LEARN HOW TO HAND LOOM WEAVE WEAVER SPINNING PATTERNS

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• Learn The Basics Of Spinning & Weaving
  
  
• Discover How To Use A Warping Board & Mill
  
  
• Create Plain Weave Projects With Ease
  
  
• Learn The Process Of Turning-On Or Beaming
  
  
• Learn How To Make Simple Weaving Patterns
  
  
• Try Your Hand At Tapestry Weaving It's Fun!
  
  
• Discover Simply Done Warp & Weft Effects
  
  
• Learn How To Work Single Harness Patterns
  
  
• Step Up To Double Harness Patterns Quickly
  
  
• Learn How To Do Complex Pattern Weaving
  
  
• Discover How A Draw Loom Is Used
  
  
• Learn The Art Of Brocatelle & Tissue Weaving
  
  
• Discover Figured Velvet Weaving Techniques

Part I - Plain Weaving

Chapter I - The Rudiments of Spinning and Weaving
Chapter II - The Indispensable Appliances For Simple Weaving
Chapter III - The Warping Board
Chapter IV - The Warping Mill
Chapter V - Turning On, Or Beaming
Chapter VI - The Beaming Drum
Chapter VII - The Hand-Loom For Automatic Weaving
Chapter VIII - The Accessory Appliances of the Loom

Part II - Simple Pattern-Weaving

Chapter IX - Tapestry Weaving
Chapter X - The Simplest Warp and Weft Effects of Pattern
Chapter XI - Single Harness Patterns
Chapter XII - The Satins and Double Cloth
Chapter XIII - Shedding Motions
Chapter XIV - Double Harness Pattern Weaving
Chapter XV - Automatic Machines for Shedding Motions

Part III - Complex Pattern Weaving

Chapter XVI - The Draw Loom and Thread Monture
Chapter XVII - The Shaft Monture
Chapter XVIII - Brocatelle and Tissue Weaving
Chapter XIX - The Compound Monture
Chapter XX - Figured Velvet Weaving

Concluding Note
Glossary
Index

• Discover The origin of tapestry weaving
  
  
• Create Rare Antique Single Harness Patterns
  
  
• Learn About Single & Broken Twill Weaves
  
  
• Discover What Makes Satin Weaving So Unique
  
  
• Learn How To Draw Your Own Pattern Designs
  
  
• Discover The Shedding Motions In Loom Weaving
  
  
• Learn The Secrets Of Double Harness Weaving

Tapestry Weaving

A definition of pattern-weaving
Ancient Textile Decoration
The origin of tapestry weaving
tapestry a variety of plain weaving
The effect of tight and loose wefting
Tapestry weaving necessarily an artistic handicraft
Tapestry akin to embroidery

Single Harness Patterns

Ruled paper and its uses
Sketches of entering and tie-up
Designs possible on a loom with few headles
The position of cloth in weaving
Tying up the loom
Plan of a tie-up
Simple Twills
The broken Twill, its importance
Origin and peculiarity of satin-weaving
the four headle twill
Method of drawing designs for simple looms
Simple pattern with tabby ground throughout, its advantages

The satins and double cloth

Construction and utility of the satin tie
Meaning of the term satin
Peculiar quality of the satin tie
Various satins and the number of headles required for weaving them
Reasons for weaving webs face downwards
Exceptions
The selvages of satin and other webs
Seperate selvages and their fitting up
When seperate selvages are necessary
Contrast of colours in satin webs and its limits
Double cloth, its advantages
Preparing and entering the warp for double cloth
Weaving double cloth

Shedding motions

The simplest shedding motion
Two typical shedding motions
Differences between the two kinds of shedding motions
Choice of shedding motion left to weaver
Suitable design for shedding motion No. 2

Double harness pattern weaving

Diaper weaving - example
Patterns in double cloth - Indian example
Use of the figure harness
Use of the tabby harness
Importance of the two-harness method of weaving
The weaving of small damask patterns with two harnesses
Details of weaving figured damask
Analysis of the effect of the two harnesses
Shed making for damask patterns
All modern weaving of pattern based on two harness principles
Weaving from two seperate warps
Velvet weaving and its methods
Arrangement of the loom for velvet weaving
Actual process of velvet weaving
Principle tool for velvet weaving
Terry velvet
Superiority of hand loom velvet
Small designs in velvet
Tobine weaving

