Marguerite Porter Davison (1887–1953)

Truly, this is the book every weaver should have. It contains, in a simple manner, many of the basic patterns used by every weaver. The instructions, tie-ups, draw downs - well, every aspect of this book makes the weaving of the time honored and time tested patterns a fairly easy process. So much of weaving refers to patterns that are within the cover of this book. Ms. Davison's work to preserve the ageless patterns is well worth the price. Buy it, read it, use it, and pass it on to someone show more you love in your will. show less

This is the definitive book on four shaft weaving. It isn't a new publication, and everything illustrated is in black and white, but you could weave forever using nothing but the drafts in this book. It is particularly valuable as a reference for traditional overshot designs, some of them quite large and complex. Hundreds of drafts and lots of historical material as well.

The drafts in this book are intended to be used on a sinking shed loom. You can weave them on a rising shed loom and they show more will appear on the under surface of the cloth as it is being woven, or just convert the tie ups by putting 0's in all the empty tie up boxes and leaving the boxes with X's in them blank. show less

THE CLASSIC ... hundreds of 4-harness pattern drafts with photographs of finished woven swatches. Each threading shows several treadling variations. All of the old favorite patterns are here. Yarns and setts are not specified so part of the fun is in trying out your own

Great book for profiles. A bit difficult to interpret the threading