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Digital Archive of Documents Related to Twill

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articles

Melliand (specimen)

Reeding and False Twill, Ehrhardt, O. Jr. The Melliand (specimen), 1929, 4 pages. Posted July 8, 2003. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 708 KB PDF

Posselt's Textile Journal

Clay Twills, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, April 1919, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted April 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 241 KB PDF

Construction of Skip twills, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 20, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 237 KB PDF

Corkscrew Twills, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 3 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 19, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 258 KB PDF

Derivatives of Twills -- A Study in Textile Designing, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 29, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 242 KB PDF

Double twill Effects, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 2 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted February 29, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 264 KB PDF

Fancy Twills, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, 1911, 3 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted November 8, 2005. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 274 KB PDF

Steep Twills or Diagonals, Posselt, E. A. Posselt's Textile Journal, March 1921, 1 page. Note: Scanned images provided by John Cropper. Posted April 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 427 KB PDF

Shuttle-Craft Bulletin

The Multiple-Harness Weaver: Braided Twills, Tidball, Harriet. Shuttle-Craft Bulletin, 1957, 4 pages. Posted February 5, 2005. CD (HWDA12). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 612 KB PDF

Textile World Record

Plain Twills and Satins; The Foundation of Textile Designing, ---. Textile World Record, Vol. 26, No. 2 (November 1903), 5 pages. Posted August 14, 2003. CD (HWDA09). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 836 KB PDF

books

O'Connor, Paul J. A Twill of Your Choice, Interweave Press, 1981, 172 pages. Note: By permission. Posted April 2, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 13.1 MB PDF

periodicals

Handweaving News

An Experimental Sampler Using 8 Harness Twills. May 1943, 2 pages. Note: Scanned from xerographic copy. Posted April 15, 2005. File size 600 KB PDF

Designing with Twill Herringbone, and Rosepath. January 1945, 3 pages. Note: Scanned from xerographic copy. Posted April 19, 2005. File size 736 KB PDF

Some Six Harness Twills. November 1945, 2 pages. Note: Scanned from xerographic copy. Posted April 20, 2005. File size 624 KB PDF

A Simple Variation of Twill, Herringbone, and Roespath. June 1946, 2 pages. Note: Scanned from xerographic copy. Posted April 20, 2005. File size 548 KB PDF

Practical Weaving Suggestions

"Variations on a Familiar Theme -- Point Twill". Vol. 3-63, 4 pages. Posted September 19, 2004. CD (HWDA11). File size 740 KB PDF

documents created for online publication

Griswold, Ralph E. 16-Harness Patterns: The Fanciest Twills of All, 12 pages. Note: Pattern book. Updated November 5, 2004. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted July 15, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 908 KB PDF

Griswold, Ralph E. Fancy Twills, 92 pages. Note: Pattern book. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.6 MB PDF

Griswold, Ralph E. Regular Twills, 5 pages. Note: Pattern book. Last modified August 22, 2004. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted August 22, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 828 KB PDF

Griswold, Ralph E. Twill Counters, 4 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 472 KB PDF

O'Connor, Paul R. Double Weave Workshop Notes: Twill Weaves in Double Weave, 7 pages. Posted February 4, 2000. FIRST PAGE. File size 45 KB PDF

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