Craft

Weaving

Fiber
Crossed Warp and Weft

Interlacing two sets of threads at right angles, warp and weft, on a loom. Weaving clothed the ancient world, drove the machines of the industrial revolution, and survives at home on everything from a child's frame loom to a floor loom, carrying pattern traditions as distinct as tartan, ikat and tapestry. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Craft Class
Fiber and Textile 1
Earliest Evidence (Circa)
Indistinct textile impressions from the Upper Paleolithic site of Dolni Vestonice suggest the skill is far older than any surviving cloth 1
Origin
Actual woven cloth survives from several separate early centers rather than one point of origin: plant-fibre textiles from Guitarrero Cave in Peru date to roughly 10,100 to 9080 BC, entirely independent of the Old World finds the craft's earliest-evidence fact already names. 1
Origin
Silk weaving from silkworm cocoons has been practiced in China since about 3500 BCE, with intricately woven and dyed silk recovered from a Chinese tomb dating to roughly 2700 BCE, showing the craft was already well developed by then. 1
Earliest Evidence Era
Prehistoric 1
Weaving
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FAQs

When did silk weaving begin in China?

Silk weaving from silkworm cocoons has been documented in China since about 3500 BCE.

Silk weaving from silkworm cocoons has been practiced in China since roughly 3500 BCE, and an intricately woven, dyed silk fragment recovered from a Chinese tomb dates to about 2700 BCE, showing the craft was already well developed by then.
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An umbrella body of more than one hundred UK guilds of weavers, spinners and dyers; spinning and dyeing are not yet separate craft entities on this atlas, so this edge names the weaving craft alone.

Source Handweavers Guild of America (Wikipedia)

Kumihimo is a Japanese braid-making technique, a form of interlacing related to weaving.

The wheel spins the yarn the loom and the needles both depend on

Source Spinning Wheel (Wikipedia)

Has Figure

Morris revived hand tapestry weaving and vegetable-dyed textile work at Merton Abbey

Source William Morris (Wikipedia)

Tools Used

Source Loom (Wikipedia)

Beater (Weaving) is used in Weaving.

Source Dandy loom (Wikipedia)
Source Dictionary.com: Dobby Loom definition
Source Dictionary.com: Drop Box definition
Source Flying shuttle (Wikipedia)

Heddle is used in Weaving.

Source Dictionary.com: Heddle definition
Additional Source Heddle (Wikipedia)Lead section
Source Dictionary.com: Inkle Loom definition
Additional Source Band weaving (Wikipedia)Lead section
Source Jacquard Machine (Wikipedia)
Source Dictionary.com: Loom
Source Nostepinne (Wikipedia)
Source Peg Loom (Wikipedia)

Pirn is used in Weaving.

Source Dictionary.com: pirn definition
Source Dictionary.com: Power loom
Additional Source Power loom (Wikipedia)Lead section
Source Rainbow Loom (Wikipedia)
Source Rapier loom (Wikipedia)

Reed (Weaving) is used in Weaving.

Shuttle is used in Weaving.

Source Dictionary.com: shuttle definition

Swift (Textiles) is used in Weaving.

Temple (Weaving) is used in Weaving.

Source Temple (weaving) (Wikipedia)
Source Dictionary.com: Warping Board definition
Additional Source Warping Boards and Warping Mills (George Weil)

Warp-Weighted Loom is used in Weaving.

Source Tablet Weaving (Wikipedia)

Wrap Reel is used in Weaving.

