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Swatch collection #21. (1) Fabric for a skirt or dress has strong vertical lines and is woven in plain and basket weaves. (2) Fabric for a blouse or T-top has strong line in three-end huck lace weave. (3) Fabric for a cardigan jacket with a diagonal line is woven in 8-shaft corkscrew twill. (4) Fabric for a vest, light jacket or culottes is woven in plain weave with 4/4 basket weave checks.
HANDWOVEN Mar-Apr 1990 (v.11#2) pg. 38, 81

How to weave two coordinating cloths together in a single backed fabric. Warp-backed and weft-backed fabrics, and double cloth. Advice on designing a stitched fabric. Includes instructions for a 2/2 twill scarf decorated with 1/3 and 3/1 twill weft-backed bands. Also includes drafts for two textiles: (1) Warp-backed vest fabric is striped in four colors and backed in a solid color and (2) interlaced double-cloth coat fabric has a mohair/wool-blend upper layer backed with plain weave.
HANDWOVEN Jan-Feb 1991 (v.12#1) pg. 64, 79

Reflections of a stormy beach. Swatch collection No. 23. (1) Plain weave ground with stripes in various weaves. (2) Honeycomb four-shaft weave variation that creates slightly undulating stripes, with novelty cotton used to suggest sea foam. (3) Dress or shirt fabric in a plain weave with an overcheck. (4) Warp-faced, 3/1 twill in tailored stripe.
HANDWOVEN Mar-Apr 1991 (v.12#2) pg. 34, 94

Swatch collection No. 24 featuring autumnal colors. (1) Lightweight coat fabric in a large plaid is woven in 2/2 twill. (2) Jacket outerwear fabric in basket and plain weave is woven on six shafts. (3) Plaid suit or skirt fabric woven in an eight-shaft twill variation. Color and weave create a strong diagonal. (4) Jacket fabric with strong vertical stripes made by weaving a Bedford cord.
HANDWOVEN Sep-Oct 1991 (v.12#4) pg. 38, 87

A matter of twill. A look at twills woven on a straight-draw threading for four, six and eight shafts. Discusses regular, Dornick and corkscrew twills, with drafts for each.
HANDWOVEN Jan-Feb 1992 (v.13#1) pg. 36

Eight-shaft basics A look at the range of design possibilities. Includes drafts for end borders in weft-faced twill and a check that combines plain weave and basket weave in one cloth. Threading and treadling show four variations of a supplementary-warp pattern on four different ground structures.
HANDWOVEN Jan-Feb 1992 (v.13#1) pg. 75

Swatch collection No. 25. (1) Fabric for a striped jacket in a 3/1 twill woven on four-shafts. (2) Reversible skirt or jacket checked fabric woven in summer & winter pattern. (3) Asymmetrically striped fabric for a dress or shirt with white stripes against a twill background. (4) Tattersall check fabric woven on six shafts.
HANDWOVEN Mar-Apr 1992 (v.13#2) pg. 36, 80
Correction HANDWOVEN May-Jun 1992 (v.13#3) pg. 79

Swatch collection No. 26. (1) Plain-weave coat fabric with bright dots against a black background. (2) Outerwear fabric in warp-striped plain weave with a textured diamond overpattern created by floats. (3) Two-block twill suit fabric in a small diamond motif. (4) Plain weave fabric for an evening jacket has supplementary weft floats that are cut before washing to create pile.
HANDWOVEN Sep-Oct 1992 (v.13#4) pg. 20, 80

Swatch collection No. 27. (1) Jacket fabric is woven on five shafts in a color-and-weave-effect novelty weave. (2) Jacket fabric is woven on six shafts in a striped color-and-weave-effect plain weave with 2/2/ twill squares. (3) Lightweight plaid fabric suitable for skirt, blouse or dress is woven on four shafts in plain weave with three-end huck lace squares. (4) Striped jacket fabric is woven on five shafts in a warp-striped satin.
HANDWOVEN Mar-Apr 1993 (v.14#2) pg. 76, 90

