The SPEED-O-WEAVE frame is adjustable to over twenty different sizes and
shapes, and the number and variety of pieces it is possible to make by
this method is almost unlimited. A few are: luncheon sets, chair sets,
doilies, bedspreads, dresser scarfs, pillow tops, handbags, pot holders
and dish cloths. It is also possible to do several different types of
weaving on the one frame. Endless variations of each type can be
achieved by interweaving colored threads to produce colored patterns.
The simplest form of work possible on the frame consists of single piece
sets with a fringe. In making blocks for joining, as in a bedspread or
any large article, the blocks are made without a fringe in order to
facilitate sewing them together.
No Skill Required!
SPEED-O-WEAVE—or Hexagonal Weaving—is fast becoming one of the most
popular of hand-crafts. This is due, no doubt, to its extreme simplicity
and to the fact that it is both inexpensive and very quickly learned.
For making SPEED-O-WEAVE designs many yarns or crochet threads can be
used. For luncheon cloths, doilies, pillow tops, etc., the finer threads
may be used. For rugs, bedspreads, hot dish mats, etc., the heavier
yarns would be more appropriate.
Reduced to its simplest formula, Hexagonal Weaving, as done on Lily’s
SPEED-O-WEAVE frame, is simply the winding of threads back and forth on
the prongs or fingers of the frame in such a manner, that the threads
lie parallel to three sides of the frame. If the threads are wound
parallel to three sides of the frame, they will automatically be
parallel with the remaining three sides of the frame, because of the
manner in which the frame is constructed. After the threads have been
wound in three directions on the frame, they are tied together at their
intersections, to effect a complete article.
[Illustration: Multiple-color designs]
[Illustration: LUNCHEON SET No. 86
An attractive Luncheon Set made on Lily’s SPEED-O-WEAVE frame.
Directions for making are inside folder.]