Automatic machines for shedding motions

Automatic shedding motions and their use
Disadvantages of the jacquard machine for home weaving
Comparison of it with simpler machines
The jack-in-the-box - its inventor
Character of hand loom weavers
Tie-up and working of the jack-in-the-box
The drawboy machine, its details and use
Examples of pattern weaving with drawboy

• Learn How Plain Cloth Is Typically Constructed
  
  
• Discover How The Warp & Weft Work Together
  
  
• Learn How To Prepare Threads For Weaving
  
  
• Learn How To Use A Simple Spindle & Distaff
  
  
• Discover The Origin & History Of The Loom
  
  
• Find Out What The Simplest Practical Loom Is

The rudiments of spinning and weaving

The comparative importance of the weaver's art
Scope of hand-loom weaving
Weaving universal
The construction of plain cloth
The warp
The weft
Relative size of warp and weft
Preparation of threads for weaving
Flax and its use prehistoric
Retting and skutching of flax
Preparation of Cotton, Wool and silk
Carding, its purpose and method
Fine spinning by machinery
Ancient spinning with distaff and spindle
The distaff
The spindle

The indispensable appliances for simple weaving

The origin of the loom
Looms in ancient art and literature
Egyptian and Greek looms
The essential part of the loom
The cross in the warp
The simplest practical loom
Demonstration of the cross
Special need for the cross inlong warps of many threads
Preparation of the warp
Ancient warping
A simple method of warping for domestic looms

• Build Your Own Warping Board For Very Little
  
  
• Learn Why A Sturdy Loom & Equipment Is A Must
  
  
• Discover How To Properly Use A Warping Board
  
  
• Learn The Way To Secure Crosses To The Warp
  
  
• Discover How To Warp Several Threads At Once
  
  
• Learn About The Portee Cross & Its Function
  
  
• Learn How To Properly Take Off The Warp

The warping board - Instructions to make & Details

The necessity for strength in all weaving appliances

The warping board in use

Securing the crosses in the warp

Warping several threads at once

The reel or bobbin carrier, and its use in connection with the warping board

The Portee cross

Taking off the warp

The hand-stick

• Make Your Own Warping Mill Simple Plans
  
  
• Discover Why A Warping Mill Is A True Neccessity
  
  
• Learn How To Spread The Warp Correctly
  
  
• Learn How To Control The Length Of Warps
  
  
• How To Calculate The Count & Length Of Warps
  
  
• Discover How To Begin A Warp On The Loom

The Warping Mill

The warping mill necessary for long, full warps

Description of the warping mill for silk-weaving

The bobbin frame

The heck-block

Deomonstration of spreading a warp

Regulating the length of warps

The heck

The gatherer

The count and length of warps; how calculated

Threading the heck

Beginning a warp

Taking the cross

The rachet and wheel of the heck-block

Mending thread

• Familiarize Yourself With The Loom & Its Fittings
  
  
• Find Out How The Loom Frame Is Put Together
  
  
• Discover The Function Of The Looms Harness
  
  
• Learn To Do Warping Beaming and Entering
  
  
• Learn The Techniques Of Gating the Loom
  
  
• Learn How To Avoid Common Weavers Mistakes

Introduction

Part I - The Loom and its fittings

I. Brief but very important

II. The woodwork of the loom

III. The ironwork of the loom

IV. Erecting the loom frame

V. The harness of the loom

Part II - Warping Beaming and Entering

VI. Preparing the warp

VII. Turning on, or Beaming

VIII. Entering the warp in the harness and reed

Part III - Gating the Loom

IX. Mounting the harness

X. Tools For weaving and their uses

Part IV -Getting To Work

XI. Getting to work

XII. Mistakes and Difficulties

XIII. Variety in woven materials

XIV. Ornamenting Simple Webs