Huckaback On Dimity Weaving Draft

Name/Title

Huckaback On Dimity Weaving Draft

Entry/Object ID

MSS007_04_48_01_01

Scope and Content

A four-harness overshot weaving draft describing a dimity pattern with directions on how to treadle a Huckaback pattern using this draft. Text: "To tramp huckaback on dimity one right hand one left until you get 19 threads/Then break by tramping second and third until you get the same number repeat until you get 5 of each tramps/then weave a plain space as wide as the huckaback then another stripe of huckaback an then another square of plain dimity"

Collection

Historic Weaving Drafts Collection

Cataloged By

Monroe Bays

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Pattern

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Needleworking Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Weaving

Search Terms

overshot, Dimity, huckaback

Archive Items Details

Date(s) of Creation

1800 - 1900

Location

Location

Box

Historic Weaving Drafts Collection Box 4

Building

The Little Loomhouse Archives

Date

October 14, 2026

Create Date

October 14, 2026

Update Date

October 14, 2026