Textiles and clothing, by Kate Heintz Watson.. (1907)
Watson, Kate Heintz, American School of Home Economics · Chicago, American School of Home Economics · leaf 32
WEAVING 17 or from horizontal supports. At first the woof orfining- threads were woven back and forth betweenthe warp threads as in darning. An improvement wasthe device called the heald or heddle, by means ofwhich alternate warp threads could be drawn awayfrom the others, making an opening through… … I 1 1 ■ ;i I; 1 j !1 >! in TheHeddle PRIMITIVE HEDDLES of the heddle was simply a straight stick having loopsof cord or sinew through which certain of the warptlireads were run. Another form was a slotted framehaving openings or eyes in the slats. This wascarved from one piece of wood or other…
Textile industry · Sewing · Dressmaking
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