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DANA SPRAGUE'S "HOW TO" LIBRARY / CD-ROM BOOK # 002


WEAVING FOR BEGINNERS

WITH PLAIN DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING A HAND LOOM,

MOUNTING IT AND STARTING THE WORK.

Author: Luther Hooper.

Published: 1919 in London England.

Description: 114 pages, 57 illustrated pages, this book contains illustrated plans and directions for constructing a hand loom in great and clear detail.

Contents: Introduction, the loom and it's fittings, brief but very important, the woodwork of the loom, the ironwork of the loom, erecting the loom frame, the harness of the loom, warping, beaming, and entering, preparing the warp, turning on or beaming, entering the warp in the harness and reed, gating the loom, mounting the harness, tools for weaving and their uses, getting to work, mistakes and difficulties, variety in woven materials, ornamenting simple webs.

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