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Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 1935)
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1 (January 1935)
Weaver's Quarterly, January 1935
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
First issue (January 1935) of The Weaver's Quarterly, edited by Kate Van Cleve and Myra L. Davis. It includes charts of six cross-stitch style designs for embroidery weaving and an article on the laid-in weave, with diagrams and suggestions for using the designs on luncheon sets, runners and curtains. It also gives drafts and instructions for a linen luncheon set (40/2 linen, 12-dent reed) and a narrow runner adapted from a John Landes coverlet design in the Pennsylvania Art Museum, with threading, sleying and treadling notes.
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2 (April 1935)
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 2 (April 1935)
Weaver's Quarterly, April 1935
Periodical · 10 pages · weaving drafts
Issue No. 2 of The Weaver's Quarterly (April 1935), edited by Kate Van Cleve and Myra L. Davis. It gives instructions for a laid-in linen runner with Norwegian-derived border designs, followed by linen, linen and cotton, and cotton dress and trimming materials woven on a four-harness threading with plain-weave and pattern shots. It ends with a wool (Fabri) broken twill or plain twill for summer skirts and suits. The issue includes hand-colored pattern charts, drafts for Linen Weave I and II, and a card with yarn samples of Rainbow linen and Fabri.
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 1935)
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 1935)
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of a 1935 handweaving periodical by Kate Van Cleve and Myra L. Davis with project directions for a linen table runner, a Twin Stars coverlet-derived pattern for portieres and upholstery, and a luncheon set. Instructions list warp, weft and binder materials, sett, threading and treadling, and yardage calculation. Page 2 has hand-colored cross-stitch style charts for Swedish embroidery and French tapestry weave bands. Drafts include Twin Stars (from an old coverlet) and one adapted from an old Swedish draft.
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4 (October 1935)
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4 (October 1935)
Weaver's Quarterly, October 1935
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
Issue 4 of volume 1 of The Weaver's Quarterly (October 1935), edited by Kate Van Cleve and Myra L. Davis, with project instructions for handweavers. It gives warp and weft specifications and weaving directions for a linen table square with Swedish embroidery weave corner designs, two cigarette cases woven in a pattern copied from an old Danish museum piece, and a Germantown wool motor robe. It also includes a second color scheme for the cigarette case pattern. Several pages carry threading drafts and drawdowns, plus a hand-colored motif sheet for the table square designs.
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 1 (January 1936)
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 1 (January 1936)
Weaver's Quarterly, January 1936
Periodical · 11 pages · weaving drafts
January 1936 issue of The Weaver's Quarterly, edited by Kate Van Cleve and Myra L. Davis, with project directions and drafts for handweavers. It includes a bell pull with six laid-in/Swedish weaving designs, a draft from the Speck collection at the Pennsylvania Art Museum, a Fraser tartan scarf with notes on Scotch tartans, men's wool neckties, and a Finnish-inspired runner with block borders. Pages give warp and weft materials, sett, yarn amounts, finishing instructions and several drawdowns.
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2 (April 1936)
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2 (April 1936)
Weaver's Quarterly, April 1936
Periodical · 10 pages · weaving drafts
April 1936 issue of The Weaver's Quarterly (Vol. 2, No. 2) by Kate Van Cleve and Myra L. Davis, giving project instructions with drafts. It includes a chair back with Swedish Embroidery weave and a deer and tree motif, plus charts of related designs for French Tapestry and laid-in weave. It also gives a wall hanging adapted from the Rebecca Hewitt coverlet (Pomfret, Vermont, c. 1800), with warp color plan, treadling and drafts, and a cushion cover with a couch cover variation, drafted from an 1847 coverlet. Materials, sett and yarn amounts are specified for each project.
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3 (July 1936)
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3 (July 1936)
Periodical · 10 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of The Weaver's Quarterly (July 1936) edited by Kate Van Cleve and Myra L. Davis, with short practical articles and drafts. It gives guest towel instructions in French tapestry weave on linen, a Quaker overshot coverlet draft from Newport, Rhode Island, and directions for curtain and drapery fabrics in plain weave with laid-in silk or jute weft. It ends with a treatise on making seven variations of the four-harness Honeysuckle pattern by changing treadling order and block sizes, illustrated with drawdowns.
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 4 (October 1936)
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 4 (October 1936)
Weaver's Quarterly, October 1936
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
October 1936 issue of The Weaver's Quarterly by Kate Van Cleve and Myra L. Davis, with instructions for small woven projects. It includes a laid-in neck scarf with charted motifs, a zipper purse, and notes on cigarette cases, an under arm purse with gusset, and utility cases that reuse the same threading. Two drafts are taken from early Pennsylvania patterns (John Landis book and the Speck Collection, 1723, Pennsylvania Art Museum). Yarn, warp and sett recommendations are given, mostly Bernat's yarns, along with upholstery and luncheon set suggestions.
