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Bruland, Kris. Errors in Weaving Patterns, 5 pages. Posted February 1, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 636 KB PDF


Demoule, Philippe. A Museum Treasure, 4 pages. Posted March 1, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 524 KB PDF


Demoule, Philippe. Build Your Loom, 11 pages. Posted December 25, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 548 KB PDF


Demoule, Philippe. L'Atelier du Canut Lyonnais au XIXme Siècle [The Workshop of the Lyonnais Canut in the 19th Century], 130 pages. Posted July 7, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 3.4 MB PDF


Demoule, Philippe. Le Dictionaire de la Soierie I: Glossaire [Dictionary of Silk Making: Glossary I], 71 pages. Posted March 5, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 524 KB PDF


Demoule, Philippe. Le Dictionaire de la Soierie II [Dictionary of Silk Making: Glossary II], 72 pages. Posted May 24, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF


Demoule, Philippe. Notice sur le Pastel (Isatis tinctorem) [Notes on Pastel], 9 pages. Posted May 8, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 96 KB PDF


Demoule, Philippe. The Great Story of Silk Trade of Lyons, 12 pages. Posted June 19, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 169 KB PDF


Demoule, Philippe. Velours ciselé de Soie [Cut Silk Velvet], 3 pages. Posted April 23, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 452 KB PDF


Fletcher, Garth. Importing Adobe Illustrator Images into JacqCAD, 4 pages. Note: By permission of the author. Posted January 16, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 212 KB PDF


Fletcher, Garth. Some Introductory Notes Concerning Jacquard Technology, 13 pages. Note: By permission of the author. Posted January 18, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.6 MB PDF


Gladstone, Carla X . Cross-References in Griswold Monographs, 13 pages. Posted May 22, 2006. FIRST PAGE. File size 92 KB PDF


Gladstone, Carla X. Fractal Designs for Quilts, Mosaics, and Other Decorated Surfaces, Part 1, 9 pages. Note: PDF provided by author. Posted August 6, 2006. FIRST PAGE. File size 976 KB PDF


Gladstone, Carla X . Publications Referenced in Griswold Monographs, 10 pages. Posted June 17, 2006. FIRST PAGE. File size 108 KB PDF


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. A Collection of Old Weaving Patterns, 535 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Free WIFs of most the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. Part 1: File size 60 KB PDF. Part 2: File size 2.5 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 2.7 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 2.4 MB PDF.


