The joy of hand weaving
By: by Osma Gallinger Tod.
Edition: Dover Edition
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Copyright date: 1964
Subjects: Weaving
First sentence: Hand weaving is one of the most productive and popular crafts in modern times. Individuals weave for many reasons--to create fabrics for their homes or personal attire, to sell in shops or use as gifts, as well as for the many accompanying pleasures of the craft itself, such as the fun of creating, the interest in weave structure, the history of fabrics, the exercise involved, and the spiritual satisfaction of completing something useful and beautiful.
Notes: Reprint of the ed. published by Bonanza Books, New York.

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Bibliography: p. 320-322.
Table of contents: label: Introduction
title: xi; label: Part One
title: Simple or Plain Weaving; label: The Story of Thread
title: 1; label: The History of Weaving
title: 14; label: What It Means to Weave
title: 19; label: First Weaving Lesson -- Learning Plain Weave
title: 21; label: Preparing to Weave a Bookmark
title: 24; label: Weaving the Bookmark
title: 27; label: Finishing the Bookmark
title: 30; label: Weaving a Rug on a Frame
title: 35; label: How the Indian Weaves
title: 40; label: The Shed and Its Variations
title: 45; label: Weaving a Table Mat or Rug on a Loom
title: 27; label: The Colors for the Rug
title: 47; label: Color Combinations from Nature
title: 55; label: The Process of Weaving on a Two-Harness Loom; Threading Plain Weave from a Draft
title: 58; label: Making a Two-Harness Table Loom
title: 67; label: Making a Plan for Threading the Loom
title: 71; label: Preparing the Warp; Setting up the Loom
title: 75; label: Preparing the Weft
title: 86; label: Handling the Threads
title: 92; label: Two-Harness Design Method
title: 100; label: The Weaving of Rag Rugs in Plain Weave
title: 110; label: Useful Articles Woven with Striped Warps and Wefts
title: 119; label: Tapestry Technique. Weaving Designs into the Cloth
title: 128; label: Design Weaves
title: 133; label: Part Two
title: Pattern Weaving; label: How to Warp and Thread a Four-Harness Loom
title: 145; label: Weaving Both Plain and Pattern Weave on a Four-Harness Loom
title: 159; label: The Twill Family of Weaves. Herringbone Variations
title: 172; label: The Principles of Overshot Pattern Weaving
title: 191; label: The Diamond or Cross Family
title: 197; label: The Monk's Belt Pattern and Its Uses
title: 203; label: Practical Overshot Patterns
title: 210; label: Designing Drafts and Special Techniques
title: 222; label: Ways of Weaving Overshot
title: 232; label: Special Four-Harness Techniques
title: 239; label: Multi-Harness Weaves
title: 259; label: The Handweaver's Approach to Color
title: 265; label: Planning Borders
title: 270; label: Various Draft Notations
title: 276; label: Thread Sizes, Counts, and Yardage, and Costs of Hand-Woven Fabrics
title: 280; label: Thread Chart of Warp Settings and Suitable Wefts
title: 287; label: Practical Projects for Hand-Woven Fabrics
title: 293; label: Appendix; label: Definitions of Terms Used in Weaving
title: 309; label: Bibliography
title: 320