First issue (March 1952) of the Quarterly Journal of the Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, launched by thirteen British regional guilds. It contains an editorial, messages of good wishes from figures such as Ernest Goodale, Wingfield Digby, Dorothy Wilkinson and Bernard Leach, and articles by Ethel Mairet on the past and future of handweaving, John Tovey on traditional tweed weaves (twill, hopsack, herringbone, waved twill, dogtooth, with small drawdowns), Hilda Breed on warps and warp making, and Dorothy Wilkinson on spinning. The rest comprises reports from regional guilds, book reviews (including Navajo weaving and carpet knotting), a weaver's crossword, small ads and advertisements for looms and yarns.

Issue No. 2 (June 1952) of the Quarterly Journal of the Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, a British regional guild publication. It includes John V. D. Kilbride's article on pattern analysis, which explains how to record a cloth's interlacement on squared paper and derive threading and tie-up, with 2/2 twill and herringbone examples. Other articles cover natural dyes (Hilary Bourne), blending and mixing textile fibres and yarns (Ernest W. Goodale), and a small woollen mill in West Wales (K. S. Woods). The issue also has book reviews, letters, guild reports from many counties, forthcoming events and loom and supply advertisements.

Issue No. 3 (September 1952) of the Quarterly Journal of the Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, published in Britain. It contains George Maxwell's introduction to loom-making (English and Swedish frame looms, woods, joinery, ratchets, heddle raising, batten and seat), Jane Bradbury's article on preparing flax for linen, and an account of a visit to the Lullingstone Silk Farm. It also has book reviews (Lurçat's Designing Tapestry, Davenport's Your Handweaving, Vale's The World of Cotton), reports on the Royal Show at Newton Abbot and the Dartington Hall conference of potters and weavers, letters to the editor, and reports from regional guilds. Advertisements from yarn, loom and dye suppliers are included.

Issue No. 4 (December 1952) of the Quarterly Journal of the Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers, completing the journal's first year. It contains an editorial, a report of the Guilds' Council of Representatives meeting at Taunton on the journal's finances and a possible federation of guilds, and Sir Ernest Goodale's article on the purple velvet woven by Warner & Sons for the 1953 Coronation robe, with diagrams of the velvet loom and trevette. John Tovey's second article covers traditional tweed weaves (basket, dogtooth, stepped twill, Shepherd's check, Glen check, barleycorn), followed by an article on tartans. The issue also has book reviews, an anthology of literary passages on the three crafts, letters to the editor, journal information, and many advertisements for looms, yarns and dyes.