Griswold, Ralph E. A German Weaver's Pattern Book, 14 pages. Note: Christian Morath's pattern book. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted June 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 544 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. A Handbook of Weaves by G. H. Oelsner, 92 pages. Note: Pattern book. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted November 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.7 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. A New Kind of Science: Book Review, 3 pages. Posted August 1, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 472 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. An Album of Textile Designs by Thos. R. Ashenhurst, 92 pages. Note: Pattern book. Last revised August 24, 2004. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted August 24, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.7 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Analysis of Weave Structures, Part 1, 5 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 456 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Analysis of Weave Structures, Part 2: A Canonical Form, 4 pages. Note: Last modified August 12, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Atlas D'Armures Textiles by B. Fressinet, 92 pages. Note: Pattern book. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted November 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.6 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Atlas de 4000 Armures by Louis Serrure, 154 pages. Note: Pattern book. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted February 1, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 2 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Befriending Sequences, 6 pages. Note: Last revised July 26, 2004. Posted August 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 568 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Bindungs-Lexikon für Schaftweberei by Franz Donat, 199 pages. Note: Pattern book. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted February 15, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.7 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Block Substitution, Part 1: Basic Concepts, 3 pages. Note: Last revised June 25, 2004. Posted June 25, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Block Substitution, Part 2: Initial Patterns.Substitution Blocks. and Color, 4 pages. Note: Last revised June 24, 2004. Posted June 25, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 500 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Classical Collection, Volume 1, 55 pages. Note: Pattern book. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted February 1, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.5 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Classical Collection, Volume 2, 79 pages. Note: Pattern book. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted February 1, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.9 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Code Drafting: Part 1 -- Introduction, 4 pages. Note: Last revised August 11, 2004. Posted August 11, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 440 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Code Drafting: Part 2 -- Balanced Code Tables, 2 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 7, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 40 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Code Drafting: Part 3 -- A Larger Character Set, 5 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Code Drafting: Part 4 -- Adaptive Tables, 4 pages. Note: Last revised August 4, 2004. Posted August 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 432 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Code Drafting: Part 5 -- Message Drafting, 3 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 428 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Code Drafting: Part 6 -- Point Twills, 3 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 428 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Code Drafting, Part 7: Crackle, 2 pages. Note: Last modifier August 1, 2004. Posted ugust 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Color Alternates, 16 pages. Note: Pattern book. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted February 1, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Color Complementation, Part 1: Color-Alternate Weaves, 6 pages. Note: Last revised August 25, 2004. Posted August 25, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 464 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Color Complementation, Part 2: Complementation Sequences, 5 pages. Posted September 29, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 452 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Constrained Patterns, Part 1: Basic Concepts, 2 pages. Note: Last revised July 31, 2004. Posted July 7, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 424 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Constrained Patterns, Part 2: Neighborhood Analysis, 2 pages. Note: Last revised July 31, 2004. Posted August 3, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 432KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Constrained Patterns, Part 3: Representing Constraint Sets, 2 pages. Note: Last revised July 31, 2004. Posted August 2, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Construction of Weaves, Charles G. Petzold, 31 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 1 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Continued Fractions in Weave Design -- I, 5 pages. Note: Last revised August 7, 2004. Posted August 7, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 504 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Crackle Weave, Part 1: Designing with Blocks and Motifs, 3 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 7, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 460 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Crackle Weave, Part 2: Tie-Ups and Treadlings, 2 pages. Posted May 8, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 436 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Crackle Weave, Part 3: Path Design, 3 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 7, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 456 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Crackle Weaves, 90 pages. Note: Pattern book. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted June 8, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 3 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Creating Weaveable Color Patterns, Part 1, 3 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 7, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 512 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Creating Weaveable Color Patterns, Part 2, 6 pages. Note: Last revised August 7, 2004. Posted August 7, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 560 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Design Inspirations from Multivariate Polynomials, Part 1, 7 pages. Posted September 13, 2001. FIRST PAGE. File size 434 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Design Inspirations from Multivariate Polynomials, Part 2, 10 pages. Posted September 30, 2001. FIRST PAGE. File size 507 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Design Sequences: Meandering Strings, 3 pages. Note: Last updated July 29. 