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A LAYOUT GAUGE FOR TEXTILES COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS, SAID FIRST MEMBER INCLUDING A DISC-LIKE PORTION AND AN ELONGATED ARM INTEGRALLY SECURED THERETO, SAID ARM EXTENDING OUT BEYOND THE PERIPJERY OF THE DISC-LIKE PORTION AND INCLUDING A FIRST STRAIGHT EDGE PARALLEL TO AND OFFSET FROM A DIAMETER ON SAID DISC-LIKE PORTION BY THE THICKNESS OF A SCRIBING TOOL, SAID SECOND MEMBER INCLUDING AT LEAST AN ARM, SAID ARM OF SAID SECOND MEMBER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE CENTER OF SAID DISC-LIKE PORTION AND INCLUDING A SECOND STRAIGHT EDGE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID DIAMETER WHEN OPENED PARALLEL TO AND OFFSET FROM SAID DIAMETER BY THE THICKNESS OF A SCRIBING TOOL, SAID SECOND MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF SCRIBING POINT OPENINGS EXTENDING ALONG ITS LENGTH SO THAT THE GAUGE CAN FUNCTION AS A COMPASS IN DRAWING CIRCULAR ARCS OF VARYING RADII, INDICIA ON ONE SURFACE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS WHEREBY SAID GAUGE CAN BE USED INTERCHANGEABLY AS A RULER, A COMPASS, OR A DIVIDER, FRICTIONAL MEANS ON AT LEAST THE GREATER PART OF THE OPPOSITE SURFACE OF SAID ONE MEMBER FOR ESTABLISHING A GRIPPING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TEXTILE MATERIAL, AND FRICTIONAL MEANS ON THE LESSER PART OF THE OPPOSITE SURFACE OF THE SECOND MEMBER WHEREBY SAID SECOND MEMBER CAN BE PIVOTED OVER THE SURFACE OF SAID TEXTILE MATERIAL WITHOUT SNAGGING WHILE SAID FIRST MEMBER IS IN GRIPPING ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, OR IN COOPERATION WITH SAID FIRST MEMBER FUNCTIONING AS A STRAIGHT EDGE WHEN A SMALL AMOUNT OF PRESSURE IS EXERTED ON SAID SECOND MEMBER TO FORCE ITS FRICTIONAL MEANS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID TEXTILE MATERIAL.