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... green , and of still other colors . So it is with the weaver . One might weave for years without exhausting the possibilities of a 1-2-3-4 thread- ing , but it would get very tiresome without some variety to add spice to the work . At ...
... green , and of still other colors . So it is with the weaver . One might weave for years without exhausting the possibilities of a 1-2-3-4 thread- ing , but it would get very tiresome without some variety to add spice to the work . At ...
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... green , blue and violet . Make the warp at least three yards long and have one and one - half to two inches of each color . Set up the loom in a plain twill so that one blanket can be woven in tabby and one in twill . Weave with the ...
... green , blue and violet . Make the warp at least three yards long and have one and one - half to two inches of each color . Set up the loom in a plain twill so that one blanket can be woven in tabby and one in twill . Weave with the ...
Page 66
... green block is never placed in a row belonging to a blue block . For permanent records ink may be used ; it has the advantage of not smudging as crayon does . But for working , colored pencil that may be erased if necessary is much ...
... green block is never placed in a row belonging to a blue block . For permanent records ink may be used ; it has the advantage of not smudging as crayon does . But for working , colored pencil that may be erased if necessary is much ...
Contents
Cloth Analysis | 7 |
Tabby and Its Variations | 21 |
Twills and Their Variations | 30 |
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