Directory of Weaving Resources

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This category lists on-line historical books and publications related to textile fabric technology, manufacture and weaves.

Resources in This Category

• A Treatise on Textile Calculations and the Structure of Fabrics

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/atr_calc.pdf
  Instruction book for calculations on yarn counts and fabric costs, and the structures and weights of textile fabrics. First published in 1884. Author: T.R. Ashenhurst.

• Fabric Analysis. Part I

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/pea_fa_1.pdf
  First part of an illustrated book, published early 1900, with methods and procedures for analysing and testing of fibers and textile fabrics, and including descriptions of manufacturing technologies, and dictionaries of weaves and textile terms. Author: E.A. Posselt.

• Fabric Analysis. Part II

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/pea_fa_2.pdf
  Second part of an illustrated book, published early 1900, with methods and procedures for analysing and testing of fibers and textile fabrics, and including descriptions of manufacturing technologies, and dictionaries of weaves and textile terms. Author: E.A. Posselt.

• Hand Weaving

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/unk_hand.pdf
  Manual for beginning weavers on the 4-harness foot treadle loom, published in 1960 by Cedar Lakes Arts and Craft Center, West Virginia.

• Technology of Textile Design. Part I

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/pea_desn_1.pdf
  Practical treatise on the construction and application of weaves for all textile fabrics with minute reference to the latest inventions for weaving, including analysis and calculations necessary for the manufacture of various textile fabrics. Published in 1888. Author: E. A. Posselt.

• Technology of Textile Design. Part II

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/pea_desn_2.pdf
  Practical treatise on the construction and application of weaves for all textile fabrics with minute reference to the latest inventions for weaving, including analysis and calculations necessary for the manufacture of various textile fabrics. Published in 1888. Author: E. A. Posselt.

• Technology of Textile Design. Part III

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books/pea_desn_3.pdf
  Practical treatise on the construction and application of weaves for all textile fabrics with minute reference to the latest inventions for weaving, including analysis and calculations necessary for the manufacture of various textile fabrics. Published in 1888. Author: E. A. Posselt.

 

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