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Shell Motif antiques collecting collect blanket coverlet

Summary: Shell Motif antiques collecting collect blanket coverlet textiles American 1800s 19th century figured shell motif flower red blue indigo National Museum of the American Coverlet red fabric with blue floral pattern To fully appreciate their task just consider the process In brief Sheer the sheep then card spin and dye the wool Next consulting your draft a pattern guide showing which warp thread colors go where set and secure the warp threads back to front on the loom Finally thread a shuttle with weft yarn and pass it left to right right to left over and under selected warp threads pulling the batten bar forward after each single pass to compact the weave or web And so the pattern grew inch by painstaking inch until the coverlet was complete Or as one old weaver so aptly put it It s no child s play to weave a kiver sic r n Shell Motif antiques collecting collect blanket coverlet textiles American 1800s 19th century figured shell motif flower red blue indigo National Museum of the American Coverlet red fabric with blue floral pattern To fully appreciate their task just consider the process In brief Sheer the sheep then card spin and dye the wool Next consulting your draft a pattern guide showing which warp thread colors go where set and secure the warp threads back to front on the loom Finally thread a shuttle with weft yarn and pass it left to right right to left over and under selected warp threads pulling the batten bar forward after each single pass to compact the weave or web And so the pattern grew inch by painstaking inch until the coverlet was complete Or as one old weaver so aptly put it It s no child s play to weave a kiver sic r n

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