Handwoven Tape : Understanding and Weaving Early American and Contemporary Tape BarbourBeaufort The shell fabric is virtually

The shell fabric is virtually windproof and treated with a dry-wax finish for water resistance

just as it’s protected generations of loggers and sportsmen in the rain-soaked forests of the Pacific Northwest

even if dropped

soft and comfortable

this cosy jumper features a V-neck and ribbed trim

Handwoven Tape : Understanding and Weaving Early American and Contemporary Tape BarbourBeaufort The shell fabric is virtuallyNarrow bands of woven tape were important to Americans in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, before the days of elastic and zippers. This book documents the fascinating American history of handwoven tape and offers patterns and instructions to enable today's weavers to make it. Many Early American households had a tape loom for making the tape needed by the family, and this book offers a discussion of the people who wove tape, the patterns