An article from the Shuttle-Craft Bulletin, 1957, in two parts. Natalie White describes a short kimono-sleeved car coat woven from leftover tweed warp on an eight-harness straight twill, with pattern numbers, a cutting layout and warp and weft specifications for a single jacket length. Harriet Tidball then adds a commentary on rescuing failed or "bargain" tweed yarn. She describes a soft Glen Plaid fabric woven as a 3-1 twill, re-sleyed to 30 ends per inch, and suggests using it for a car robe or afghan.

An article by Harriet Tidball on the classical four-harness M's and O's weave, a balanced two-texture structure in which tabby and weft-rep oppose each other. It covers the character of the fabric, yarn selection (especially soft Lily 8/2 cotton versus hard-twisted linen), and the history of the technique in Swedish, Finnish and early American sources. It explains the A and B threading units, tie-up, profile drafts and the four main pattern arrangements. It also surveys published drafts from Worst, Perheentupa, Cyrus, Ingers and others, and ends by proposing a 1,4 threading to add true tabby stripes.

A short essay by Mary Meigs Atwater contrasting weaving for profit with weaving for pleasure. She argues that commercial weavers must sometimes compromise beauty for saleability, while amateurs risk being too easily satisfied and should adopt an artist's attitude toward criticism and workmanship. She concludes that amateur weavers carry responsibility for setting standards of beauty and craftsmanship that commercial weavers follow.

Harriet Tidball's article from the Multiple-Harness Weaver series in the Shuttle-Craft Bulletin explains how to expand the four-harness M's and O's weave to six or more harnesses. She analyzes Finnish drafts by Perheentupa and Pyysalo, then proposes a consistent unit system with foundation harnesses 1 and 2 and pairs of pattern harnesses for each block. It gives a unit draft, a twelve-harness tie-up for five blocks, profile drafts for the Finnish examples, and full directions for a six-harness two-block transparent curtain in 8/2 cotton with chenille tabby separators.

A one-page article from the Multiple-Harness Weaver column presenting a "hollow square" pattern made by combining two blocks in the tie-up. The top draft comes from Ester Perheentupa's Finnish multiple-harness book Kutokaa Kuviollisia Kankaita, with M's and O's on the four center harnesses and a third block added by front and back harnesses. The same pattern is then redrafted in the unit system described in the February Shuttle-Craft, with a compacted version that gives twice as many pattern blocks at the cost of a true tabby. Several drafts on six and eight shafts are shown with border, balance and pattern repeat labels.

Short article by Harriet Tidball on weaving drapery and bedroom fabrics in the M's and O's technique with Lily 8/2 cotton (Art 108) set at 24 ends per inch. It covers the fabric's qualities, shrinkage allowance, yardage for sectional warping from two-ounce tubes, and a colour variation with gold warp and alternating gold and salmon-red wefts. The treadling is given in prose, and a detail photograph shows the rep texture of short repeats. The article ends by promising further variations the next month.

An article from the Shuttle-Craft Bulletin explaining how multiple-harness handweavers can read the square-diagram draft notation used in professional and industrial weaving books. It walks through finding the repeat, numbering threads and shots, reading the tie-up, and converting a sinking-shed tie-up to a rising-shed one, using a worked example of a 10-harness braided twill from Hauptmann. Further figures interpret sample diagrams from Oelsner, Poma, Strong and Watson, including fancy, broken, uneven, combination and waffle weave twills.

An article from the Shuttle-Craft Bulletin by Harriet Tidball on jaspé, the resist-dyed (tie-dyed, ikat, chiné) yarn technique, with emphasis on weft jaspé for handweavers. It surveys examples from Turkestan, Mexico, Guatemala, Okinawa and Japan, then gives instructions for winding and tying skeins, four tie arrangements, dyeing, and placing spots in tabby-woven borders. It also covers selvage handling, design and balance advice, a stripe-by-stripe weaving sequence for a Japanese-style fabric, and practical uses.

