The seemingly humble flying-shuttle loom, originally built to make the ... called the shed, through which a shuttle carrying the weft thread is passed. The weft thread is then pressed in place ...

Not all selvedge denim is raw; not all raw denim is selvedge; and dark denim is often neither. Confused? Join us for a brief ...

Today Thistle Hill Weavers employs seven people whom Goody has trained to run the nine mechanized shuttle looms dating from the 1890s through the 1960s, plus archaic-sounding equipment like a warp ...

Weaving is one of the oldest crafts in the world, and was also among the first to be automated: the Industrial Revolution was in large part driven by developments in loom technology. [Roger de ...

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