2005. Posted August 5, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing Weave Structures Using Boolean Operations, Part 1, 5 pages. Note: Revised June 20, 2002. Posted November 11, 2001. FIRST PAGE. File size 463 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing Weave Structures Using Boolean Operations, Part 2, 3 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 512 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing Weave Structures Using Boolean Operations, Part 3: A Design Program, 6 pages. Note: Last revised August 4, 2004. Posted August 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 536 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing with Farey Fractions, 9 pages. Posted May 12, 2001. FIRST PAGE. File size 45 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing with Fractal Sequences, 4 pages. Note: Last revised December 15, 2004. Posted December 15, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 524 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing with L-Systems, Part 1: String Rewriting Systems, 5 pages. Note: Last revised August 2, 2004. Posted August 11, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 560 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing with L-Systems, Part 10: Profile Drafts, 2 pages. Note: Last revised July 12, 2005. Posted July 24, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 448 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing with L-Systems, Part 2: A Side Trip to Graphics, 2 pages. Note: Last revised December 15, 2004. Posted December 15, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing with L-Systems, Part 3: Back to Basics -- T-Sequence Design, 3 pages. Note: Last revised July 25, 2005. Posted July 25, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 456 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing with L-Systems, Part 4: Articulated L-Systems, 2 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 11, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 40 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing with L-Systems, Part 5: Termination, 2 pages. Note: Revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 11, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 36 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing with L-Systems, Part 6: Generating T-Sequence Expressions, 2 pages. Note: Last revised November 25, 2004. Posted December 1, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 436 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing with L-Systems, Part 7: T-Sequence Models, 3 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 11, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 468 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing with L-Systems, Part 8: Non-Terminal T-Sequnece Generation, 3 pages. Posted April 24, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 452 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing with L-Systems, Part 9: Devious Interpretation, 6 pages. Posted April 17, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 460 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing with Power Sequences, 29 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 748 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Designing with Smarandache Sequences, Part 1: Concatenation Sequences, 3 pages. Posted July 9, 2006. FIRST PAGE. File size 56 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Dictionary of Weaves, Part 1 by E. A. Posselt, 26 pages. Note: Pattern book. Last revised August 23, 2004. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted August 24, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Drafting Problem Patterns, Part 1: Introduction, 2 pages. Note: Last revised September 11, 2004. Posted September 11, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 428 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Drafting Problem Patterns, Part 2: Thread Colors, 3 pages. Note: Last revised September 15, 2004. Posted September 15, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 440 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Drafting Problem Patterns, Part 3: Interlacement Basics, 3 pages. Posted September 15, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 432 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Drafting with Sequences, 5 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 7, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 488 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Drawdown Automata, Part 1: Basic Concepts, 8 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 7, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 648 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Drawdown Automata, Part 2: Neighborhoods and State-Transition Rules, 6 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 7, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 504 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Drawdown Automata, Part 3: Pattern Sequences, 3 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 11, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 504 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Drawdown Automata, Part 4: A Few Good Rules, 4 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 11, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 624 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Drawdown Automata, Part 5: A Catalog of Weaving Patterns, 144 pages. Note: Last revised August 17, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 36 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Emanuel Anthony Posselt, 15 pages. Note: Updated March 13, 2004. Posted March 13, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Extended Crackle Weaves, 75 pages. Note: Pattern book. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted April 27, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.4 MB 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. From Drawdown to Draft -- A Programmer's View, 9 pages. Note: Last revised September 15, 2004. Posted September 15, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 488 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. German Weaving Patterns, 27 pages. Note: Pattern book. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted February 1, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Glossary of Weaves, 10 pages. Note: Pattern book. Last revised August 24, 2004. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted August 24, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 868 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Grid Overlay Patterns, Part 1: Introduction, 2 pages. Note: Last revised December 15, 2004. Posted December 15, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 464 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. How to Be Owned by an Antique Spinning Wheel: Book review, 2 pages. Posted April 17, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 488 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Image Permutations, 4 pages. Posted August 27, 2001. FIRST PAGE. File size 478 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. International Correspondence Schools; Publications on Weaving and Textile Manufacture, 27 pages. Note: Last modified August 4, 2006. Posted August 5, 2006. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.8 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. L-System Design, Part 1: Introduction, 3 pages. Posted July 24, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 44 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. L-System Design, Part 5: "Stalks" and "Foliage", 2 pages. Posted July 24, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 420 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Large Book of Textile Designs by Franz Donat, 264 pages. Note: Pattern book. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted November 8, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 3.7 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Lehr-Methode de Weberei by Ferdinand A. Langewald, 64 pages. Note: Pattern book. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted February 15, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.6 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Line Transformations, Part 1: Operations and Operation Sequences, 3 pages. Posted October 17, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 40 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Line-Based Patterns, Part 1: Basic Concepts, 3 pages. Note: Last revised Sepptember 4, 2004. Posted September 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 428 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Line-Based Patterns, Part 2: Shift Patterns, 3 pages. Posted September 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 492 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Luther Hooper, 8 pages. Note: Updated February 6, 2003. Posted February 6, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Making Digital Facsimiles of Documents, Part 1: Overview, 1 page. Note: Revised April 1, 2004. Posted April 1, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 48 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Making Digital Facsimiles of Documents, Part 2: Copyright Considerations, 1 page. Note: Last revised December 17, 1005. Posted December 19, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 40 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Making Digital Facsimiles of Documents, Part 3: Types of Printed Material, 