First issue (October 1954) of Modern Weaver, a bulletin for handweavers published in Quebec by Nilus Leclerc Inc. with S.A. Zielinski as technical editor. It includes an article on handling single linen through warping, beaming, threading, loom adjustment and weaving faults, and an article on locked (clasped) wefts for free-form color patterns. It also has a section of the revised Encyclopedia of Hand-Weaving with terminology notes, glossary entries and a start on fabric analysis, plus a spot-weave draft for linen-room fabric. A shed regulator article for counterbalanced looms, a question box, and advertising for Leclerc supplies and Z-Handicrafts weaving lessons round out the issue.

Issue no. 2 (October 1954) of Modern Weaver, a Canadian bulletin for handweavers published by Nilus Leclerc Inc. of L'Isletville, Quebec, with S.A. Zielinski as technical editor. It includes articles on achieving good selvedges (bobbin winding, warp tension, beating) and on the swivel weave, plus the start of a series on drafting that explains threading, tie-up and treadling. A glossary section (Angora through Batten and beyond) defines weaving terms, and there are sample drafts for 2-2 and 3-3 basket weave with warp, weft, sett and finishing details. The issue also has questions and answers on loom problems, a call for entries to the Canadian weaving exhibition in London, Ontario, a reed calculating table and advertisements for Clerco wool dressing and weaving lessons.

Issue of a Canadian handweavers' bulletin published by Nilus Leclerc Inc. of L'Isletville, Quebec, with S.A. Zielinski as technical editor. It opens with a loom equipment advertisement for warping reels and mills, then an essay on texture weaving and a technical article on swivel-overshot (overshot without floats), with drafts and treadling sequences. A second lesson in reading and drawing down weaving drafts is included, along with a draft for a tabby linen tablecloth. The issue also reports on an exhibition of Canadian hand weaving in London, Ontario, listing patrons, judges and prize winners, and includes part of a weaving glossary (bight, binder, block, bobbin, bobbin rack) with a bibliography. It ends with an advertisement for weaving lessons at Z-Handicrafts, Fulford, Quebec.

April 1955 issue of Modern Weaver, a bulletin for handweavers published by Nilus Leclerc Inc. of L'Isletville, Quebec. It presents the Leclerc "Nilus" four-harness jack-type loom and a horizontal warping mill, then offers technical articles: one on weaving huckaback lace on a counterbalanced loom, a third installment of "Drafting" on finding treadling and squaring patterns ("woven as drawn in"), and the start of "Efficiency in Handweaving" covering planning, yarn selection, warping and threading. The issue also has a tabby weaving draft with warp and weft specifications, a table of Canadian and US yarn sources by fiber type, glossary entries (Bolting Cloth to Burling) with brake diagrams and twill and brocading diagrams, and advertisements for weaving lessons, yarns and looms.

Issue 5 of the first volume of Modern Weaver, a Canadian bulletin for handweavers (June 1955). It contains articles on weaving four matching borders on a square piece with lace, swivel and simplified overshot on four shafts, the concluding part of "Efficiency in Handweaving" (tying-in, loom features, throwing the shuttle, beating, shed changing and rhythm), and lesson 4 of a drafting course on symmetrical treadling variations. It also has a 2:2 twill draft sheet with warp and weft specifications, a questions-and-answers column (doubling stand, waterproof fabrics, splitting a reed, summer loom care), and a continuing glossary of weaving terms from Butternut to Chintz, including colonial pattern short drafts. Advertisements for yarns, looms, a weaving school and a horizontal warping mill appear.

Issue of a Canadian handweaving bulletin published by Nilus Leclerc Inc. It contains a technical article on choosing warp sett, with a formula and a chart of minimum sett for cotton, linen and wool. A second article shows weaves from one 10x10 huckaback threading: huckaback, turned huckaback, M's-and-O's, turned M's-and-O's, double waffle and huckaback lace. The issue also has Drafting lesson 5 on borders and selvedges, a worked threading example, a satinet (1:3 broken twill) draft sheet, Questions and Answers, an index of volume 1, and encyclopedia entries from Circular weave to Coppin. Advertisements for looms, yarn suppliers and the Nilus loom fill the rest.