Mary Meigs Atwater describes her experiments with jaspé, a tie-dyed warp or weft effect seen in ancient Peruvian and Guatemalan weaving. She explains stretching the weft on a frame (a spool-rack), wrapping and tying dots and dashes to resist the dye, then dyeing, unwrapping and weaving the weft. She recommends weft-dyeing for standard looms, mentions materials that worked well or poorly, and suggests using the jaspé in stripes and offsetting the weft slightly for a softer look. Illustrations show the wrapping method and a tying frame.

A one-page article from the Multiple-Harness Weaver column of the Shuttle-Craft Bulletin on combining jaspé (tied-and-dyed) designs with simple harness-controlled patterns, as in Japanese and Guatemalan textiles. It discusses a Japanese fabric (Fabric Number 2) with an overshot opposites-type pattern, and gives the draft, tie-up and treadling with a warp-to-weft conversion. It also describes the colors and the single-surface structure of the fabric, and includes a photograph.

An article by Harriet Tidball on systematically sampling M's and O's for interlacement-texture variations by changing only the treadling, so the design emphasis falls on the weft. It sets out five stages of sampling (pattern, interlacement texture, thread texture, color, and combined design) and describes the warp used: 24/2 cotton at 30 ends per inch with 10/3 mercerized cotton weft. Seventeen treadling sequences are listed with drawdowns, including twill, point twill, huck, spot weave, summer and winter, and overshot sequences, using six treadles (four M's and O's sheds plus two pseudo-tabby sheds). A photograph shows a woven sample.

An article from Shuttle-Craft Bulletin's "Multiple-Harness Weaver" series introducing the idea of basic drafts for eight-harness looms. It reviews the versatility of the four-harness twill and its shed combinations, then extends the principle to eight-harness threadings. The main example is the four-block opposites threading (1,2,1,2; 3,4,3,4; 5,6,5,6; 7,8,7,8), with a draft and a woven sample of alternating tabby and basket-weave blocks, suited to blankets.

An article from the Multiple-Harness Weaver series by Harriet Tidball on braided twills, patterned twills with a double-diagonal design in which no float exceeds three threads. It gives drafts, tie-ups, treadling orders and weaving directions for braided twills on four, six, seven and eight harnesses, with sinking-shed and rising-shed tie-ups. It also advises on yarns and warp set. Most pages are weaving diagrams, and the last page shows a woven sample in red-orange and yellow-green.

Harriet Tidball reports on the skirt-designing system of Esther Hudson, a Santa Rosa, California weaver and teacher. Skirts are woven on a fine four-harness twill warp, with all color design done through weft stripes. The article covers choosing warp and weft colors from a color wheel, proportioning stripes with a Fibonacci-type Summation Curve, three stripe arrangement types and how to match them to the wearer, and treadling for color effects. It ends with warp specifications and a worked example skirt plan with a stripe diagram.

A teaching article describing how a summer session weaving class created new patterns by altering the tie-up rather than the threading. Starting from an 8-harness point twill threading in Spot Bronson, students added plain weave borders, then put spots and diamonds inside the large diamond figures and worked out the matching tie-ups. Over twenty variations resulted, shown in Figs. 1-21, and the article ends by noting that new patterns come from changed threading, treadling, or tie-up.

Bound set of the first four monthly Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletins (September-December 1924) written by Mary Meigs Atwater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They cover the economics of hand-weaving (pricing, standards of quality, consignment versus outright sales, dress-fabric production) and a co-operative plan for buying weaving materials at a 10% discount. They also include two coverlet pattern drafts with treadling (No. 1, a White Rose/Lover's Knot design from John Landes, and No. 2 from Matilda Kimball Bacon's 1820 coverlet), twelve Scotch tartan warping schemes, and notes on weaving tubing and double-width cloth. Also included are a member's directions for a homemade warping frame and a news item on a member's craft shop.

A bound run of Mary Meigs Atwater's Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletins from 1925, roughly issues 5 through 14 (January to November). Issues mix practical weaving instruction with Guild business. Topics include color and dyeing advice, baby blanket weaves, the "Bronson" weave on four harnesses, a threading draft in the "Ms & Os" pattern, and twill and sateen treadlings. Other items cover estimating yarn quantities, selling handwoven dresses, warping and beaming small table looms, Structo loom tips, coverlid pincushions, signed weaving, a yarn swift, and plans to publish the John Landes pattern book. Many pages carry weaving drafts with tie-ups and treadling sequences.