Fabrics for interiors No. 20. (1) Rug fabric in a weft-faced herringbone twill, treadled to be double-sided. (2) Throw fabric is woven in double-faced broken reverse twill. (3) Curtain fabric in a fairly wide set plain weave. Gauze-lace leno, worked with a pick-up stick, is used to create horizontal stripes and a geometric motif to accent the border. (4) Pillow or cushion fabric is a weft-faced stripe with a beaded design. (5) Upholstery fabric woven in diamond twill.
HANDWOVEN May-Jun 1993 (v.14#3) pg. 74, 91

Seventh Avenue swatch designs. (1) Chenille houndstooth six-shaft novelty weave. (2) Ombre plaid in four-shaft plain weave, 2/2 twill and eight-shaft crepe weave. (3) Vintage log cabin plain weave in a plaid. (4) Tweed in a six-shaft basket weave variation.
HANDWOVEN Sep-Oct 1993 (v.14#4) pg. 37

Swatch collection #28. (1) Suit fabric with a strong diagonal is woven in eight-shaft interrupted twill. (2) Skirt or slacks fabric is woven in a four-shaft 2/2 twill with color-and-weave-effect. (3) Jacket fabric in an six-shaft 2/2 twill is woven in an ombre plaid with overcheck. (4) Coat fabric in Curly Stars eight-shaft pattern is woven in color-and-weave-effect.
HANDWOVEN Sep-Oct 1993 (v.14#4) pg. 47, 84
Correction HANDWOVEN Jan-Feb 1994 (v.15#1) pg. 83
Correction HANDWOVEN Sep-Oct 1994 (v.15#4) pg. 82

How to convert small overshot patterns into skip twill that can be woven on four shafts.
HANDWOVEN Sep-Oct 1993 (v.14#4) pg. 55

Halftone twill, a way to weave four blocks on eight shafts.
HANDWOVEN Sep-Oct 1993 (v.14#4) pg. 67

Fabrics for interiors No.21, all based on traditional four-shaft weaves. (1) Cotton toweling in M's & O's. (2) Cotton toweling in a reverse skip twill. (3) Carpeting fabric in Summer & Winter weave structure. (4) Plain-weave, warp faced carpeting.
HANDWOVEN Nov-Dec 1993 (v.14#5) pg. 74, 91
Correction HANDWOVEN Mar-Apr 1994 (v.15#2) pg. 79

Swatch collection #29 of fabrics inspired by natural dyestuffs. (1) Lacy blouse or dress fabric. (2) Plain-weave jacket fabric with an overcheck of fine threads in three colors. (3) Two-block twill fabric for dress, skirt or light jacket, features alternating blocks of color and weave. (4) Plain-weave jacket or skirt fabric with a fine overcheck.
HANDWOVEN Mar-Apr 1994 (v.15#2) pg. 62, 87

Two articles describe techniques for twill inlay.
HANDWOVEN May-Jun 1994 (v.15#3) pg. 49, 50

Crackle patterns from twill profiles. (1) Three-point twill threading. (2) Treadled with a standard 2/2 tie-up. (3) Using 2/2 twills as profiles.
HANDWOVEN Sep-Oct 1994 (v.15#4) pg. 42

Breaking the block. An exploration of block weaves and their design using twill and other simple weaves.
HANDWOVEN Nov-Dec 1994 (v.15#5) pg. 53
Correction HANDWOVEN Jan-Feb 1995 (v.16#1) pg. 10

Swatch collection #30. (1) A dress- or skirt-weight cotton fabric woven in two colors in interleaved twill. (2) Coat-weight fabric woven in undulating twill. (3) Suit fabric woven in three colors on six shafts has a plain weave ground with a surface texture formed by warp floats. (4) A skirt or jacket fabric woven in 2/2 twill using two sizes of worsted yarn and loop mohair.
HANDWOVEN Nov-Dec 1994 (v.15#5) pg. 64, 94

