Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-02
WEAVING WAS AN ART
IN THE DAYS or HOMEsPuN WON
EN- USED TO WORK HARD.


~ .rahanes'srs Dseo = spend As<s |
Time sp'nsins. Wsasinss knitting. Vet |
ting and EmbroiderinE They Mans-
faetared All Their Own Clsth.
r. tba d.vs - tn,v...,.,.... 49,
= L.. .e..'' 9 '', 80 - oun
I. .-'' - ~ = ~. p'.i'ia = iock
wo'N "a' uas htihI = spinning,
snouen cisyer spinner conld easily DO
twice a. mnch Wool was often colored
before spinning dyed black Or red, then
carded with white. The resultant
thread. steel or red MIXED was wonder.
fully soft and hsrmopions IN ce,or. "A
Old six carefully rayeled tl,e, ..arj,ad
with white wool o, cf,ttnn mad tI.a en-
mixed that was such I favor;te IN w
long stockings worn with knee treeches
as well as for homespun gowns Thex
were woven IN checks. sfriTsex and cI<,.i.
inQs. One Of the urettiext "a. r;ce
eIofh-a kind OF basket weaye--<,f alter
nate whire and black on gray tbreads
thirteen to the group. Il was troubIe-
some TO weave-a thread too many rna6e
balk in the pattern. Children and
servants had simple checks in blue q
copperas and white. Linseys for winter
wear were gorgeous in green and scar
let and black and blue.
Dyeinx was TART OF the home work a.
well as weaving and spinning. Fror.
walnut huIls. bark ana root came TWEEN
" shades of brown. Greer waluuts and
black that did not stain the wearer
Hickory bark or peach leaves give 4
glowing yellow; swamp maple. black
ish purple; sugar mapie. light leather
tint, and oak bark. set with copueras. 4
handsome grayish color. In fact. a
skilled dyer could get twenty colors
from the woods and fields
Except for fannels, carpets and
blankets the warp was usually of faro,
cotton. A very pretty Garnet had half
the warp of coarse wool doubred-a
strand of green and one Of brown. m
weaving when the wool came unrer.
most a very coarse wool thread was s5sot
In. When the cotton came M q yery
fine thread caught and held il almost IN.
visiblv. Beaten IN thick the effect was
that Of a mossy. clouded Turkey fabric
Other carpets were woven in strires ar
plain. ike webbing. the woolen woof
threads passing over and under the cs.t.
ton warn two At a time
Size was estimated nv the nunt.er ~
threads that. laid side ty side made
cloth the regulation ward wide. The
coarsest was 400. From that II went m
and ND with hardly limit exeept that
of the spinners- skill and r.atience There
was scarcely ANYTHING they c,r,ld,-t
| weave ON the looms--iersev and ,.arga
| and COTTON ana linsev hor-e linen ia
linen. blankets and eonn.erranes Tha
| counteruane was bomesrnn h;ob wata,
| marx Woolen ones had usnaTlv az
fipure in colors Skinned nm ~, ! Whit
or blue ground These IF cot4o,, ,~a-a
left white and hleaebed iii they dazzIa.i
the eyes. OF Some easy nattarns !
clever woman could weave EIGHT yards
| in a dav
Of bonav.onb bnctabact ar5 Al.
mond drarsr tbres yaras was $500
DAYS work Fancy natter7,s u-arx. r,ora
tedious. The CROWN 81 sin and r.at;ence
MAS kno4tad c,cfh The u.ava -, -
fectlv nlain hint II intervals of an irch
a bio soft cord yv,s xrovs,, ~ ana -,,1la,5
mn in little Knots al, along it, Iapa-b
| Over the hodv If the cIotb tbev fo-rna,1
rag,Iar diamonds For the car+s- Il -
made am elaborate arah..sc,,a das;e,,,
Down ono side If the s,,-aaj The 49,,
general,v drew ,bar, mn ~ sbana 81,
initials with either the date Of matr;no
in roman letters or her bushsnd,s na,ns
onnosite IN balance her own
| There was room and IN snsra PA,
in those DAYS stood four feet from IN
aoor. Counternanes we're tbraa xar5.
nv fonr witbont the FRINGE wb;cb NJ,
either woven with dates and ;nifials =
tbe deem omen beading or tn;+,ad i
onen lozenoa na+tern to which daa,, 70
.els wera attached n faIl ovar rsl
ance also ho,nesnun and was a;.bg,
fringed or edged with netts5 r.,,nts a
the hotton
Weaving was not tho s,,,n of bf,rsa
wifarv IN that era The good dams.
knew as much of ey,bro;dsrv a. +ba;,
favored Orc a
them has lefr heh;n3 her ,nonnm.r-a
n;aca of yrnrl- in which c,y y, fr,n,,5 =,
| less than nineteen different STITCHES
many off them a,nong The ra-.S+ an
most dificult known
The pettirp needle and s.i-rnr. ella
mn many dav Tina ba5 xz-ss +ba ~.
a. ,-;-taa, = s;.,; -. II.