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 1 (January 1937)
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 1 (January 1937)
Weaver's Quarterly, January 1937
Periodical · 12 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of The Weaver's Quarterly (January 1937) edited by Kate Van Cleve. It presents embroidery-weave motif charts (laid-in, Swedish, and French embroidery weaves) with suggested uses, and two coverlet drafts: Ladies Delight, woven in Virginia before the Civil War, and a walnut and wine colored coverlet from the North. Each draft comes with warp, weft, reed, threading, and weaving notes, plus ideas such as curtains, evening bags, and stair carpet. A section on linen covers warp and weft types, tow, yardage per pound for Bernat and Ederlin linens, and a worked warp-estimating example; it closes with a note on card weaving supplies.
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 2 (April 1937)
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 2 (April 1937)
Weaver's Quarterly, April 1937
Periodical · 9 pages · weaving drafts
April 1937 issue of Kate Van Cleve's Weaver's Quarterly. It covers colored charts and notes for embroidery weaves (French, Swedish, laid-in), a border on a simple four-harness twill threading woven as overshot, and the Nine Snowballs pattern from a c. 1825 New Hampshire coverlet with warp, weft, sley and threading directions for a square and runner. It closes with suggested sizes, materials and colors for luncheon sets, between cloths and bureau scarves.
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3 (July 1937)
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3 (July 1937)
Periodical · 11 pages · weaving drafts
July 1937 issue of Kate Van Cleve's Weaver's Quarterly. It covers embroidery weaves (Swedish, French, laid-in) with six charted motifs such as a chicken, Indian designs and an alphabet for marking linens, and gives a back-issue price list. The main feature is the Morning Star overshot pattern from an old Virginia coverlet, with drafts, materials, warping, threading and weaving instructions for draperies and a coverlet, plus a section on planning coverlet borders. The issue closes with a blank Weavers Record Sheet for logging loom, materials, labor, shrinkage and costs.
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 4 (October 1937)
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 4 (October 1937)
Weaver's Quarterly, October 1937
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
October 1937 issue of The Weaver's Quarterly (Vol. 3, No. 4), edited by Kate Van Cleve. It offers charts for five embroidery-weave designs with notes on reeds and yarns, and an overshot draft called 'Youth and Beauty' taken from a Virginia coverlet, with warp counts and two color schemes. It also gives a table linen draft from the Boston Museum of Art with thread counts for a tablecloth and napkins, and warp and weft color sequences for a plaid coat material.
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 1 (January 1938)
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 1 (January 1938)
Weaver's Quarterly, January 1938
Periodical · 15 pages · weaving drafts
January 1938 issue of Kate Van Cleve's Weaver's Quarterly. It offers hand-colored graph designs for Swedish and French embroidery weaves and laid-in weave, with notes on colors and uses. It gives directions for a Swedish linen twill-pattern piece for bureau scarves and runners, taken from a draft brought from Säterglantan, Insjön, Sweden. It also gives a diamonds-and-squares luncheon set with threading and treadling, and notes on wool yarns (Fabri, homespun, Shetland) with warp and reed calculations for skirts and coats. The issue ends with a subject index to the quarterly through 1937.
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 2 (April 1938)
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 2 (April 1938)
Weaver's Quarterly, April 1938
Periodical · 10 pages · weaving drafts
April 1938 issue of The Weaver's Quarterly edited by Kate Van Cleve. It reports on Finnish handwoven curtain materials shown to the Weavers' Guild of Boston by Edith Fisher, with color-order diagrams, laid-in weave designs, and warp and weft directions for two curtain fabrics (one plain weave with laid-in pattern, one broken twill). It also gives a Rose Pattern draft and directions for a baby blanket woven with afghan warp and pompadour weft, and closes with a list of wools suitable for baby things, with yardage per pound and recommended uses.
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 3 (July 1938)
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 3 (July 1938)
Periodical · 8 pages · weaving drafts
Issue of Kate Van Cleve's Weaver's Quarterly (July 1938). It offers six charted designs for embroidery weaves (French, Laid-in and Swedish) for items such as a bell pull, borders, initials, a medallion and a child's bib. It gives four sampler variations of the overshot Ellen Coolidge pattern, with treadle-loom and table-loom treadlings. It also covers novelty wool yarns for scarves, dresses, coats and suits, and ends with a price list of Scottish tartans for which the author supplies directions.
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 4 (October 1938)
Weaver's Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 4 (October 1938)
Weaver's Quarterly, October 1938
Periodical · 13 pages · weaving drafts
October 1938 issue of Kate Van Cleve's Weaver's Quarterly. It includes charts of embroidery-weave motifs (borders, hearts, florals, birds, initials) with suggested uses, instructions for a wool bag in Navajo-style 'Indian weaving' with joining methods, and a six-harness winter and summer wall hanging with threading and treadling groups. It closes with warp stripe sequences for Scotch tartans (Dress Macpherson, Malcolm, Ancient Munro) for scarves and neckties.
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