A bound volume of Mary Meigs Atwater's Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletins for 1926 (Nos. 16 to about 27, January to December), with monthly news, yarn and supply offers, and weaving patterns. Content includes a Paris-style handwoven sweater-coat in Rosengang, rug and window-curtain and drapery weaves, an old linen threading, bags, fringes and braids, screen panels, and garter-loom ribbons, with threadings, tie-ups and treadling sequences. It also includes the Guild's sales-agency experiment, a Sesqui-Centennial report, and a 1924-1925 and Volume II index.

A bound volume of the Shuttle-Craft Bulletin issues from 1927 (Nos. 28 to 39, January to December) by Mary Meigs Atwater, written for members of the Shuttle-Craft Guild. Each issue gives a monthly four-harness pattern draft, mostly old overshot coverlet patterns, with threading, tie-up and treadling directions, plus notes on borders, warp setting and adapting patterns to the small Structo loom. Other content includes openwork shawls and curtains, Summer & Winter and double weave coverlet drafts, coat fabrics and padded weaves on 6 and 8 harnesses, Christmas weaving ideas, Guild news and organization, and prices for yarns, linen and other supplies. Many pages are drafts with drawdowns, along with loom sketches and woven sample photos.

Issues No. 40 through No. 45 (January to June 1928) of Mary Meigs Atwater's Shuttle-Craft Bulletin, written for Guild members. They combine pattern drafts with practical advice: coverlet and upholstery choices, a special sale of strand silk, a new parlor loom, and notes on Summer and Winter weaving "on opposites". Drafts include the Rose-Diamond pattern with Bronson and overshot variations, eight-harness Summer and Winter patterns including the "Shuttlecock" draft, Lisbon Star coverlet patterns, and a Goose-Eye pattern. The June Summer Camp number covers camp weaving projects such as rugs, towels, scarves and bags, along with a note on occupational therapy careers.

A bound run of the 1929 Shuttle-Craft Bulletin by Mary Meigs Atwater, starting with No. 52 (January 1929) and continuing through the year's monthly issues, with a printed index. The January issue covers coverlet planning (pattern, color, materials, quantities) and coverlet fringes. Later issues include a simple weave for draperies, clothing fabrics, an April article "Twills and Twills" on twill tie-ups and variations, linen towels, window curtains, Scandinavian-style overshot patterns, modernistic threadings for bags and upholstery, Monk's belt, design and color advice, Guild notes, and three new rug patterns. Many pages carry drafts, tie-ups and treadling sequences.

A bound volume of the 1930 Shuttle-Craft Bulletin, Mary Meigs Atwater's monthly newsletter for Shuttle-Craft Guild members, running from No. 64 (January) through December 1930. Issues cover a plan for weaving for profit and a cooperative selling group, warp-pile and tufted rug weaving, the new 'Garden Wall' crackle weave pattern and other crackle weave drafts, pick-up weaving (Monk's Belt, Sugar-loaf), Christmas weaving, and linen towels. Many pages carry drafts, treadlings, and Structo loom transpositions, along with Guild news, travelling exhibit notices, and bargain yarn offers.

A bound volume of the twelve monthly Shuttle-Craft Bulletins for 1931, written and issued by Mary Meigs Atwater from Basin, Montana. Each issue offers weaving drafts with threading, tie-up and treadling directions, including coverlet patterns in overshot, crackle, summer and winter, and Bronson weaves, plus linen weaves, twills, a warp-face rug and Structo loom adaptations. The issues also cover materials and color advice, Guild news, monthly bargain offers of yarns, the loose-leaf recipe book, Christmas weaving plans, and project ideas such as blankets, curtains, bags and upholstery fabric.

