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Evening Star, Issue 23355, 26 August 1939, Page 8

Things to Make and Do By Handicraft WEAVING AT HOME An Interesting Seasonable Craft Woven materials form some of the most commonly used articles in everyday life, but little thought is given to their production. On analysing a piece of material, into which even a simple design is woven, you will be puzzled to discover how it is executed, unless you have been previously initiated into this very interesting croft. With a few odds and ends any girl or boy will be able to produce admirable work that con be put to use in o variety of ways There are various kinds ot apparatus from simple cardboard looms to complicated machinery that will enable weaving to be done, but the principle throughout Is the same: that is, the long lateral threads are called the warp, under and over which the weft or cross-threads are passed. The method described here enables the work to be carried out very easily and accurately, and patterns can be Introduced at will. As the first woven article, we will deal with a table mat, one of which is used by each individual at the meal table instead of the customary tablecloth, which is shared by ail. First you will need to construct the board loom (fig. 1). according to the measurements given, or else other measurements. that will suit the article you wish to make. The lOin. x 21n. x gin. end pieces, after being shaped and sandpapered thoroughly, are fixed to the lOin. x lOin. x |in. board, with screws driven up from the bottom, and then cork feet can be glued to each corner to form legs. At the same time you can make the wooden shuttle (fig. 2), from a lOin. x jin. strip of Ain. wood, or If more than one colour is to be used, a separate shuttle CORK. rfSXX END PIECES e. h Thick. / WIND WOOL AROUND LOOM TO FORM VARP threads © ftOAED LOOM --M/OOD y& 'THICK. WOOL m wool 10SHUTTLE^ iould be made for each colour. Also you 111 require five sticks measuring lOin. x n. x Ain. to serve as cross sticks, a shed ick and a leash stick (figs. 3,4, and s>; id a reed or beating stick. Each of these /e sticks should have an Ain. hole drilled ;ar the ends. Now you can mount the loom by winding long thread of the desired colour, say lie pastel green, around the loom as wwn In fig. 1. The ends of the thread in be secured with drawing pins until Is necessary to move the work. Fig. 3 shows how cross-sticks should s arranged through the warp to prevent le threads from twisting. Also you can isert the shed stick to lift every second arp thread (fig. 4), and on to all the ;her warp threads loop lOin. cotton ireads. which are then tied around fie WARP jWR£«H„ CROSV STICKS PLACED THUS THROUGH WAR? AND THEN TIED TOGETHER AS SHOWN -CROSV STICKS 10V S 4'x%‘ CROSS-STICKS' SHED suck. @ CORD ~ TIED BETWEEN _ HOLES IN ’SHED STICK. PREVENT WAR? THREADS FROM SUPPING OFF... SHEJD STIOC the alternate threads by means ot the leash stick, bring the shuttle around the outside warp thread, and back through the space between the wa/p threads to the original side. Repeat this procedure until you have completed lin. Remember after making each w»ft row to be:.' ‘t down with the reed stick. Now you should change oVer to the shuttle on which dark green wool has wound, and you "n proceed to weave a Un. TIE. THREADS HERE-. N CORO PREVENTS THREAD F-R.ONL... SUPPING OFF COTTON 1 THREADS Ia'IDNC, LOOP COTTON \ THREADS AROUND ALTERNATE-WARP THREADS.THAT IS THOSE NOT RAISED ®T SHED STICK. LEASH STIOC band of this colour. Change back to the pale green wool, weave iAln., then I Jin. dark, 2ln. pale, and lin. dark. This will bring you up to the centre, after which you can repeat the pattern In reverse. When you find the sticks getting cramped for lack of space, you can take out the drawing pins holding the ends of the warp threads, and slip the woven part around towards the underneath side of the loom. Proceed In this manner until you have completed the desired amount (In this case 16in.)> after which you can cut across the centre of the open warp threads with scissors to free the weaving from IUUJMJJIII FRINGE-/ NE-CK-TIL-. TAbuL MA.T the'loom. Tie together, near the end of the weaving, pairs of the free and trim the ends to form a fringe The design can be easily varied, and manv different colour schemes can be introduced, but for the first attempt, keep the work simple. After having had some experience you can make up such articles as scarves, belts, cushion covers, ties, comb cases, and shopping bags. In some cases you will have to construct a loom to suit the size ot the particular example you wish to make, or else It may be necessary to cut the article to shape and bind the edges. m stick (fig. 5). Pieces ot cord tied ween the holes in the shed stick, and 3 the leash stick, will prevent the eads from slipping oft the ends (figs, 4 ’ou will notice that, If the shed stick turned on edge, every second warp ead is raised, and when the shed stick turned down, the leash stick will hit the threads not raised by the shed ;k (figs. 4 and 5). Through the spaces is formed the shuttle loaded with wool the desired colour is passed to and to make up the woven article. Vlth the warp f v " - < > ads on the loom to ke up an Sin. width, the various sticks unted In position, and the shuttles tied with wool (fig. 2>. you can comnce weaving. If you carry out the work ordlng to the measurements given, the nber of turns of wool on the shuttle I produce approximately that number rows of weaving. - ’urn the shed stick on edge, pass the ittle loaded with, say, pale pastel green >l, through the space thus made. This It thread should lie at an angle of about degrees, and then It can be pushed m in position with the reed stick. Now n the shed stick down flat, and raise SIMPLE OPTICAL ILLUSION Each ot these two diagrams is open to two interpretations. All the lines of Figure A are In the same place, but the inner square appears farther oft or nearer than the outside square, just as you have a mind to think It. If you Imagine the inner square farther away you can imagine its resemblance to a passageway with a square opening at the end, and the floor, celling, and the two sides sloping coward it. On the othei nand, If you think the inner square is nearer to you it is because you think you are looking down a pyramid with the top cut oft. Figure B may represent a glass cube with the lowest line nearest you, or a similar cube with the lowest line farthest away, ‘in the first case you imagine yourself partly looking down on the top face of the cube, while in the other you Imagine yourself partly looking up at the bottom face of the cube.