Creating With Card Weaving: A Simple, Non-Loom Technique

Sally. Specht

ISBN 10: 0517503794 / ISBN 13: 9780517503799

Published by Crown Publishing Group, 1973

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Pages / Margins yellowed. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona. Slight edge wear and bumping.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Creating With Card Weaving: A Simple, Non-Loom Technique
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0517503794
• ISBN 13: 9780517503799
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 0.71 pounds

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Synopsis

Card or tablet weaving is a very ancient and widespread off-loom (no loom is required) weaving method of weaving narrow bands of fabric using flat cards with holes punched in them. Some archaeologists speculate that card weaving dates back to approximately 4,000 B.C. because certain patterns which lend themselves to card weaving appear often in ancient Egyptian carvings. However, this does not seem to be sufficient evidence to support knowledge of the technique. The oldest cards found in Egypt are a set of twenty-five 4-holed wooden ones believed to have come from the Coptic Period (400-600 A. D.). What is known is that card weaving has been known from Japan, China through Asia to North African and north through Europe as far as Iceland.