Handweaver's Pattern Book, Revised Edition Hardcover – January 1, 1971

The author, Marguerite Porter Davison, an experienced and gifted handweaver, has researched and photographed this extensive collection of traditional handweaving patterns. She presents them in this compendium with pattern instructions and clear black and white photos of each weave pattern. The book includes an introduction; a discussion and chart of comparative yarn sizes; a section entitled, "A Few Suggestions from Old Weavers; and 21 chapters covering pattern groups and individual designs. These include: Twill Treadlings; Bird's Eye and Rose Path (15 types); Modified Twills (25 types); Twill Combinations (30); Grouped Warp Threads (24); M's and O's (21); Canvas-Weaves (14); Texture Weaves (22); Huck-a-Back Weaves (11); Barley Corn (26); Swedish Lace Weave (15); Monk's Belt (15); Thousand Flowers (14); Block Designs (19); Diamonds (18); Rose Designs (17); Overshot Novelties (22); Large Overshot (22); Squares with Border (14); Summer and Winter (12); Crackle Weave 21). Self-published by Marguerite Porter Davison, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, (1971), 9th printing - revised edition. 217 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Read more