A bound volume of Mary Meigs Atwater's monthly Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletins for 1932 (January through December), with weaving drafts on most issues. Topics include a coverlet pattern woven without tabby, wool lace and openwork weaves, Bronson weave and lace-weave, linen towels and warp settings, window drapery, summer and winter variations, and Spanish weave signatures and alphabets. Later issues cover a warp-face weave from an ancient Egyptian piece, Christmas gifts, rugs, plaid scarves, loom conversion to jacks, a lending library list, and Guild business and materials offerings.

Eleven monthly issues of Mary Meigs Atwater's Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin for 1933 (Basin, Montana), covering January through December with October absent. Topics include a coverlet issue with an overshot pattern from the Spect drawings, dress fabrics and twills, color effects in plain weave, curtains in Bronson and lace weave, the business side of handweaving, borders for coverlets and pattern borders on tabby centers, South and Central American striped blankets, warp dressing, tweeds, small patterns in summer and winter, crackle and Bronson weave, and small equipment such as reeds, heddles, shuttles and swifts. Many pages carry drafts with treadling directions, plus news of Recipe Book pages, yarns and supplies.

Ten issues of Mary Meigs Atwater's Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin for 1934 (January through December, with some months absent). Topics include coverlet arrangements in overshot and Summer and Winter, African pick-up and inlay weaving from Sierra Leone, braiding and plaiting, linen weaving with Spanish open-work, Mexican warp-face weave, the Finnish double weave, rag and stair-carpet rugs, crackle-weave upholstery fabrics, Christmas gift weaving, and loom adjustment. Many pages carry hand-drawn drafts, tie-ups and treadling instructions.

A bound run of eleven monthly Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletins for 1935 (February is missing), written by Mary Meigs Atwater at Basin, Montana. Issues cover colonial overshot coverlets (the Fairbanks House pattern), drapery weaves, rugs, linen weaving with double-face twill, summer and winter and crackle drafts, Indian and Swedish belt looms, pre-Inca Peruvian patterns, bags, Christmas weaving, overshot treadling variations, gauze weaving, and warping and sleying. Many pages carry drafts with treadling directions, including Structo loom conversions, plus monthly materials lists and Guild news.

A bound set of six 1936 issues of Mary Meigs Atwater's Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin (February, March, April, May, June and September), issued from Basin, Montana. The issues cover hand-woven blankets (Goose-Eye, twills, double three-harness twill, double weave), texture drapery fabrics, simple leno or gauze weaving with doupes, spring dress fabrics and plaids, card weaving and small equipment for summer, and bag design including an Igorot bag with the pattern "Biddle's Delight." Each issue includes hand-drawn drafts, notes on yarns and supplies with prices, and news for Guild members.

Four 1937 issues (April, August, October, November) of Mary Meigs Atwater's Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin from Basin, Montana. April covers dress fabrics: Harris tweed samples, tartans and plaids, striped fabrics, leno, and fringe sweater fabric. August discusses writing miniature overshot drafts, with examples from the Shuttle-Craft Book. October reports on the Palmer Lake, Colorado weaving institute: selling prices, WPA weaving projects, a Diere Twist weave, warp-face weave, leno scarves, Finnweave and Christmas weaving. November covers the three-harness weave, with color treadling directions, Structo loom levers and six-harness variations, including a seamless bag.

Nine surviving 1938 issues of Mary Meigs Atwater's Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin (January, February, May, June, July, August, September, October). January offers a Pennsylvania German "Speck" coverlet pattern in overshot and summer and winter, with a Structo loom adaptation, plus guild questionnaire results on instruction fees and prices. February reprints early small overshot patterns ("Wheat," "German Star"), covers pricing, and gives a Philippine gee-string pattern with belts and Indian braid. Later issues cover linen weaving, fabric weaves and drafts, crackle weave patterns, Osage and Mexican braided belts, bags, Christmas gift weaving, and a Finnweave hassock, along with notes on summer weaving institutes and equipment.

