Weaving With Foot-Power Looms

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Summary: this book is legendary
Review: although first published in 1918, this book still has a lot to offer contemporary handweavers.

i have been told that there are some errors in drafting, but i haven't found them in the patterns i've been interested in.

the photos are fascinating, not so much for the techniques illustrated, but for the historical interest in dress.

if i remember correctly, this was used as a text in the chicago school district when students learned about the crafts that housed, clothed and maintained them. part of the philosophy was that hand work taught confidence through skill. it wouldn't be a bad idea today, when so many people have no idea where there clothes come from, how they're made, or anything about the skill and ingenuity of women and men througout the ages.

for many reasons, then, this book still has a place in the weaver's library.

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Summary: Foot-Power Loom Weaving
Review: That is the original title,published in 1918. Contains everything required to learn to weave, start to finish. Diagrams,drafts, directions,Colonial, Swedish, Damask, Doubleweave, Dyes & dyeing, and constructing a loom. Been weaving 35 years & could'nt get here without it. Beautiful Book To Hold !!