Sources
1. Weaving (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving, History section
    The oldest known textiles found in the Americas are remnants of six finely woven textiles and cordage found in Guitarrero Cave, Peru.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving, East Asia section
    The weaving of silk from silkworm cocoons has been known in China since about 3500 BCE.
  • History
    There are some indications that weaving was already known in the Paleolithic Era, as early as 27,000 years ago
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Warping Boards and Warping Mills (George Weil)
George WeilTools Used: Warping BoardView the Source
Loom (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTools Used: Backstrap Loom, Backstrap loom subsection, output
Quote, Tools Used: Backstrap Loom, Backstrap loom subsection, output
Both simple and complex textiles can be woven on backstrap looms. They produce narrowcloth: width is limited to the weaver's armspan.
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Dictionary.com: Dobby Loom definition
Dictionary.comTools Used: Dobby Loom, Definition
Quote, Tools Used: Dobby Loom, Definition
for weaving small, geometric patterns
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Dictionary.com: Drop Box definition
Dictionary.comTools Used: Drop Box (Weaving Device), Definition
Quote, Tools Used: Drop Box (Weaving Device), Definition
used on either side of the race plate in weaving
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Rapier loom (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTools Used: Rapier Loom, Article text
Quote, Tools Used: Rapier Loom, Article text
A rapier loom is a shuttleless weaving loom in which the filling yarn is carried through the shed of warp yarns to the other side of the loom by finger-like carriers called rapiers.
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Tablet Weaving (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTools Used: Weaving Tablet, Article text
Quote, Tools Used: Weaving Tablet, Article text
Tablet weaving (often card weaving in the United States) is a weaving technique where tablets or cards are used to create the shed through which the weft is passed.
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Dictionary.com: Loom
Dictionary.comTools Used: Loom, Definition
Quote, Tools Used: Loom, Definition
apparatus for weaving fabrics
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Dictionary.com: Warping Board definition
Dictionary.comTools Used: Warping Board, Definition
Quote, Tools Used: Warping Board, Definition
wound in preparation for weaving
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Dictionary.com: shuttle definition
Dictionary.comTools Used: Shuttle, Definition
Quote, Tools Used: Shuttle, Definition
a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed
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Dictionary.com: Heddle definition
Dictionary.comTools Used: Heddle, Definition
Quote, Tools Used: Heddle, Definition
one of a set of frames of vertical wires on a loom
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Dictionary.com: pirn definition
Dictionary.comTools Used: Pirn, Definition
Quote, Tools Used: Pirn, Definition
a weaver's bobbin
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Dictionary.com: Inkle Loom definition
Dictionary.comTools Used: Inkle Loom, Definition
Quote, Tools Used: Inkle Loom, Definition
a simple narrow loom used for weaving long decorative tapes and bands
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Dictionary.com: Power loom
Dictionary.comTools Used: Power Loom, Definition
Quote, Tools Used: Power Loom, Definition
a loom operated by mechanical or electrical power
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Temple (weaving) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Tools Used: Temple (Weaving), Lead
    is an adjustable stretcher used on a loom
  • Tools Used: Temple (Weaving), Lead section
    A temple is an adjustable stretcher used on a loom to maintain the width and improve the edges of the woven fabric.
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Flying shuttle (Wikipedia)
  • Tools Used: Flying Shuttle, Lead
    is a type of weaving shuttle
  • Tools Used: Flying Shuttle, Lead section
    The flying shuttle or fly shuttle is a type of weaving shuttle.
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Heddle (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTools Used: Heddle, Lead section
Quote, Tools Used: Heddle, Lead section
In weaving, the warp threads are moved up or down by the shaft.
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Nostepinne (Wikipedia)
Tools Used: Nostepinne, Lead section
Quote, Tools Used: Nostepinne, Lead section
is a tool used in the fiber arts to wind yarn, often yarn that has been hand spun, into a ball for easily knitting, crocheting, or weaving from.
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Peg Loom (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTools Used: Peg Loom, Lead section
Quote, Tools Used: Peg Loom, Lead section
A peg loom is a simple weaving loom.
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Dandy loom (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTools Used: Dandy Loom, Lead section
Quote, Tools Used: Dandy Loom, Lead section
Each time the weaver moved the sley to beat-up the weft
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Jacquard Machine (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTools Used: Jacquard Machine, Lead section
Quote, Tools Used: Jacquard Machine, Lead section
is a device fitted to a loom that simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with such complex patterns as brocade, damask
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Power loom (Wikipedia)
Tools Used: Power Loom, Lead section
Quote, Tools Used: Power Loom, Lead section
A power loom is a mechanized loom that automates the weaving of cloth
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Band weaving (Wikipedia)
Tools Used: Inkle Loom, Lead section
Quote, Tools Used: Inkle Loom, Lead section
It can be accomplished on a variety of types of looms, including inkle, band, tape, backstrap, and rigid heddle looms.
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Rainbow Loom (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTools Used: Rainbow Loom, Lead section
Quote, Tools Used: Rainbow Loom, Lead section
Rainbow Loom is a plastic tool used to weave colorful rubber and plastic bands (called loom bands) into decorative items such as bracelets and charms.
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