Nine monthly issues of Mary Meigs Atwater's Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin for 1939 (January, February, March, May, June, September, October, November, December), written from Basin, Montana. Topics include an overshot coverlet in the 'Indian War' pattern from the Henry Ford Museum, texture and upholstery weaves, Finnweave bags, plaiting techniques for summer camps, Christmas weaving such as belts and an afghan, rug-making (pile, Soumak, tapestry), and loom accessories. Many issues include drafts, tie-ups and diagrams, along with Atwater's notes on conferences, looms, and suppliers.

A bound set of 1940 Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletins by Mary Meigs Atwater, covering May through December. Issues cover texture and pattern drapery drafts, upholstery fabrics, Scotch tartan setts, Russian linen weave, a Finnish-type twill weave with inset pattern, a saddle-blanket tufting technique, a Monk's Belt hood, and a lace-weave baby shawl. Atwater also reports on her summer 1940 weaving institutes and gives loom-care advice. Many pages carry handwritten drafts with tie-ups and treadling.

A bound volume of Mary Meigs Atwater's monthly Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin for 1941, issued from Basin, Montana. Issues cover coverlet patterns from the Speck drawings (summer and winter, overshot), leno and doupe weaves, Norwegian Rosengang figures, tweeds and clothing fabrics, quilted weaving on four harnesses, rugs, Maori twining and taniko, Mexican double weaving and backstrap looms, crackle weave draft-writing, an ancient Peruvian tapestry and Navajo tools, Christmas scarves, and girdles and bands. Many pages carry hand-drawn drafts, tie-ups and treadling instructions, along with notes on summer institutes and Guild business.

Six issues (March, July, August, October, November, December) of Mary Meigs Atwater's 1942 Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin from Basin, Montana. Topics include a Pre-Inca Peruvian pick-up weave on two tabby sheds, rag-rug weaving with picked-up loops, plain, Swedish, Bronson and two-way rep, leno belts and a double-leno basket-bag for Christmas gifts, a Lithuanian shawl weave, a three-harness Mexican blanket weave, a Colonial shawl and slotted leno patterns. Issues also cover wartime yarn shortages, a yarn lot offered to members, hand-weaving for war production (bunting, WAAF scarf), and a December index of the 1942 bulletins.

A bound volume of the 1943 Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin, written by Mary Meigs Atwater from Basin, Montana, covering monthly issues from January to December. Topics include borders and arrangement for overshot coverlets, a Mexican-type bed-spread with pick-up bands, tie-dyed and space-dyed cotton yarns, wartime cotton weaving and Lily Mills yarn charts, dog-tag cords on inkle and card weaving, shadow weave patterns on four and eight shafts, and miniature overshot patterns. Later issues cover Chinese cross-stitch wedding designs, Peruvian leno, Guatemalan and Bolivian warp-face pick-up weaves, Christmas gifts such as leno wash-cloths and quilted or padded double-weave pot-holders, and a December technical issue on weaving terms. It includes many drafts, tie-ups and treadling sequences.

A bound volume of the 1944 Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletins issued from Basin, Montana, containing monthly issues from January to December. Topics include war-time coverlets in overshot and crackle weave, the Canadian ceinture fléchée sash, bags and carrying cords, upholstery and drapery fabrics, a Westway weave on a fine and coarse warp, leno and doup weaving, cotton dress fabrics and shadow weave, linens and the Spanish linen weave, rugs and tied pile, Christmas table linens, four- and eight-harness twill samplers, and sectional warping. Many pages carry handwritten or printed drafts, tie-ups and treadling sequences, with line drawings of equipment and techniques.

A bound volume of the 1945 Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin issues (January to November/December) written by Mary Meigs Atwater from Basin, Montana. Topics include overshot coverlet patterns and colors, four- and eight-harness twills, Bolivian and Peruvian three-color pick-up weaves, table mats and luncheon sets, loop and tag-fringe weaving, shag rugs, Guatemalan-style pictorial pattern weaves, polychrome summer-and-winter, Christmas gift items such as bags, and Maori twining. Many pages carry hand-drawn drafts, tie-ups, drawdowns and diagrams, along with notes on warp length, tie-up systems and loom equipment.