Lots of dots. An introduction to ways structures can be used to produce dots. Instructions are furnished for weaving nine fabrics. (1) Twill variation. (2) Plain weave with warp floats. (3) Spot Bronson. (4) Plain weave with warp and weft floats. (5) Lace Bronson. (6) and (7) Plain weave with three-end huck lace squares. (8) Plain weave with supplementary warp. (9) Plain weave with supplementary warp floats.
HANDWOVEN Mar-Apr 1995 (v.16#2) pg. 66, 97

Weaving a four-shaft twill sampler. More than 60 treadlings are furnished for a straight-twill threading.
HANDWOVEN Sep-Oct 1995 (v.16#4) pg. 58

Double-faced twill fabric in three versions. (1) Four-shaft version has bands of solid and mixed colors. (2) Eight-shaft version with two blocks. (3) Twelve-shaft version with blocks of solid and mixed colors side by side. Includes instructions for "Sunset" color study in four-shaft double-faced twill.
HANDWOVEN Sep-Oct 1995 (v.16#4) pg. 62, 88

Network drafting without a computer. A method for designing threadings and treadlings with the aid of a grid. Explanation applies the techniques to straight twill.
HANDWOVEN Nov-Dec 1995 (v.16#5) pg. 72

A threading and treadling for 2/2 twill that will eliminate the need for a floating selvedge.
HANDWOVEN May-Jun 1996 (v.17#3) pg. 10

Breaking into waves. A study of the subtle interactions between slight overtwist and weave structure. Pleats are created by weaving a 3/1 broken twill. Information on which yarns are most effective.
HANDWOVEN Nov-Dec 1996 (v.17#5) pg. 35

Diamondo. Jacket-weight fabric is woven in triple goose-eye 2/2 twill with areas of weft-faced 1/3 twill inlay that form diamond patterns. Complementary dress-weight fabric is woven in plain weave with streaks of color created by supplementary warp floats.
HANDWOVEN Sep-Oct 1997 (v.18#4) pg. 61, 74

Ginger Snap fabrics. Vest-weight fabric, woven in extended twill and plain weave. Pants-weight fabric is striped, alternating huck and 3/1 warp-faced twill.
HANDWOVEN Sep-Oct 1997 (v.18#4) pg. 62, 76

Curving the twill line. How to design an undulating twill.
HANDWOVEN Jan-Feb 1998 (v.19#1) pg. 30

Turned shadow twills. How to combine parallel shadow-weave drafts and then turn and simplify the draft to get two very different fabrics on the same warp. Requires eight to 12 shafts.
HANDWOVEN Mar-Apr 1998 (v.19#2) pg. 42

Double the twills on half the shafts. How to weave interlocking twills.
HANDWOVEN Mar-Apr 1998 (v.19#2) pg. 49

Silk twill vest fabric is woven on four shafts in 2/2 twill with 3/1 twill weft stripes.
HANDWOVEN May-Jun 1998 (v.19#3) pg. 41, 101

Putting the shadow in shadow weave. How to draft shadow weave from a twill.
HANDWOVEN Sep-Oct 1998 (v.19#4) pg. 34

Fabrics for clothing designed by Sharon Alderman. (1) Suit fabric in plain weave with weft floats on one side and warp floats on the other is woven on eight shafts. (2) Coat fabric woven on eight shafts in a twill with supplementary warp and weft. (3) Jacket fabric woven in block twill on eight shafts. (4) Dress fabric woven in an eight-shaft point twill variation.
HANDWOVEN Sep-Oct 1999 (v.20#4) pg. 52, 76

Shadow weave, tills with a twist. Drafts for six versions of shadow weave furnished.
SHUTTLE, SPINDLE & DYEPOT #85 Winter 1990-91 (v.22#1) pg. 60
Correction SHUTTLE, SPINDLE & DYEPOT #86 Spring 1991 (v.22#2) pg. 7

Twill sampler with seven basic twill threadings (straight, point, asymmetrical extended point, undulating, symmetrical extended point, skip and broken).
SHUTTLE, SPINDLE & DYEPOT #97 Winter 1993-94 (v.25#1) pg. 50

Network drafting for eight shafts. A guide to getting started using a jeans twill.
SHUTTLE, SPINDLE & DYEPOT #101 Winter 1994-95 (v.26#1) pg. 44

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