2 pages. Note: Revised April 1, 2004. Posted April 1, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 524 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Making Digital Facsimiles of Documents, Part 4: Scanning , 2 pages. Note: Revised and renamed May 19, 2003. Posted May 24, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 16 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Making Digital Facsimiles of Documents, Part 5: Image File Formats, 1 page. Note: Revised April 1, 2004. Posted April 1, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 32 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Making Digital Facsimiles of Documents, Part 6: Image File Naming, 2 pages. Note: Revised and renamed May 19, 2003. Posted May 24, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 16 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Mathematical and Computational Topics in Weaving, 1 page. Note: This manuscript was a work in progress at the time of Ralph Griswold's passing. Posted May 9, 2007. FIRST PAGE. File size 1 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Nellie Sargent Johnson -- Bibliographic Notes, 6 pages. Note: Information provided by Nancy M. McKenna; last revised November 28, 2004. Posted December 1, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 20 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Nemal, Nemal, 2 pages. Posted August 28, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 448 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Nonlinear Grid Design, Part 1: Introduction, 14 pages. Posted November 1, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 488 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Nonlinear Grid Design, Part 2: Fractal Grids, 12 pages. Posted November 2, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 504 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Normalized T-Sequences, 2 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 520 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Number Drafting: Part 1 -- Introduction, 2 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 448 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Number Drafting: Part 2 -- Foraging for (Modestly) Large Numbers, 3 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted April 6, 2006. FIRST PAGE. File size 508 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Number Drafting: Part 3 -- A Trip to a Strange Place, 3 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Operations on Patterns, Part 1: Basic Notions, 1 page. Posted May 8, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 436 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Operations on Patterns, Part 2: Geometrical Transformations, 2 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 556 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Operations on Patterns, Part 3: Concatenation, 2 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 468 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Operations on Patterns, Part 4: Repetition, 2 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 488 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Orimono Soshiki Hen by Kiju Yoahida, 34 pages. Note: Pattern book. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted February 13, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.3 MB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Painter's Weaving Language, 5 pages. Note: Last revised August 2, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 460 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Pantactic Designs: Part 1, 5x5 Pantactic Squares, 2 pages. Note: Revised June 27, 2006. Posted July 9, 2006. FIRST PAGE. File size 44 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Pattern Extension Schemata, Part 1, 17 pages. Note: Last revised December 6, 2004. Posted December 15, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 636 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Pattern Extension Schemata, Part 2, 4 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 628 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Pattern Tours, Part 1: Basic Concepts, 2 pages. Note: Last revised August 15, 2004; name change from Drawdown Tours. Posted December 15, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 428 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Pattern Tours, Part 2: Tour Basics, 4 pages. Note: Last revised December 15, 2004; former name Drawdown Tours. Posted December 15, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 472 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Pattern Tours, Part 3: Representing Tours, 4 pages. Note: Last revised August 6, 2004. Name change; former name Drawdown Tours. Posted December 15, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 492 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Patterns from Term-Replication Sequences, 7 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 544 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Profile Drafts and WIFs, 1 page. Note: Last revised August 2, 2004. Posted August 20, 32004. FIRST PAGE. File size 428 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Profile Tie-Ups, Part 1: Basic Concepts, 2 pages. Note: Last revised August 12, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 436 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Program Visualization of Weave Design, 4 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 516 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Recurrence Relations, 2 pages. Note: Last revised December 6, 2004. Posted December 15, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 444 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Regular Satins, 4 pages. Note: Pattern book. WIFs of the patterns in this document are available at handweaving.net. Posted June 10, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 812 KB 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. Residue Sequences in Weave Design, 7 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 592 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Satin Counters: An Example of Writing for Weavers about Mathematics, 2 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 64 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Signature Sequences in Weave Design, 10 pages. Posted November 27, 2000. FIRST PAGE. File size 718 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Silliness: Gödel-Numbering Drawdowns, 3 pages. Note: Last revised August 11, 2004. Posted August 11, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 456 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Stripes, Part 1: Introduction, 2 pages. Note: Revised April 26, 2005. Posted April 26, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 424 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. T-Sequences, Part 1: Introduction, 3 pages. Note: Revised April 4, 2004. Posted April 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 432 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. T-Sequences, Part 2: Extension, 3 pages. Note: Last revised December 15, 2004. Posted December 15, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 636 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. T-Sequences, Part 3: Runs, 2 pages. Note: Revised April 4, 2004. Posted April 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 448 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. T-Sequences, Part 4: Symmetries, 2 pages. Note: Revised April 4, 2004. Posted April 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 453 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. T-Sequences, Part 5: Motifs Along Paths, 2 pages. Note: Revised April 10, 2004. Posted April 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 428 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. T-Sequences, Part 6: Modular Operations, 2 pages. Posted April 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 456 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. T-Sequences, Part 7: Collation, 2 pages. Posted April 17, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 424 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. The Morse-Thue Sequence, 3 pages. Posted April 25, 2001. FIRST PAGE. File size 52 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Triaxial Weaving Templates, 9 pages. Note: Last revised August 2, 2004. Posted August 3, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 796 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


