Looms

Frames and machines that hold the warp threads under tension so the weft can be woven through them, from the simplest peg and backstrap looms to the power loom of the industrial age. A tool belongs here when its cited source describes it as a loom or as a device used to weave or braid on a frame. It excludes the separate parts and attachments fitted to a loom, which sit in their own group, and the spinning tools that make the yarn. Looms differ widely in shape, but the basic purpose of holding the warp taut is the same in every one.