The Shuttle-Craft Book On American Hand-Weaving - Being an Account of the Rise, Development, Eclipse, and Modern Revival of a National Popular Art

Together with Information of Interest and Value to Collectors, Technical Notes for the Use of Weavers, and a Large Collection of Historic Patterns - With Illustrations

Mary Meigs Atwater

• Publisher: Mason Press
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN:
  9781447497561
• Print ISBN:
  9781443776226

This antiquarian book contains a detailed treatise on American hand-weaving, being an account of the rise, development, eclipse, and modern revival of a national popular art together with information of interest and value to collectors, technical notes for the use of weaver, and a large collection of historical patterns. This comprehensive yet accessible guide will be of considerable value to those with an interest in weaving and its history, and it would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: Origins and Development, The Scope of this Book, Beginner's Problems, Design of the Fabric, Choice of Pattern and Color, Setting up the Loom, The Tie-Up, Weaving, The Plain Weave, The Twill Weave, etcetera. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Foreword
• Index of Chapters
• Chapter One Origins and Development
• Chapter Two Weaving Horizons—the Scope of This Book
• Chapter Three Beginner’s Problems
• Chapter Four Design of the Fabric
• Chapter Five Choice of Pattern and Color
• Chapter Six Setting up the Loom
• Chapter Seven Adjustments, Knots, the Tie-Up
• Chapter Eight Weaving
• Chapter Nine The Plain Weave
• Chapter Ten The Twill Weave
• Chapter Eleven The Four-Harness Overshot Weave
• Chapter Twelve Additional Four-Harness Weaves
• Chapter Thirteen The Summer-and-Winter Weave
• Chapter Fourteen The “Spot” or “Bronson” Weave
• Chapter Fifteen Double-Faced Twill and Damask
• Chapter Sixteen The Double Weave
• Chapter Seventeen Leno
• Chapter Eighteen Rug-Making
• Chapter Nineteen Pick-Up Weaving
• Chapter Twenty Finishes
• Postscript
• Index