Wednesday Word: Sleying
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1word1daySleying - verb
Here's another artsy word from the world of weaving. I was reminded of it while re-reading some old LJ entries. Sleying is the term for pulling warp threads through the reed on a weaving loom during the dressing processing. Warp threads are the vertical threads on a loom while weft refers to the horizontal ones. Sleying means you are close to beginning to weave. Warp threads are hooked with a tool and pulled through holes on the reed. A reed is a long horizontal bar with many vertical bars across it, creating slots. It's a very onesie twosie process, as you can watch here:
Here's another artsy word from the world of weaving. I was reminded of it while re-reading some old LJ entries. Sleying is the term for pulling warp threads through the reed on a weaving loom during the dressing processing. Warp threads are the vertical threads on a loom while weft refers to the horizontal ones. Sleying means you are close to beginning to weave. Warp threads are hooked with a tool and pulled through holes on the reed. A reed is a long horizontal bar with many vertical bars across it, creating slots. It's a very onesie twosie process, as you can watch here:
