Elementary Industrial Work

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ...hand-loom work, since this can be carried on without cost in the way of equipment. This chapter affords far more material than will be needed by the teacher who is trying to teach the history of the textile or weaving industry, and it will give a better conception of it than volumes of printed material could possibly give. In addition to discipline and technique, this art gives practical training in color and design. Loom-weaving is preceded by paper-mat weaving, both single and double. And from this it is a perfectly natural step to the loom-weaving. 1. SINGLE-MAT WEAVING. We shall use 8 squares of paper for this. Bogus is the most desirable, being cheaper and also well adapted to the use of water-color and crayon. With very young children some other paper which is colored may be used for weavers. Bogus paper may be colored very readily by dipping in Easy dye. Two squares are needed for each mat, one of which is colored. Fold one of these in the center, which will give an oblong 4x8. With a ruler measure down 1 from each corner, placing dots at A and B. The corners referred to are the ones on the edge that does not have the fold. Connect these dots with the line AB in Figure 192. On the line AB and on the folded edge meas ure 1 from each end, and again make dots. This leaves a space of 6 between the dots. Divide this 6 line by means of dots into spaces. Connect the corresponding dots in the two lines by means of pencil lines. Now take the scissors and cut on these lines, being careful to stop cutting just as you get to the line AB. Unfolding we have Figure 193, which is the square with incisions 6 long and a margin of 1 all the way around. The line AB in Figure 192 does not...