The Lily SPEED-O-WEAVE frame is packed in a box—complete with adjusting bolts and shuttle. (Shuttle is pictured at right). Frame consists of six angular sections, each section being provided with a plurality of prongs or fingers adapted to hold the threads. The sections are provided with holes through which bolts, secured by wing nuts, are extended to hold the several sections together.
The frame is assembled from six pieces of angle steel, light, sturdy, easily adjusted to various sizes ... green lacquer finish. Complete with adjusting bolts and shuttle.
Adjustable To 20 Shapes
Many Variations Are Possible
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.
