Wednesday Word: Heddle
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1word1dayHeddle - noun.
Heddles, which may be metal, made from string or fabric strips, are the doohickeys that make loom weaving so much easier--and sometimes aggravating.
Warp threads pass through the eye in the middle of the heddle and act as a way to hold and raise the threads and make it easier to pass the weft threads on a shuttle across the loom.
The aggravating part of heddles depends on the complexity of the piece being made. As heddles are often part of a fixed frame, missing a heddle or threading the wrong heddle on the wrong frame will result in an error in the finished product. Been there, done that--there's a reason why the loom is considered an ancient computer. If the loom isn't "programmed" correctly, your "program" won't run as expected.
Heddles, which may be metal, made from string or fabric strips, are the doohickeys that make loom weaving so much easier--and sometimes aggravating.
Warp threads pass through the eye in the middle of the heddle and act as a way to hold and raise the threads and make it easier to pass the weft threads on a shuttle across the loom.
The aggravating part of heddles depends on the complexity of the piece being made. As heddles are often part of a fixed frame, missing a heddle or threading the wrong heddle on the wrong frame will result in an error in the finished product. Been there, done that--there's a reason why the loom is considered an ancient computer. If the loom isn't "programmed" correctly, your "program" won't run as expected.
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Date: 2022-06-01 11:38 pm (UTC)