Griswold, Ralph E. Variations on a Shadow Weave, 3 pages. Note: Last revised August 2, 2004. Posted August 20, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 516 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. Weaveable Color Patterns, 9 pages. Note: Last revised August 1, 2004. Posted August 4, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 600 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. When a Fabric Hangs Together (Or Doesn't), 5 pages. Note: Last revised October 11, 2004. Posted October 11, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 452 KB PDF


Griswold, Ralph E. and Madge T. Griswold. Character Sets, 9 pages. Posted February 25, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 480 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. An Annotated Bibliography Relating to Lace Bobbins and Allied Topics, 13 pages. Posted June 5, 2003. updated Aug 2020 FIRST PAGE. File size 225 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. A Bobbin Love Story, 8 pages. Posted May 18, 2014. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.3MB PDF


Lemin, Brian. A Calender (sic) of Lacemakers Celebrations, 13 pages. Posted June 10, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 52 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. A Classification of Antique East Midland Lace Bobbins for Collectors., 25 pages. Posted October 19, 2016. FIRST PAGE. File size 385KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. A Collection of Inscriptions on East Devon Bobbins. , 17 pages. Posted July, 2020. FIRST PAGE. File size 1,600KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. A Collection of Sea Going Vessels Depicted on East Devon Bobbins. (an album), 23 pages. Posted July, 2020. FIRST PAGE. File size 876KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. A Historical Analysis of Church Window Bobbins, 7 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 160KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. A Sketchbook of Honiton Lace Bobbin Illustrations, 16 pages. Posted October 30, 2019. FIRST PAGE. File size 1,400 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. A Note on the Use of the Word 'Baluster' as a Generic Word for the Description of Ornamental or Fancy Turned Bobbins, 6 pages. Posted June 19, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 24 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. A Quick Analysis of Decorations upon 'Pale' Wood Bobbins, 2 pages. Posted April 27, 2014. FIRST PAGE. File size 124KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. A Quick Look at Treen and Some Comparisons in Bobbin Design., 8 pages. Posted 7 March, 2022 FIRST PAGE. File size 1061 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. An Analysis of Maritime Decorations and Possible Decorators of Ships Depicted on East Devon Bobbins , 23 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.2MB PDF


Lemin, Brian. An Annotated Bibliography of Books That Contain Worthwhile Information on Lace Bobbins, 4 pages. Posted 7 March, 2022 FIRST PAGE. File size 67 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Anchors as Decoration on East Devon (Honiton) Bobbins, 4 pages. Posted April, 2020. FIRST PAGE. File size 211KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. An Early effort to devise terms to describe genres of East Devon Lace Bobbin Decorations (v1) , 9 pages. Posted November 10, 2019. FIRST PAGE. File size 941KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Antique English, Hand Carved and or Decorated, Lace Bobbins 11 pages. Posted July 13, 2011. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.04MB PDF


