Art of Handlooms and Weaving Books on
DVD
Weaving is the textile art in which two distinct sets of yarns or
threads, called the warp and the filling or weft (older woof), are
interlaced with each other to form a fabric or cloth. The warp threads
run lengthways of the piece of cloth, and the weft runs across from side
to side.
Cloth is woven on a loom, a device for holding the warp threads
in place while the filling threads are woven through them. Weft is an
old English word meaning "that which is woven".
The manner in which the warp and filling threads interlace with each
other is known as the weave. The three basic weaves are plain weave,
satin weave, and twill, and the majority of woven products are created
with one of these weaves. (Summary by Wikipedia)
VLR is pleased to offer you this one of a kind collection of
vintage handloom and weaving books on a single "Gift Quality" DVD.
Titles Include:
:: 1869 The theory and practice of the art of weaving by hand and power, with calculations and tables, for the use of those connected with the trade - 402 pages.
:: 1890 The self-instructor in textile designing - a practical guide in designing & weaving - 164 pages.
:: 1896 Loom-fixing and weaving. A book for all who are interested in such matters - 120 pages.
:: 1902 Hand-loom Weaving - a manual for school and home - 168
pages.
:: 1903 Loom Fixers Manual - 132 pages.
:: 1910 Aboriginal American Weaving - 12 pages.
:: 1915 Book of Instructions - 24 pages.
:: 1915 Handbook of Weaves - 422 pages.
:: 1915 How to Figure Out and Arrange Pattern Work - 84 pages.
:: 1918 Foot-power Loom Weaving - 228 pages.
:: 1920 Hand-loom Weaving, plain & ornamental - 410 pages.
:: 1933 The Book of School Weaving - 66 pages.
:: Weaving for Beginners - Loom Plans - 116 pages.
:: 1902 Hand-loom Weaving
A manual for school and home. Covers all
the basics, with plenty of illustrations, expaling the process in an
easy to understand format.
:: 1903 Loom Fixers Manual
Official manual and reference book of the
National Loom Fixers Association of America
:: 1910 Aboriginal American
Weaving
Wonderful as is the development of modern
machinery for the
manufacture of American textiles--machinery which seems almost human
in the way it converts raw materials into finished cloth; just as
surprising are the most primitive looms of the American aborigines,
who without the aid of machinery make interesting weavings with only a
bar upon which to suspend the warp threads while the human hand
completes all the processes of manufacture. Modern man's inventive
genius in the textile art has been expended upon perfecting the
machinery, while primitive man's ingenuity has resulted in making a
beautiful weaving with very simple means.
:: 1915 Book of Instructions
This book will tell you of a simplelittle
device invented by a louisville gentleman, that will enable you or any
member of your family with the greatest of ease, to make in endless
variety and shapes, both beautiful and useful articles such as table
mats, pillow covers, hand bags, bed spreads and countless other things
and that too of very inexpensive materials.
:: 1915 Handbook of Weaves
Basic reference work with 1,875 patterns and
full technical information for looming them.
:: 1915 How to Figure Out and Arrange Pattern
Work
How to figure out and arrange pattern work
for weaving colored fabrics - explained and illustrated, together with
other simple rules and calculations pertaining to weaving departments
:: 1918 Foot-power Loom Weaving
Contains everything required to learn to
weave, start to finish. Diagrams,drafts, directions, Colonial, Swedish,
Damask, Doubleweave, Dyes & dyeing, and constructing a loom.
:: 1920 Hand-loom Weaving - plain &
ornamental
A Practical Handbook On The Use Of Modern
Diamond Core Drills In Prospecting And Exploiting Mineral-Bearing
Properties Including Particulars Of The Cost Of Apparatus And Of
Working."
:: 1933 The Book of School
Weaving
64 pages of illustrations and text covering
cardboard looms, board and frame looms, rug making, tapestry, small
table looms, etc.
Sample thumbnails taken from the collection.
(Low resolution thumbnails - CD/DVD images are scanned at 300 DPI)
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