 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of the Looming Arts, a bimonthly newsletter from Mary Pendleton's shop in Sedona, Arizona. It includes two fabric projects with drafts and tie-ups: a jacket or coat fabric using a plain twill threading woven weft-faced and warp-faced with tabby, and a black drapery fabric with ten different linen warp yarns sleyed unevenly. Other items include a reader's prize-winning 8-harness twill jacket in handspun Navajo wool, a notice for the 1969 Handweavers International Festival in Las Vegas, an essay comparing weaving and music, a note on slip knots and splicing warp yarn, a bobbin lace workshop announcement, book notes, and advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 3, No. 6 (November-December 1968)
Looming Arts, Vol. 3, No. 6 (November-December 1968)
Looming Arts, November-December 1968
Periodical · 10 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of a small handweaving newsletter published by Mary Pendleton's studio in Sedona, Arizona. It gives directions for a bead leno gauze fabric on four harnesses, an eight-harness open casement fabric called "Mostly Day" with threading, tie-up and treadling instructions, and a knitting pattern for reversible "Mittens for Lovers". Other items include Katy Lee Hadley's account of weaving a rya rug from a Paul Klee design, a tip on avoiding broken selvedge threads, studio news, a 1969 summer school announcement, a poem, yarn sale offers and advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 4, No. 1 (January-February 1969)
Looming Arts, Vol. 4, No. 1 (January-February 1969)
Looming Arts, January-February 1969
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
January/February 1969 issue of The Looming Arts, a bi-monthly handweaving newsletter published by Mary Pendleton in Sedona, Arizona. It includes drafts and directions for a wool baby blanket/afghan fabric, never-iron place mats woven with sausage casing weft, and a six-harness Swedish ripsmatta for rugs, mats and upholstery. Other items cover bead leno hints, a tip on releasing the warp beam without leaving the loom, a Mormon tea (ephedra) dye recipe, a guest column by Christy Oddous, a poem, studio news, a calendar of 1969 conferences, and details of the 1969 Pendleton Fabric Craft School, plus ads.
Looming Arts, Vol. 4, No. 2 (March-April 1969)
Looming Arts, Vol. 4, No. 2 (March-April 1969)
Looming Arts, March-April 1969
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
March/April 1969 issue of The Looming Arts, a bi-monthly handweaving magazine published by Mary Pendleton in Sedona, Arizona. It features a 4-harness project for a 2-and-2 hopsack upholstery fabric with threading, tie-up, sleying and weaving directions, and an 8-harness multi-harness design for a wool and silk coat or afghan fabric with diamond and ribbon treadlings. The issue also includes the editor's column on weaving on leftover warp ends, a tip on using the reed hook with textured yarns, news of Tapestries West, yarn notices, studio news, and details of the 1969 Pendleton Fabric Craft School.
Looming Arts, Vol. 4, No. 4 (July-August 1969)
Looming Arts, Vol. 4, No. 4 (July-August 1969)
Looming Arts, July-August 1969
Periodical · 10 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of a small handweaving magazine published by Mary Pendleton in Sedona, Arizona. It includes a four-harness brush-effect fabric draft with warp and weaving directions, the first part of a Navajo weaving series (building a warping frame and winding warp), and a triangular wall hanging in which cut warp ends serve as weft. It also has a report on the 1969 Fabric Craft School, a tip on un-weaving, readers' letters on the weaver's knot, and an eight-harness drapery fabric draft woven for the Sedona Library. Advertisements for yarns, looms and local businesses fill the back pages.
Looming Arts, Vol. 4, No. 5 (September-October 1969)
Looming Arts, Vol. 4, No. 5 (September-October 1969)
Looming Arts, September-October 1969
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of The Looming Arts, a bimonthly handweaving magazine published by Mary Pendleton of Sedona, Arizona. It includes two projects with threading drafts and tie-ups: a four-harness textured place mat in Swistraw and rug yarn, and a reversible eight-harness chenille fun fur fabric woven like overshot with tabby. Other features are Part 2 of a Navajo weaving series on twining and securing the warp, a column on handling sticky warps, an account of the Northwest Weavers Conference in Seattle, a piece on weaving instruction at Dixie Junior College, news of the new Handweavers Guild of America, and advertisements for looms, yarns and supplies.
