Aboriginal American Weaving

“Wonderful as is the development of modern machinery for the manufacture of American textiles—machinery which seems almost human in the way it converts raw materials into finished cloth; just as surprising are the most primitive looms of the American aborigines, who without the aid of machinery make interesting weavings with only a bar upon which to suspend the warp threads while the human hand completes all the processes of manufacture.”

Mary Lois Kissell, the author of this book, addresses the advances in textile manufacturing, by developing the machinery that turns raw materials into clothes. At the same time, she reflects the creativity of people creating textiles by using simple means. She discusses different types of Native American weaving and describes the techniques of creating different textiles giving details of their weaving.

This book represents an overview of the textile revolution, emphasizing and focusing on the old, crude weaving devices that were used in the past.

This book is a good source of information and interesting for reading to weavers and to all those who want to learn more about the development of textile manufacturing.