I saw this lovely coverlet for sale on ebay last fall. Its a Wandering Vine pattern, also known as Snail Trail or Cat's Paw, among many other names. This was a very popular pattern for home weavers because it was so much fun to see the pattern emerge.
Two summers (more than a year) ago, it seemed like there were a lot of these on the market. There were so many of them at the time, I wanted to avoid them ... but now that I'm thinking about making one myself, they look a lot more interesting ... and barely any on the market for sale now.
Gay McGeary did a nice overview of this "Cat Track and Dog Paw" pattern in the following presentation at the Coverlet College in 2015. I wish I could have heard her speak, as the notes only say so much ... There are 2 antique coverlets featured in the presentation -- both of them very similar to this one.
Here are some of the other names this patterns goes by:
- Cat Track & Snail Trail
- Cats Paw Blooming Vine Old Girl
- Dog Tracks Flowering Vine Old Roads
- Rattlesnakes Running Vine Snowballs
- Rattlesnakes Skin Trailing Vine Soldier Return
- Rattlesnakes Trail Winding Vine Winding Roadhttp://www.amazon.com/
- Snakes Skin Vine Around the
- Stump
- Snakes Trail Ocean Wave
Names per Lou Tate in her book Kentucky Coverlets
There are 2 ways to make these "woven as drawn in" and "rose fashion." I'm still not quite sure what that means yet, or how they differ, but I think it has to do with the treadling. That is something I will have to figure out as I develop the planning documents for making one of my own ...
Yup-- This will be the next coverlet, now that the Mountain Cucumber Coverlet is finished. ;-)
Detail of border
Here are the images from the eBay listing (for the record)
Antique Woven Wool Overshot Coverlet 1800s Center Seam Rust Red Cream Snowflake
Item specifics
Item Description from the Seller
This fabulous coverlet is reversible, has 3 fringed sides, and has a center seam.
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