Undulating lines of teal blue, grey, and white woven together, with strands of turquoise to simulate the ice breakup in the ocean. No pattern was laid out to do this work.
Undulating lines of teal blue, grey, and white woven together, with strands of turquoise to simulate the ice breakup in the ocean. No pattern was laid out to do this work.
A large sheet of heavy white paper folded in half like a card. There are 14 examples of overshot sample weaving, woven in several shades of blue, green, beige, and white fibre, behind black paper frames. The weaving samples and a sheet of of white paper with black printing “MANNERS OF WEAVING OVERS…
A large sheet of heavy white paper folded in half like a card. There are 14 examples of overshot sample weaving, woven in several shades of blue, green, beige, and white fibre, behind black paper frames. The weaving samples and a sheet of of white paper with black printing “MANNERS OF WEAVING OVERSHOT” are attached with masking tape. The cover has cutouts for each sample weaving and a larger window cutout in the middle for the white paper. Black paper is attached au verso around the cutouts to make a black frame for each and attached with masking tape. Au verso there is a white sheet of paper attached with tape “LEGEND” and the type of weaving in each sample window starting at viewer’s left “FLAME, AS DRAWN IN, ITALIAN, LACE, TIE-UP STANDARD, TIE-UP TRIPLE, LACE, BLOCK A PATTERN, BLOCK B PATTERN, BLOCK C PATTERN, BLOCK D PATTERN, SPETSVAV, ROSE FASHION, SWIVEL”.
A large sheet of heavy white paper folded in half like a card. There are 14 examples of whig rose sample weaving, woven in several shades of blue and white fibre, behind black paper frames. Au verso on this page the weaving samples and a sheet of of white paper with black printing “MANNERS OF WEAVI…
A large sheet of heavy white paper folded in half like a card. There are 14 examples of whig rose sample weaving, woven in several shades of blue and white fibre, behind black paper frames. Au verso on this page the weaving samples and a sheet of of white paper with black printing “MANNERS OF WEAVING WHIG ROSE” are attached with masking tape. There is a piece of graph paper also attached with masking tape; it has a pattern for whig rose weaving in pencil and printed in black below that “MINIATURE WHIG ROSE WEAVING”. The top half has cutouts for each sample weaving and a larger one for the graph paper. Black paper is attached au verso around the cutouts to make a black frame for each and attached with masking tape. Au verso there is a white sheet of paper attached with tape “LEGEND” and the type of weaving in each sample window starting at viewer’s left “SIMULATED SUMMER AND WINTER, TUFTEO, SIMULATED CRACKLE, SHASOW, TIE UP 1-2: 3-4, TIE-UP 1-2-3-4, FEATHER STITCH, HONEYCOMB, OPPOSITES, ORIGINAL DESIGN, ROTATION, BOUND, SUNBIRST (sic), HORIZONTAL STRIPES”.
A light blue wool, baby shawl, fringed along all edges. White tag with royal blue lettering “hand woven” stitched on, in the middle of one end above one fringe.
A light blue wool, baby shawl, fringed along all edges. White tag with royal blue lettering “hand woven” stitched on, in the middle of one end above one fringe.
A woven belt with green, brown and yellow stripes. There is a metal buckle sewn on one end and two strips of leather on the other, one of which has a tongue with six metal grommets.
A woven belt with green, brown and yellow stripes. There is a metal buckle sewn on one end and two strips of leather on the other, one of which has a tongue with six metal grommets.
A hand woven striped blanket with a fringe. It is plain weaving on a striped warp. The colours are brown, grey, taupe, copper, rust, and beige. On viewer’s left just above (1.0cm) the fringe and 1.0cm from the blanket edge, there is a polyester tag (1.50x4.50cm wide) stitched on. There is a shuttl…
A hand woven striped blanket with a fringe. It is plain weaving on a striped warp. The colours are brown, grey, taupe, copper, rust, and beige. On viewer’s left just above (1.0cm) the fringe and 1.0cm from the blanket edge, there is a polyester tag (1.50x4.50cm wide) stitched on. There is a shuttle on the left strung with a piece of fibre leading to a spool on viewer’s right; written on the tag “Hand Woven BY Mary G. Andrews”
A blanket (bedspread) woven in blue and white. There is a polyester tag (1.50x4.50cm wide) stitched on; written on the tag “Hand Woven BY Mary G. Andrews”. The tag is white with blue lettering, a small shuttle on the left strung with a piece of fibre leading to a spool on viewer’s right.
A blanket (bedspread) woven in blue and white. There is a polyester tag (1.50x4.50cm wide) stitched on; written on the tag “Hand Woven BY Mary G. Andrews”. The tag is white with blue lettering, a small shuttle on the left strung with a piece of fibre leading to a spool on viewer’s right.
A small black cotton evening bag with silver metallic horizontal designs. It has a black cord drawstring and is lined with black faux satin. Inside there are two labels; the top one “hand woven”, underneath “Arts and Crafts Shoppe Y.W.C.A. OSHAWA, ONTARIO”.
A small black cotton evening bag with silver metallic horizontal designs. It has a black cord drawstring and is lined with black faux satin. Inside there are two labels; the top one “hand woven”, underneath “Arts and Crafts Shoppe Y.W.C.A. OSHAWA, ONTARIO”.