Looming Arts, Vol. 4, No. 6 (November-December 1969)
Looming Arts, Vol. 4, No. 6 (November-December 1969)
Looming Arts, November-December 1969
Periodical · 10 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of a small handweaving newsletter edited by Mary Pendleton of Sedona, Arizona. It includes a draft and directions for a tripled three-thread herringbone drapery fabric, an 8-harness rosepath project for weaving hearts and flowers, and part 3 of a series on setting up a Navajo rug loom, mounting the warp on dowels and attaching it to the frame. Other items cover pin weaving a collar, a guest article on weaving in occupational therapy, tips for tying fringe knots, and a report on the 1969 Handweavers International Festival in Las Vegas. Also included are studio news, a student project week, a calendar and advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 5, No. 1 (January-February 1970)
Looming Arts, Vol. 5, No. 1 (January-February 1970)
Looming Arts, January-February 1970
Periodical · 10 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of a handweaving magazine published by Mary Pendleton in Sedona, Arizona. It includes a custom upholstery fabric with a 4-shaft tabby draft and yarn specifications, a description of a Mexican rya-trimmed cotton drapery, Part 4 of a Navajo weaving series (making heddles and sheds on a Navajo frame loom), and a draft for an 8-shaft wool fabric for sport jackets or coats. Other items are an account by Garnette Johnson of founding the Handweavers Guild of America, an announcement of the 1970 Pendleton Fabric Craft School, reader letters, a poem, and advertisements for looms and yarns.
Looming Arts, Vol. 5, No. 2 (March-April 1970)
Looming Arts, Vol. 5, No. 2 (March-April 1970)
Looming Arts, March-April 1970
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of Looming Arts, a bimonthly published by Mary Pendleton of Sedona, Arizona. It includes a casement fabric draft using rayon flake and Pearl cotton woven wrong side up, a six-harness yellow draperies draft with a paddle-warped mixed warp, and beginner hot pad and pot holder projects. Part 5 of a Navajo weaving series covers splitting warp pairs, selvage handling, beating with a comb and filling in low areas. It also has conference reports (Southern and Northern California Handweavers), a note on hand versus machine finishing of place mats, a guest column by the printer, letters, a schedule for the 1970 Fabric Craft School, and advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 5, No. 3 (May-June 1970)
Looming Arts, Vol. 5, No. 3 (May-June 1970)
Looming Arts, May-June 1970
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of The Looming Arts, a bi-monthly handweaving magazine published by Mary Pendleton in Sedona, Arizona. It includes two drapery fabric projects with threading drafts, tie-ups and treadling (a three-treadle warp-float fabric and an eight-harness overshot-type bordered/striped fabric), a knitted children's poncho pattern, and Part 6 of a Navajo weaving series on weaving design blocks with turn warp ends. Also contains a tip on strengthening broken edge threads, a report on rug reproduction at Hubbell Trading Post, conference reports (Texas, Midwest), reader letters, studio news, a book note, a poem, and advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 5, No. 4 (July-August 1970)
Looming Arts, Vol. 5, No. 4 (July-August 1970)
Looming Arts, July-August 1970
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of The Looming Arts (Vol. 5 No. 4, July/August 1970), edited by Mary Pendleton of Sedona, Arizona. It reports on the World Craft Council meeting in Dublin and a tour of Ireland, and includes two fabric projects inspired by Irish textiles: a sticky-warp tabby suiting fabric (4-shaft) and a heavy 10-shaft coat fabric using boucle and loop yarns. It also has handwoven cocktail napkins with pickup on a twill threading, Part 7 of the Navajo weaving series (advancing color blocks, turn warp ends, selvages), a guest article by a 10-year-old student, summer school news, and advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 5, No. 5 (September-October 1970)
Looming Arts, Vol. 5, No. 5 (September-October 1970)
Looming Arts, September-October 1970
Periodical · 10 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of The Looming Arts, Mary Pendleton's bi-monthly handweaving newsletter from Sedona, Arizona. It includes a 4-harness honeycomb pillow fabric with threading, tie-up and weaving directions, Part 8 of the Navajo weaving series on weaving diagonal lines and diamonds, and an 8-shaft wool draper fabric from Ireland with draft. Shorter items cover bell pull wall hangings, a stitchery article on Sedona, a note on bear grass, a rope-making gadget, studio news, reader letters and shop advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 5, No. 6 (November-December 1970)
Looming Arts, Vol. 5, No. 6 (November-December 1970)
Looming Arts, November-December 1970
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
November/December 1970 issue of The Looming Arts, edited by Mary Pendleton of Sedona, Arizona. It includes a weaving sample on a simple twill threading with sextupled warp ends (4 shafts, with draft), a cut-warp brush fabric on 8 harnesses (with draft), and Part 9 of a Navajo weaving series on correcting draw-in, selvage and spacing problems. It also has a knitted Irish lobster claw potholder pattern, a holiday skirt woven from Christmas ribbons, a humorous account of weaving and spinning in a leg cast, a note on winding mixed-fiber warps, reader letters, school announcements and advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 6, No. 2 (March-April 1971)
Looming Arts, Vol. 6, No. 2 (March-April 1971)
Looming Arts, March-April 1971
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of Mary Pendleton's bi-monthly handweaving newsletter from Sedona, Arizona. It includes a four-harness striped wool fabric (Potsy Stripes) with threading, tie-up and treadling, and an eight-harness striped fabric for totes or coats using pearl cotton, fine cotton and wool. Part 11 of the Navajo weaving series explains how to critique a finished rug for width, tension, edges, floats and design balance. Other items: an editor's note on re-doing an eight-harness tie-up, a reader letter, studio news, a spool rack tip, a knitted dunebuggy hat pattern, yarn ordering information and advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 6, No. 3 (May-June 1971)
Looming Arts, Vol. 6, No. 3 (May-June 1971)
Looming Arts, May-June 1971
Periodical · 7 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of Mary Pendleton's Looming Arts newsletter from Sedona, Arizona, covering studio news and her May 1971 workshops and lecture for the Handweavers Guild of Connecticut. It gives projects with drafts: a four-harness wool pick-up fabric (Shades of Green), an eight-harness double-weave knitting needle case, and an eight-harness gauze fabric. Other items include an article on beating technique, Part 12 of the Navajo weaving series on interlocking versus single-warp joins, a yarn offering, and advertisements.