A bound volume of twelve monthly Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletins for 1946, written mainly by Mary Meigs Atwater with contributions by Harriet C. Douglas. It covers summer and winter coverlets, color patterns in twills, checks, plaids and tartan setts, weaving linens, inlay and leno curtains, two-warp rugs, double weave, and Guatemalan weaves. It also covers weaving in plastic, design and proportion, luncheon mats, metallic cellophane, shawls and dickies, and weaving in Quebec and the Gran Chaco. Many pages carry drafts, tie-ups and sketches, and the bulletins include news of Guild services, suppliers and exhibits.

A bound volume of the Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin for 1947 (Volume XXIV, numbers 1-11 and possibly 12), published at Basin, Montana. Issues cover a Colonial overshot coverlet and tufted bed spread, color and stripe arrangements in twills, upholstery fabrics and reps, crackle-weave drapery, nylon parachute cord and 2-harness Log Cabin technique, a Philippine-style bag, Bronson lace, basic two-harness weaves, color and pattern in design, Christmas gifts (neckties and leno scarves), and a pick-up technique on summer-and-winter. Many pages carry drafts, drawdowns, and tie-ups, with source addresses for materials.

A bound volume of the Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin (Volume XXV, Basin, Montana) covering monthly issues from January to December 1948. Topics include colonial coverlet weaving as-drawn-in, Scotch tartans with thread-count setts, texture in design, damask table linens, two-harness open-work weaves, leno (cross weaves), overshot techniques, sectional chain warping, metallic wefts, an Angora ascot scarf, and four-harness damask and other pick-up weaves. Many issues include drafts, tie-ups, fabric diagrams, warp-setting tables, Guild forum letters, and a list of available back-issue bulletins.

Bound issues of the Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin for 1949 (Volume XXVI), published from Basin, Montana. Topics include colonial all-wool and double-width blankets, a multi-issue treatment of crackle weave theory and table mats, a Peruvian pick-up weave, padded baby blanket and double-woven baby bonnet, Mexican warp-pattern weaves, Summer and Winter aprons, Scottish district checks, and dress fabrics. The issues also carry a directory of Guild members and local weaving guilds, book reviews, a Guild message and price notices, and evaluations of looms and equipment with sources, with many weaving drafts throughout.

A bound volume of the 1950 Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin (Vol. XXVII, issues 1-11 and part of 12), published in Virginia City, Montana. Topics include linen weaving with Chromatic Textures on extended twills, Bronson's Domestic Manufacturer's Assistant and its eight-harness drafts, bound weaving, angora yarn, point twill texture weaves, mesh weaves for table linens, weavers' guild organization, pricing and marketing, handwoven Christmas cards, and long-warp projects in Summer and Winter. It also includes reader tips (Threadbender), many drafts and treadling sequences, and notes on good weaving technique.

A bound run of Shuttle-Craft Guild Bulletin issues from 1951, edited by Harriet Douglas Tidball in Virginia City, Montana. The issues cover Summer and Winter weave (profile drafts, tie-ups, polychrome), linen towels, Brooks Bouquet, rug weaving (two-harness weft-faced rugs, Flossa, rag rugs, chenille), handweaving versus machine weaving, and casual decorative weaves. Later issues include an annotated weaver's bookshelf, color styles for 1951-52, bag fabrics and styles, and open work weaves (eyelet table mats, leno stoles). Drafts, tie-ups, and weave diagrams appear throughout, along with a reprinted Atwater tie-up page.

April 1957 issue of the Shuttle Craft Bulletin (Portfolio Edition), the monthly bulletin of the Shuttle Craft Guild. Harriet Tidball's lead article sets out 17 treadling sequences for texture sampling on an M's and O's threading, including twill, huck, spot weave, summer and winter and overshot. Trude Guermonprez begins a history of tapestry weaving, covering looms, technique and Jean Lurçat. Tidball also writes a how-to on threading the loom, Natalie White describes woven tweed car coats, and Boris Veren and Marie Murelius review a book of Pre-Inca textile plates. The issue ends with the Loom-Side Market, a section of loom and yarn advertisements and a services directory.