Lemin, Brian. AUCTION HARVESTING: Two unique bobbins found., 4 pages. Posted October 19, 2016. FIRST PAGE. File size 385KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Baubles Beads and Spangles on Lace Bobbins, 1 page. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 576KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Bobbins of St Scania by Axel Horlen, 8 pages. Note: transliteration of original work by Axel Horlen. Posted December 29, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 128KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Cow and Calf or Jack in the Box, 6 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 224KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Cryptic Bobbins or Puzzle Bobbins, 11 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 224KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. East Devon Bobbins, 9 pages. Posted June 6, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 92 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. East Midland Spangled Bobbins, 15 pages. Note: Illustrations lacking. Posted June 19, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 64 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. East Midland Spangled Bobbins some Speculations, 10 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 192KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. England's Oldest Lace Bobbin. Do We Really Know ?, 11 pages. Posted March 2020. FIRST PAGE. File size 1,046KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. English Lace Bobbins and Their History: A Brief Overview, 11 pages. Posted June 5, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 144 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. First Words, 5 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 96KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Gertrude Whiting Talks About Lace Bobbins. An Essay, 3 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 320KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Ghosts and Smugglers of East Devon v2, 3 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 352KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Historical Methods of Attaching a Spangle to a Bobbin, 5 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 672KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Historical Steam Representations on a Honiton Lace-making Bobbins, 6 pages. Posted November 5, 2019. FIRST PAGE. File size 592 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. How Was it that Bobbins Became Interesting? , 5 pages. Posted July, 2020. FIRST PAGE. File size 1,600KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. In the Footsteps of Alan Summerley COLE, 20 pages. Posted 28 December, 2021 FIRST PAGE. File size 1440 KB PDF

Lemin, Brian. In Praise of Antique Lace Bobbin Makers, 8 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 320KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Kitty Fisher. Rhyme, Beads and Lace, 8 pages. Posted December 22, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 256KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Lace Bobbin CV, 4 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 224KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Lace Bobbin Fashions, 6 pages. Posted December 28, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 864KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Lace Bobbin Repairs, 4 pages. Posted June 10, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 20 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Lace Bobbin Repairs, 2 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 32KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Lacemakers Lamps, 12 pages. Note: (updated Jan 2011). Posted June 10, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 416 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Naive Decorations on East Devon Bobbins, 8 pages. Posted May 24, 2014. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Names and Descriptions of Shapes/Designes Found Lace Bobbins, 6 pages. Posted January 27, 2011. FIRST PAGE. File size 256KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Naming Types of East Devon (Honiton) Bobbins, 9 pages. Posted April 2020. FIRST PAGE. File size 1,046KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Napoleonic Prisoners of War and Lace Bobbins, 12 pages. Posted June 2020. FIRST PAGE. File size 344KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Non-carved Honiton Bobbin Decoration, 5 pages. Posted November 6, 2019. FIRST PAGE. File size 325KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Pewter and Lace Bobbins, 8 pages. Note: Illustrations lacking. Posted June 19, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 24 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Pins and Lacemaking, 9 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 128KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Snippets about East Devon Bobbins from History, 9 pages. Posted April 2020. FIRST PAGE. File size 160KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. South Bucks Bobbins; Some Difficulties in Identification and Naming, 10 pages. Posted June 10, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 36 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Speculation on the Development of English Lace Bobbins and the Need for Spangling, 29 pages. Posted 7 March, 2022 FIRST PAGE. File size 2,402 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Terms Used to Describe Lace Bobbins, 4 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 224KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. The Batavia, re-visted, 5 pages. Posted May 3, 2014. FIRST PAGE. File size 107KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. The Country Bobbin - Elizabeth Jones, a Unique Lace Bobbin 4 pages. Posted June 27, 2011. FIRST PAGE. File size 224KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. The Degradation of Pewter in Antique Lace Bobbins, 4 pages. Posted June 10, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 24 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. The Gertrude Whiting Spangle Illustration, 10 pages. Posted May 21, 2014. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