Looming Arts, Vol. 6, No. 4 (July-August 1971)
Looming Arts, Vol. 6, No. 4 (July-August 1971)
Looming Arts, July-August 1971
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
July/August 1971 issue of The Looming Arts, a bimonthly handweaving newsletter edited by Mary Pendleton of Sedona, Arizona. It gives drafts and directions for a four-harness chenille warp-float stripe/plaid drapery fabric, a two-harness weft-float honeycomb, and an eight-harness 'Un-Damask' damask-threaded sample in heavy textured yarns. It also has a tip for improvising a second warp beam with a weighted beaming stick, a report on the 1971 Pendleton Fabric Craft School (Navajo and Hopi weaving classes), the 1972 school schedule and application form, conference dates, and advertisements for looms, yarns and supplies.
Looming Arts, Vol. 6, No. 5 (September-October 1971)
Looming Arts, Vol. 6, No. 5 (September-October 1971)
Looming Arts, September-October 1971
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of Mary Pendleton's handweaving newsletter from Sedona, Arizona, September/October 1971. It opens with the editor's note on the sudden death of her mother and sister, followed by reader letters on natural dyeing, a Navajo weaver poem, and studio news. Projects include a 6-treadle wool sample "A Bouquet for Mother" with threading and treadling, a "Sticky Problem" column on slipping chenille wefts, two-harness wrapping and "Happy Daze" circular weft techniques, and an 8-shaft chenille and black cotton fabric inspired by the hymn The Lost Chord, with full draft and weaving directions. The issue also carries yarn offerings and advertisements for Pendleton looms and local businesses.
Looming Arts, Vol. 6, No. 6 (November-December 1971)
Looming Arts, Vol. 6, No. 6 (November-December 1971)
Looming Arts, November-December 1971
Periodical · 7 pages · weaving drafts
November/December 1971 issue (Vol. 6 No. 6) of The Looming Arts, a bimonthly weaving magazine published by Mary Pendleton in Sedona, Arizona. It contains two multi-harness weaving projects with threading drafts, tie-ups and treadling directions: a four-shaft upholstery chair cover fabric and a ten-shaft honeycomb cross for church paraments. Other items include a Navajo-type handbag woven on a Navajo loom with rope-machine braid trim, a knitted owl Christmas ornament pattern, a new wool yarn (Umatilla), needlepoint workshop news, studio notes, reader letters, and advertisements for looms, yarns and supplies.
Looming Arts, Vol. 7, No. 1 (January-February 1972)
Looming Arts, Vol. 7, No. 1 (January-February 1972)
Looming Arts, January-February 1972
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of The Looming Arts, a bimonthly handweaving newsletter published by Mary Pendleton of Sedona, Arizona. It opens with a suggestion to use Christmas card colors as a guide to choosing yarn colors, followed by reader letters, studio news, and short reviews of craft booklets (Indian crafts, drop spindle spinning, natural dyeing, ojos de Dios). The projects are a fine-yarn check fabric in 2/20 wool (36 ends per inch, doubled threads, 16-shaft threading draft with tie-up and treadling), a knitted hat-scarf pattern, and a nine-shaft fabric inspired by Ghanaian Kente cloth that combines a twill-type stripe with a plain-weave stripe. A Sticky Problem column explains how to use a double warp beam to handle uneven take-up. The issue also carries a yarn sample offer (plied spun rayon) and advertisements for Pendleton looms and local businesses.
Looming Arts, Vol. 7, No. 2 (March-April 1972)
Looming Arts, Vol. 7, No. 2 (March-April 1972)
Looming Arts, March-April 1972
Periodical · 4 pages · weaving drafts
Partial photocopy of a 1972 issue of Looming Arts, published by Mary Pendleton in Sedona, Arizona. It includes a note on two ways of 'bubbling' weft, a three-harness weft-faced fabric from a Mary Atwater sample with counterbalanced and jack tie-ups and treadling directions in three colors, and the first of five articles explaining double weaving on four shafts with tie-up diagrams. It also gives seven two-color treadling variations for the three-harness weave, yarn prices and subscription information.
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