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Luther Hooper. B CHAPTER VIII BEGINNING TO WEAVE EFORE beginning to weave any braid with a weft of coloured cotton , linen , wool , or silk , an inch or two of plain weaving with a weft of flax twine or cotton cord must be woven . This ...
Luther Hooper. B CHAPTER VIII BEGINNING TO WEAVE EFORE beginning to weave any braid with a weft of coloured cotton , linen , wool , or silk , an inch or two of plain weaving with a weft of flax twine or cotton cord must be woven . This ...
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... weave will be such as the one given on Plate I at Fig . 1. It consists of a prevailing ground of gold- coloured mercerized cotton or silk , woven with a rather open texture so as to show equal proportions of the warp and weft . Across ...
... weave will be such as the one given on Plate I at Fig . 1. It consists of a prevailing ground of gold- coloured mercerized cotton or silk , woven with a rather open texture so as to show equal proportions of the warp and weft . Across ...
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... weft ' coming in front of a particular warp thread , we put a spot of colour ... coloured mercerized cotton for the ground must be wound on to the shuttle in ... weft for the stripes will also be used double , but it will be best to use ...
... weft ' coming in front of a particular warp thread , we put a spot of colour ... coloured mercerized cotton for the ground must be wound on to the shuttle in ... weft for the stripes will also be used double , but it will be best to use ...
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... weft to the inch . This is to be done by pressing each shoot down with ... coloured cottons , wools , or silks to be used in the design . As we have to ... coloured weft must be taken in the right hand , twisted round the first thread of ...
... weft to the inch . This is to be done by pressing each shoot down with ... coloured cottons , wools , or silks to be used in the design . As we have to ... coloured weft must be taken in the right hand , twisted round the first thread of ...
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... weft in the opening covering alternately the front and back of each pair of warp threads . The weft must not be ... colour . The rest of the design will be carried on in the same way , in its different colours , until the point E is ...
... weft in the opening covering alternately the front and back of each pair of warp threads . The weft must not be ... colour . The rest of the design will be carried on in the same way , in its different colours , until the point E is ...
Common terms and phrases
alternate threads back threads begin board loom braid CALIFORN carried CHAPTER coloured weft complete Coptic dark grey dark weft diagonal diagrams double strings double threads edge ends filled fitted fixed flax green weft ground weft illustrations inches wide interlocking joining knots leash rod left hanging linen ground linen weft loops Mercerised mercerized cotton number of threads open shed Organzines ornaments pass of tapestry PITMAN PRESS plain ground plain linen plain weaving plain woven purple reel right to left right-hand ROBERTS BEAUMONT ruled paper second shoot shoot of weft shown in Fig shuttle silk simple SIR ISAAC PITMAN slat slits SMALL APPLIANCES Soumak stitch space squares strings of warp student studies on Plate tapestry panel TAPESTRY TABLE LOOM tapestry weaving tension Textile thick threads of warp Tussah twill upright warp and weft warp strings warp threads warping stand weaver weaving board WEAVING WITH SMALL wound woven