April 1958 Portfolio Edition of the Shuttle Craft Bulletin (Vol. XXXV, No. 4), published by the Shuttle Craft Guild in Bedford, Nova Scotia. It opens with Harriet Tidball's essay defending traditional weaving terminology (including her proposed name "Atwater Lace" for the Bronson weave), then gives an Atwater-based Summer and Winter recipe for church weaving. The main feature is Mary E. Black's beginner study "Experimenting is Fun", which works through seven experiments on one hybrid four-harness texture draft, varying weft threads, sett, and threading changes. It closes with Cliff Hotchkiss on weaving for the church (Summer and Winter altar hangings, reversible seasonal colors, 8-harness drafts) and the Loom-Side Market advertisements.

April 1959 Portfolio Edition of Shuttle Craft, the monthly bulletin of the Shuttle Craft Guild (Bedford, Nova Scotia). The issue centers on weaving with plant materials. Rita Bretscher describes using grasses, cattails and Indian grass as warp and weft, with warp planning, sleying, tied continuous wefts and drafts for screens and place mats. Other items: a spot-weave (warp pattern) wall hanging woven with pine needles by Lenora Broadhead Pratt; Mary E. Black on cere-cloths and other altar cloths and on a group project of kneeling-bench covers; church colors; a book review column by Boris Veren; and advertisements. It also has a Loom Language section and a note on the portfolio samples.

Portfolio edition of the Shuttle Craft Bulletin for August-September 1957, the first issue under new owners Mary E. Black and Joyce Chown, who took over the Guild from Harriet Tidball. The main feature is Tidball's article on classical Summer and Winter weave, covering threading units, profile drafts, tie-ups, the eight-shot treadling sequence, needlepoint and cross-stitch textures, and coverlet examples with drafts. Other items are Joyce Chown's article on color inspiration from nature, Mary Black's directions for using odds and ends of linen in overshot-threaded towels and place mats, Boris Veren's book reviews (Atwater's Recipe Book and Black's New Key to Weaving), a 1929 Atwater essay on beauty, and a section of loom and yarn supplier advertisements.

Combined August-September 1958 Portfolio Edition of Shuttle Craft, the Shuttle Craft Guild bulletin, with a linen theme. Harriet Tidball discusses a modern renaissance in linen textile design and interprets drafts from the Finnish book Pellavasta Kudottua, converting them to American draft conventions and profile drafts. Mary E. Black's "Weaving with Linen" covers linen fibre types, suitable weaves, and six experiments (honeycomb border, undulating twill, rosepath runner with wool, log cabin variants, and a Finnish-inspired pattern). The issue also has guild news, a linen glossary, a book column by Boris Veren, and supplier advertisements.

Combined August-September 1959 issue (Vol. XXXVI, No. 8-9) of the Shuttle Craft Guild's monthly bulletin, Portfolio edition with woven samples. It opens with the editors' letter and the start of Evelyn Longard's series on the profile draft, converting one profile draft into twill-block, overshot and patch-pattern (on opposites) samples. Mary E. Black's main article explores Mary Atwater's shadow weave with drafts and numbered experiments on 4, 6 and 8 shafts, using Atwater's and Tidball's drafts. The issue also gives Christmas project ideas (warp-pattern tree tablecloth, afghan, cards, woven trees, mittens, bed jacket, skirt, stoles), a reprinted Atwater girdle/belt draft, a Boris Veren book column on Hooper, Murphy and Gilroy, and advertisements.

The December 1957 Portfolio edition of Shuttle Craft, the monthly bulletin of the Shuttle Craft Guild, now run by Mary E. Black and Joyce Chown. Articles cover Harriet Tidball's prize-winning open-work room divider "Tracery" (Spanish eyelet, wrap stitch, Brooks bouquet), a chiné technique for Christmas tree greeting cards with warp painted on the loom, and bound weaving with humanistic figures (Grenadiers) on overshot diamond threadings in 4 and 5 shafts. Mary Black also reconstructs an old dimity counterpane weave from a coverlet clipping. Other items are a hemstitching tip, filing advice, Boris Veren's book reviews, back-bulletin and advertising pages, photographs of woven portfolio samples, and a 1957 index.