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Title: Hand-Loom Weaving
A Manual for School and Home

Author: Mattie Phipps Todd

Release Date: March 13, 2010 [eBook #31630]

Language: English

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HAND-LOOM WEAVING

A Manual

[Illustration: WEAVING ON A HAND LOOM

_Showing the necessary positions. The rug the little girl is weaving is
made of heavy carpet wool. The body of the rug is golden brown, with
stripes of deep blue and green, separated by narrow stripes of white_]

HAND-LOOM WEAVING

A Manual for School and Home

by

MATTIE PHIPPS TODD

Of the Motley School, Minneapolis, Minn.

With an Introduction by Alice W. Cooley

Formerly Supervisor of Primary Schools, Minneapolis, Minn.

With Fifty-seven Illustrations

[Illustration]

Rand, McNally & Company
Educational Publishers
Chicago New York London

Copyright, 1902,
By Mattie Phipps Todd

THE TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

An Introduction. By _Alice W. Cooley_ 7

_Chapter One._ The Primitive Loom 13

_Chapter Two._ A Chat on Weaving 22

_Chapter Thre