Lemin, Brian. The Ghosts and Smugglers of East Devon. An Essay, 3 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 352KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. The Jewess Maiden, 8 pages. Posted December 22, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 192KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. The Lace Bobbins of East Devon, 22 pages. Posted April 27, 2014. FIRST PAGE. File size 63KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. The Shepherd's Bobbin from the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge - a second look, 8 pages. Posted February 8, 2011. FIRST PAGE. File size 256KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. The Theological Virtues as depicted on East Devon Lace Bobbins, 8 pages. Posted April, 2020. FIRST PAGE. File size 536KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. The Unique Names of Lace Bobbins used in the Olney Museum, 3 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 352KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Thieving Rascals or Desperately Poor ?, 8 pages. Posted 22 November, 2021 FIRST PAGE. File size 496 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. Two Unusual East Devon Lace Bobbins, 7 pages. Posted February 12, 2011. FIRST PAGE. File size 448KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. What is it Made of?, 12 pages. Posted June 10, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 36 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. What to Look for on Your Decorated Honiton Bobbins?, 7 pages. Posted October 27, 2019. FIRST PAGE. File size 830 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. When did Pewter start being used to Decorate Lace Bobbins?, 13 pages. Posted October 27, 2019. FIRST PAGE. File size 1016 KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. When did East Midland Bobbins Become Spangled, 4 pages. Posted December 20, 2010. FIRST PAGE. File size 160KB PDF


Lemin, Brian. and Smith, D.A Most Unusual Lace Bobbin from a Surprising Source, 18 pages. Posted May 3, 2014. FIRST PAGE. File size 1,000KB PDF


McKenna, Nancy M. Look Up, Think Up, Lift Up: A Short Biography of Nellie Sargent Johnson, 4 pages. Posted December 25, 2001. FIRST PAGE. File size 24 KB PDF


McKenna, Nancy M., ed. Complex Weavers Medieval Textiles Study Group Newsletter 22, 10 pages. Posted June 12, 2000. FIRST PAGE. File size 141 KB PDF


McKenna, Nancy M., ed. Complex Weavers Medieval Textiles Study Group Newsletter 23, 8 pages. Posted June 12, 2000. FIRST PAGE. File size 38 KB PDF


McKenna, Nancy M., ed. Complex Weavers Medieval Textiles Study Group Newsletter 24, 9 pages. Posted June 12, 2000. FIRST PAGE. File size 124 KB PDF


McKenna, Nancy M., ed. Complex Weavers Medieval Textiles Study Group Newsletter 25, 6 pages. Posted June 12, 2000. FIRST PAGE. File size 108 KB PDF


McKenna, Nancy M., ed. Complex Weavers Medieval Textiles Study Group Newsletter 26, 4 pages. Posted June 12, 2000. FIRST PAGE. File size 69 KB PDF


McKenna, Nancy M., ed. Complex Weavers Medieval Textiles Study Group Newsletter 27, 27 pages. Posted June 12, 2000. FIRST PAGE. File size 42 KB PDF


McKenna, Nancy M., ed. Complex Weavers Medieval Textiles Study Group Newsletter 28, 14 pages. Posted June 12, 2000. FIRST PAGE. File size 287 KB PDF


McKenna, Nancy M., ed. Complex Weavers Medieval Textiles Study Group Newsletter 29, 14 pages. Posted March 19, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 636 KB PDF


McKenna, Nancy M., ed. Complex Weavers Medieval Textiles Study Group Newsletter 30, 10 pages. Posted March 19, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 609 KB PDF


McKenna, Nancy M., ed. Complex Weavers Medieval Textiles Study Group Newsletter 31, 13 pages. Posted March 19, 2002. FIRST PAGE. File size 287 KB PDF


McKenna, Nancy M., ed. Complex Weavers Medieval Textiles Study Group Newsletter 32, 8 pages. Posted December 19, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 488 KB PDF


