Friday, December 24, 2010

Mousseline










Mouseline de Soie (pr. moo-sa-leen-de-swa). Means silk muslin. Firmer than chiffon. Stiffer than silk voile. Not much used in recent years. Now largely replaced by organdie. White and colors. Weave—plain.


Cotton mouselin


Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Voile














Voile originates from the French for veil. As its name suggests, it is a cool, almost transparent,lightweight fabric, suitable for plain coloured summer shirts.
It is obtained by using extremely fine and twisted threads that are woven using the plain weave technique.







Full cotton voile




Weft cotton voile




Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Radium

 Fine, soft, closely woven fabric similar to good habutas but having greater lustre; washable. Usually free from weighting. Pussy Willow* a trade name. Uses: waists, dresses, linings, negligees.   Weave—plain.   Width, 40".



Weave : taffeta, Tabby


Warp : grêge
Weft : crêpe




Tuesday, June 1, 2010

First page rescue


 Louis Serrure : unpublished version
 The very complete 4000 dobby weaves with foreword (4 languages), drawing-ins and contents

A handbook of 12 shaft dobby weaves classified by theme (geometric, long stripe, cross stripe, spot weave, check, diagonal,etc)

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A handweaver's pattern book by Margerite Porter Davison 
adaptation to electronic devices and digital control

Chapter 1 : Twill threadling
1 PDF  format  37 pages

Chapter 2 : Bird's Eye & Rose path
1 PDF format  60 pages

Chapter 3 : Modified Twills
 1 PDF format 47 pages

Some patterns
1 PDF format 16 pages


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16 harness patterns
Irene Wood
1 pdf 30Mo
130 pages

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76 Plates
49 pages


and more......
104 pages and more...

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326 pages

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28 plates
70 pages


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A handbook of  2,3 and 4 shaft dobby weaves by author

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