McKenna, Nancy M., ed. Complex Weavers Medieval Textiles Study Group Newsletter 33, 8 pages. Posted December 19, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 320 KB PDF


McKenna, Nancy M., ed. Complex Weavers Medieval Textiles Study Group Newsletter 34, 6 pages. Posted December 19, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 284 KB PDF


McKenna, Nancy M., ed. Complex Weavers Medieval Textiles Study Group Newsletter 35, 10 pages. Posted December 19, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 980 KB PDF


Merritt, Elaine. A Dissertation on the Open and Closed Methods of Making Lace, 3 pages. Note: By permission of the author. Posted March 25, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 38 KB PDF


O'Connor, Paul R. Double Weave Workshop Notes: Basket Weaves in Double Weave, 6 pages. Posted February 4, 2000. FIRST PAGE. File size 51 KB PDF


O'Connor, Paul R. Double Weave Workshop Notes: Double Weave with a Eight-Shaft Loom, 13 pages. Posted February 4, 2000. FIRST PAGE. File size 163 KB PDF


O'Connor, Paul R. Double Weave Workshop Notes: Double Weave with a Four-Shaft Loom, 17 pages. Posted February 4, 2000. FIRST PAGE. File size 156 KB PDF


O'Connor, Paul R. Double Weave Workshop Notes: Taking the Mystery Out of Double Weave Tie-Ups, 8 pages. Posted February 4, 2000. FIRST PAGE. File size 31 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


O'Connor, Paul R. Network Drafting for Double Weave, 86 pages. Posted April 27, 1999. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.0 MB PDF


O'Connor, Paul R. Reference Guide for Double Weave, 44 pages. Posted April 27, 1999. FIRST PAGE. File size 44 KB PDF


Sorescu, Marina. Români Punct de Dantela (Romanian Point Lace), 13 pages. Note: private collection of Marina Sorescu by permission. Posted June 30, 2009. FIRST PAGE. File size 1.2 MB PDF


Tissot, L. Les Possibilites D'Ajourage de Metier a Tisser, 11 pages. Note: Contributed by Philippe Demoule. Posted December 3, 2003. FIRST PAGE. File size 900 KB PDF


Wells, Anne. A Mathematical Weaver's Notes and Guide to: Shaft Weaving and Graph Design by Olivier Masson and Francois Roussel, 60 pages. Posted June 2, 2000. FIRST PAGE. File size 289 KB PDF


Wentink, Allan. Hadamard Matrices and Weaving, 4 pages. Posted December 21, 2004. FIRST PAGE. File size 104 KB PDF


Wentink, Allan. Symmetry with Independent Blocks, 3 pages. Note: Corrected January 16, 2005. Posted January 16, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 92 KB PDF


Wentink, Allan. The Measurement of Warp Tension, 3 pages. Posted January 4, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 88 KB PDF


Wentink, Allan. Threading Blended Overshot, 3 pages. Posted January 4, 2005. FIRST PAGE. File size 76 KB PDF


Whaley, Betty Lou. Two Routes to Koch's Quadric Island: A Counterchanged Textile Pattern, 1 page. Posted May 26, 1999. FIRST PAGE. File size 158 KB PDF


Whaley, Betty Lou. Two Tablet-Woven Bands in Three Color Pebble Weave, 2 pages. Posted June 30, 1999. FIRST PAGE. File size 280 KB PDF


Wilson, Andrea and Glew, Pam. Loyalty to Lace, 11 pages. Posted February 28, 2024. FIRST PAGE. File size 1,900 KB PDF. Powerpoint slides as PDF



Acknowledgements

Thanks to:

  • Philippe Demoule, Anne Wells, Betty Lou Whaley, and Allan Wentink for contribution of documents

  • Paul R. O'Connor for permission to include his on-line documents on double weave; visit his site here

  • Nancy M. McKenna for permission to post the newsletters of the Complex Weavers Medieval Textiles Study Group.

  • Please report any problems to: GDAP.weaving@gmail.com

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